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- Walla Walla, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9L
- Transmission
- Manual
Lets pretend somebody attached something to a 1987 2.9 valve cover with a rivet. Then it drove fine for a half mile then started shaking (engine vibration) and lost some power, and now shakes like a poorly loaded washing machine on spin cycle. Then that person pulled the valve cover off to find that it looked like a rocker arm got stuck on-top/on/under that rivet end. I include "on" because by the wear mark on the rivet it very well could have lodged literally in the center of it rather than getting stuck under/over it. So in this "hypothetical" situation would this: (A) bend a pushrod (B) cause piston to valve impact, or (C) other. In the case of A, would that cause cam damage also? In the case of B, would that cause valve stem, valve seat, head, rocker, cam damage? In the case of (C) is suicide the only rational repair?
Where would an idiot look first for the damage in a situation like that? Assuming he has no compression tester, just wrenches and eyeballs (attached to a poor brain.)
Where would an idiot look first for the damage in a situation like that? Assuming he has no compression tester, just wrenches and eyeballs (attached to a poor brain.)
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