ok guys so i had a oil leak on my old 350..i lookd around and came with a conclusion that it could be coming from the intake/block back seal...
so i take the intake off and see some of the lifters higher than others.....my friend that is helping(just cause he had done the same to his truck a few yrs ago) said that really shouldnt be that way...now i really dont know this is the first time im tearing down an engine...




i also took the valve covers off to redo that seal.. and got to see that one of the rockers had hit the valvecover and another one had the stud longer than the rest..??????
any info would help guys..thanks...

 

oh yea and i got a lil gunk build up........

 

the lifters are normal. cam is pushing the high ones up and the low ones are on the base circle of the cam lob.

 

i cant tell what is that on your hand? that is a lot of crap.

 

lol.... here's what a cam looks like:


The lifters sit on the lobes of the cam, as the cam spins the lifters move up and down along the lobe.

As for all that gunk. You should scrape out as much as you can and probably change the oil. Considering the fact that you had an oil leak there, i'd say it's part of the gasket and dirt that got in where it was leaking.

 

this might help but i'm looking for an animated one

 

oh shet...yea now i feel like an ***......lol why didnt that come to mind...thanks guys...but wat can i do bout that rocker that hit the valve cover? and the one that had the stud longer than the rest...

oh and bout that gunk i scraped off from the inside of the valley..well it feel like dried up old carboned oil...

 

you might need new studs.... That's out of my area of expertise. I don't know anything about pressing a new stud in. Dunno if you just tap one in or what

 

well the truck ran fine.....besides the leak...im sure i can leave it the way it is... lol its just a old work truck i pickd up to be able to park the black truck....

 

well i took some more pics....

u see this pair looks bout the same hight....

this one looks way off!!!

these are also somewat off...this the pasanger side of the motor...

this the driver side...their some wat all even....