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If you please, can you clarify the cam evaluation that you mentioned? 140-160

posted by  Ken C on  Thu Jan 22 12:33 CST 2004
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re: "...You can check [the cam] by pulling the valve cover and measuring
lift of each valve. Should be at least 3/8"...."

George, Thank You -- your remark caught my eye. It sounds very useful, but may I just ask to clarify...since I want to check out my own car:
I've got a newly acquired '75 164*, which seems to run good, but I have heard about the "cam wear" problem and have been wondering about it (e.g., is it borderline bad?). So you're saying that the cam is good if the total vertical movement of the rockers more than 3/8" (0.375")? Should this be measured on the "valve stem" side of the rocker, or on the pushrod side [they're not exactly equal arm lengths from the fulcrum, are they? So they would be different.]
Anything that you can add to help me make my determination more exact would be appreciated.
Thank you very much.





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New so im looking at a 164 [140-160]
posted by  2-brick-tony  on Thu Jan 22 08:46 CST 2004 >


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