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Rockers are knocking there head off by the sound of it, and set them to what MED said!

dump valves playing me about any ideas how to free off bailys piston type and are they meant to run right open cos its only just open.

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Firstly you must get in your head ...............there is no such thing as problems only... SOLUTIONS!

Tappets
Have you set them using the rule of 9 ?

(ie) opposite each other and took into account the inlet and exhaust clearances ? Which ...... MAY be different

the dump valve, i have the same and it happent to me only once, this sticks because of ingress of dirt

Remove it and use some lube on the outside and get a blunt screwdriver and joss the piston up and down from the inside on the hose connection to the the plenum, the larger orafice

remember work through eatch fault as it occurs and be persistent!

and remember ...................there is no such thing as problems only... SOLUTIONS!

its not plain sailing for any of us at times

Heed Benrosses advice...

I've heard the Bailey piston type valves are prone to sticking on the A-Series, as fuel vapour makes the seal swell. You can get a Viton seal to cure this apparentley.

Phil.

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Lol sailing i wish it was sometimes least it would move! Worst thing is people coming in the yard saying you aint got that car on the road yet.

The Guy from MED reckons 0.40 set at that taps its head off though so not sure where that leaves me. exhaust and inlet he said was the same.

PAP!

problem after problem!

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sorry but whats rule of nine?

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With number 1 valve open, check the clearance on number 8 tappet, number 2 open check number 7

1+8, 2+7 etc.

:)

the 0.40 sounds like its a metric mesurement,

If you are setting them with imperial feeler gauges you should mbe looking at something like 15 thou, depending on your cam.

If you have set them to 40 thou that will be noisy!!

yeah i was just thinking the same mini13!

0.40 is defo metric

i think you want roughly 18thou on rollers IIRC

I had the same problem with my Bailey dump valve. Ended up that the piston seal had split! Mr Bailey wont send me a new one either, I was told to send the whole thing back!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

15thou (inch) valve clearance will be fine in my experience.

yep 0.30 thanks for that followed it out the book the setting and dumpvalve took it about and sanded the piston a bit and its alright now cheers

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So is it finally running now?

FIngers crossed

Joe

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