T&D SOHC Rockers installed...

Today I got the T&D rockers installed on my SOHC. Here's a photo of the rockers on the engine:



Installation went without any problems, but lashing the valves did not. I started with #1 and went in order through the firing order. However, as I was lashing #6, I heard a "POP - tink tink tink" from the other side of the engine. I went back to the right side of the engine to check, and this is what I saw:



Yep, a broken adjuster. This reminded me of all the broken adjusters I had to suffer with my RAS SOHC rockers. For what it's worth, I can't recall ever breaking a normal FE wedge engine adjuster, and I've never broken any of the adjusters that came with my Dove SOHC rockers, either. But I'll bet I've broken over a dozen of the adjusters on the RAS rockers. I'm hoping that the T&D adjusters don't end up like the RAS ones. I don't think that I overtightened the adjuster nut, but I'm hoping its either that or maybe a single defective adjuster.

Fortunately, the Dove adjusters use the same thread size as the T&D adjusters, so I took a spare Dove adjuster and installed it in the T&D rocker:



After I finished lashing the valves cold, I fired the engine and warmed it up, then pulled the valve covers and re-lashed the valves hot. Then I re-assembled the engine and ran it another 10 minutes, to make sure everything was OK. I didn't hear any valvetrain noise, so hopefully all the remaining adjusters have survived.

Tomorrow I finally get to wring this engine out on the dyno. Should be a fun day. Hope that the fact that it's Pearl Harbor day tomorrow isn't a bad omen or anything

Jay Brown
1968 Shelby GT 500 Convertible, 492" 667 HP FE
1969 R code Mach 1, 490" supercharged FE, 9.35 @ 151.20, 2007 Drag Week Runner Up, Power Adder Big Block
2005 Ford GT, 2006 Drag Week Winner, 12.0 Daily Driver
1969 Ford Galaxie XL, 460 (Ho Hum....)
1964 Ford Galaxie 500, 510" SOHC