PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

Closed Thread Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Feb 8, 2003 | 02:43 PM

jdog51

Thread Starter

New User

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 2

Likes: 0

PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

This is the first ford motor I have ever messed with and have run into trouble. In the process of replacing intake and carb on a 302, one of the intake bolts broke off in the head. Needless to say I pulled the head, got the bolt out and am now putting everything back together. Here is the problem, while adjusting the rocker arm nuts, I have been trying to do it like a chevy motor and adjusting while the motor is running. The spec book I have says 17-23Lbs of torque. Seems to me that that much torque would push a valve intoa piston but doing it the way I have been, the rocker arm nuts seem to loosen up. On a Ford motor, do you torque the nuts down that much?

Feb 8, 2003 | 04:31 PM

yak

Senior User

Joined: Oct 2000

Posts: 187

Likes: 0

PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

just tighten down, they aren't adjustable like a chevys rockers

Feb 8, 2003 | 07:40 PM

jdog51

Thread Starter

New User

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 2

Likes: 0

PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

thanks for the response. I tightened em down to 20lbs and running like a champ(and a scallded dog),

Feb 9, 2003 | 02:41 AM

lvmoose007

Senior User

Joined: Sep 2002

Posts: 434

Likes: 2

From: Oregon: Land of the Majes

PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

so, mr Jdogperson you, are you in the business of scalding dogs and seeing if they can outrun your truck? Naughty man.....but I do have a mother-in-law that I would like to see ourun my Conversion van.......

Feb 9, 2003 | 08:23 AM

PigFarmer

Senior User

Joined: Mar 2002

Posts: 450

Likes: 0

From: Charter Oak, Iowa

PLEASE Help...First Ford Motor

Ahh yes, the mother-in-law. I'm sure we could open a new thread on that. We know that what your really trying to say is, you would like to see your mother-in-law NOT outrun your van!! Actually you should be ashamed at making a statement like this. It's time to re-think this. A different solution is needed. Man, ya gotta start thinking about what is really important in life. You haven't even considered that serious damage could be done to your.... VAN!!

Randy