I'm a stupid...
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Melting Slicks
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From: Milan
I'm a stupid...
If you think I'm a stupid....you are wrong
...I'm much more than stupid... I'm really stupid.
Yesterday I was removing a Roller rocker.
When I was putting the nut on the stud to use the manual spring compressor ...the nut fall down in the engine bay...
I can't find it
I searched everywhere .... nothing
I felt a noise of metal (I tought : " yes it's near the hooker headers or near the starter.." Nothing! OK it wil be in the floor..
(my garage is not so clean :bb ... ) but Nothing!
So after 3 hours of searching I'm considering to buy new nuts for the rockers.
(one day I'll find it just when I will not need anymore...
)
My roller rockers are Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.6 with 3/8 studs not self aligning
part number CCA-1302-16
Whick kind of nuts I need? this part? CCA-4601-16
Im considering also to change to 7/16 studs. Could i buy just the flat or raised 7/16 guideplates and 7/16 studs and the right nuts or the rockers i have itself are made only for 3/8 studs?
Thanks
-Beppe- (the stupid one with the best collection of nuts and bolts in the engine bay..)
...I'm much more than stupid... I'm really stupid.
Yesterday I was removing a Roller rocker.
When I was putting the nut on the stud to use the manual spring compressor ...the nut fall down in the engine bay...
I can't find it
I searched everywhere .... nothing
I felt a noise of metal (I tought : " yes it's near the hooker headers or near the starter.." Nothing! OK it wil be in the floor..
(my garage is not so clean :bb ... ) but Nothing!
So after 3 hours of searching I'm considering to buy new nuts for the rockers.
(one day I'll find it just when I will not need anymore...
)My roller rockers are Comp Cams Pro Magnum 1.6 with 3/8 studs not self aligning
part number CCA-1302-16
Whick kind of nuts I need? this part? CCA-4601-16
Im considering also to change to 7/16 studs. Could i buy just the flat or raised 7/16 guideplates and 7/16 studs and the right nuts or the rockers i have itself are made only for 3/8 studs?
Thanks
-Beppe- (the stupid one with the best collection of nuts and bolts in the engine bay..)
Last edited by conv90; Mar 30, 2006 at 08:21 AM.
Racer
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From: Edwardsville, Illinois 88 stroked s10, 92 stock 6spd
you can't upgrade to 7/16 just by buying new studs- you would have to by rockers too. however- i am pretty sure your existing guide plates would be able to be re-used since the bottom threads that screw into the head are the same size if you have 3/8 or 7/16 studs.
something you might be able to do to upgrade and not have as much cost as buying 7/16 rockers is to buy a rocker stud girdle- since you already have to buy new rocker locks. a girdle might not fit though depending on what you have for valve covers.
something you might be able to do to upgrade and not have as much cost as buying 7/16 rockers is to buy a rocker stud girdle- since you already have to buy new rocker locks. a girdle might not fit though depending on what you have for valve covers.
Race Director
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From: Sharpsburg Georgia
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I droped one once and it ended up wedged in the header collector.
I almost never got it out after i found it, some how it set up a wierd harmonics at about 3500 rpm and sounded like the motor was coming apart.
Good luck with it, and you are not the first or last that this has happened to.
I almost never got it out after i found it, some how it set up a wierd harmonics at about 3500 rpm and sounded like the motor was coming apart.
Good luck with it, and you are not the first or last that this has happened to.
Racer
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From: Edwardsville, Illinois 88 stroked s10, 92 stock 6spd
i agree- i would call comp. summit lists a number for a slot size of .550 and .612- yet your rockers have a .562 slot. so- i can't be of any help there. also- just a bit of advice- once they give you a part number. call right back and ask the same question again- you will most likely get a different tech- so you won't sound stupid. the reason i say that is because on more than one occasion they have given me the incorrect part number- so i ended up with the wrong part. never hurts to double check. 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: seattle WA
your not alone Charley, I was testing my pickup coil held in by three friggin screws which I set on the plenum, went to move my drop cord and bye-bye, didn't hit the floor (clean garage), swept the entire engine with my mech. mag, went and bougth a new pickup coil-$19. for three screws-didn't even get kissed 
well, I do have a new PU coil when ever I need it-but-call me stupid whatever, so you're not alone.
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From: sw Ohio
I keep losing screws in the dash when I work in the car. They should have designed it with more room, but then again it is a sports car. Have you tried using one of those telescoping magnetic things?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Milan
Originally Posted by 4Ever21
I keep losing screws in the dash when I work in the car. They should have designed it with more room, but then again it is a sports car. Have you tried using one of those telescoping magnetic things?
Burning Brakes
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From: Chandler AZ
Look in the cross brace
Look in the cross brace under the car. I dropped a part once while working on the front left part of the engine. Ordered a new part from GM. Got the car going and drove many miles. About 6 months later, pulled the cross brace. Guess what was in there.
Oh yeah, if any one needs an AIR pump pulley spacer, let me know.
Oh yeah, if any one needs an AIR pump pulley spacer, let me know.
I think it is a test of some sort by space aliens! 
I try not to let it bother me. :o
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Melting Slicks
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From: Milan
Originally Posted by VAHROOM
Look in the cross brace under the car. I dropped a part once while working on the front left part of the engine. Ordered a new part from GM. Got the car going and drove many miles. About 6 months later, pulled the cross brace. Guess what was in there.
Oh yeah, if any one needs an AIR pump pulley spacer, let me know.
Oh yeah, if any one needs an AIR pump pulley spacer, let me know.