Tappet clearance...bleed down tool.....push rod selection=headache

1) Is this tool common...it seems to slip over the front of the rocker and compress at the rear.

2) Where am I supposed to get push rods?

I really only wanted the shop to clean the head, not grind the valves...its one headache after another...should of bought a rebuilt Ford crate motor.

The guy cut two seats and valves though...and he did not butt-grind the valves....I think the valve height picked up about a 16th of an inch.

This is too much....I'm going back to the machine shop in the morning to ask the guy to butt-grind the valves he cut.

ferg

If clearances are not within specs, there are some alternatives to push rod replacement. The easiest being shims under the rocker arm stands. If the valves do not use lash caps ( I bet they do however) you can grind several thousandths off the top of the stem (called butt grinding). The machine shop should have done this anyway, and if they didn't I would go back and have them do it AT NO CHARGE. If the engine uses lash caps, they are available in different thicknesses and that is another option.

Should you need different push rod you can get them from Crane Cams, Cam Dynamics, Comp Cams, ect.

I don't think I've ever seen lash caps...although an overhead cam motor I rebuilt had butt-caps which were "switched" to set the clearance between the follower and cam.

Do you know who sells the bleed down tool?

I do agree with you regarding the "good chance" everything will be in tolerance...but I wouldn't mind checking it.

thanks, ferg