Can any body help with the number and positioniong of the oil splash plates that fit into the valve adjustment gallery on my 1949 226 7AH 6 cylinder engine.
I removed two when stripping the engine down, one is shorter than the other.
Both have a sort of spring clip that fits under the cover plate securing bolt.
I wonder if there should be three of them? and what there purpose is and where the short one fits.Does the cover plate with the breather tube have one fitted ?
Perhaps someone has a drawing which shows the assembly .
Many Thanks In anticipation
Knightcharger.

 

I finishished adjusting the valves on my 226 three days ago. What I found was three splash gaurds. The center one is the long one, the ones on the ends matched each other and are short.


I wasn't sure which valve setting to use because I don't know what cam is in it. I went middle ground and now it sound like I have some tapping in the valve train, I'm wondering if I got the clearance to large. I used .013" for the intake valves and .018" for the exhaust. Does anyone know if this would be the cause of the noise?