danruesch wrote:
There isnt an EGR part, hose, cooler, or line left on my Jeep now. Its naked with Simco hoses.
Also just found our the lifters are stuck too, add another 370 to the total.
Dan
Please explain 'stuck'. I may be missing something! Are you talking about the amount of travel the plunger within the body can move? (which isn't much).. or the body itself which doesn't move anyway, (sits on the bottom of the bore of the head)
Mine may be junk after all! I can only get 'maybe' 1/16 inch 'travel' using pretty good hand force. (lone lash adjuster, sans rocker... against a hard surface, and me pushing down on the stem) Mine are also full of oil too (pumped up) Brand new ones that haven't been filled with oil would probably react differently to same 'checking procedure'.
I figured there was some sort of check ball gizmo(within each lash adjuster) that maintained a certain 'pressure'... which kept the adjusters from bleed off @ shut down... and a resulting clackety engine upon restart... hence the 'locked' or 'stuck' appearance of the lash adjuster. That is also why they need to be put back in their original holes when removed. They are 'adjusted' for the location they came from... and going backwards in length if necessary, takes time/ several revolutions. This engine has no clearance for this to take place.
edit to add;
Just confirmed my thoughts. Yes, a pumped up (previously run and removed lash adjuster) will seem 'stuck'. No amount of HAND pressure will hardly move it within it's body. OP may want to double check before throwing away another 350 bucks.
Placing mine in a vice, with a 1/4 inch nut for a pocket so the ball end won't bottom against the vice jaw... I got the oil to come back out the supply orifice, and out the top of the ball. Nice and slow. Now I have a little more than a 1/4 inch of just internal spring resistance. And it's nice and easy to move by hand.
I'll be able to put these lash adjusters back in any position now and not worry about an adjuster being too 'tall'. My grandson got into my egg carton organization of rockers/adjusters, and got them all mixed up!