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[OMFG nick]

you mean if the rocker arms are broke to swap them for roller rockers? whats the difference in the two?

 

[OMFG nick]

well i had a guy i know come over to take a look at it and really see what is we're about to dive into.

well he's an ASE mechanic and he wants to take it up to the shop we both work at.
and if worse comes to worse, i guess its time for a tear down.

 

[OMFG nick]

*****update*****

well after work we trailered it up to the shop and put it on the lift. we dropped the oil pan, removed the oil pump, removed the splash shield and found half of the valve retainer; which had dropped all the way down to the crank case. So we figured our business in the ass of the motor was done.

So we lowered the lift and got to working our way to the valve covers. Of course we started the the side DIDNT have anything wrong. So we got the passenger side valve cover and sure enough a valve spring was snapped in half.

thats about as far as we got tonight. We found the root of the problem, now we just need to seek the extent of the damage. we'll have fun tomorrow night.