URGENT HELP NEEDED! 3100 Rocker arms

[Heza]

so i just got the lower intake off of my girlfriend's '94 3100 in my old GP and will need to remove/move out of the way the pushrods to pull the intake gaskets out.

 

question is...are the rocker arms variable or fixed? what i mean is, do they just torque down to a certain spec or are they adjustable?

 

thanks for any help!!

[Guest Anonymous]

Not adjustable. They get torqued.

[god910]

Yeah, what the assmonkey said.

[Heza]

thats what i thought, but just making sure. thanks!

[Guest Anonymous]

Yeah, what the assmonkey said.

 

:shock:

[Heza]

ok...just to make sure...in the '94 service manual there are two sections for the rocker arms.

 

a) standard non-adjustable rocker arms

adjustable rocker arms

 

why have two sections if they are standard? what has adjustable rocker arms per the '94 Grand Prix service manual?

[Guest Anonymous]

Maybe the roller rockers are adjustable. I can't see stamped rockers being adj. though.

[god910]

Yeah, what the assmonkey said.

 

:shock:

 

Your avatar. Monkey, w/ it ass a' shakin. Henceforth, assmonkey.

[Heza]

Maybe the roller rockers are adjustable. I can't see stamped rockers being adj. though.

 

how can i differentiate between them? i really dont want to get into adjusting adjustable rockers. the service manual makes it look like a shitty task.

[Guest Anonymous]

Rollers will look like machined pieces put together. And stamped will look like just that, one piece of stamped steel. I may have a pic of my 94 3100 heads.

[Guest Anonymous]

Here are different types of rollers.

 

http://images.google.com/images?q=roller+rockers&ie=UTF-8&hl=en

 

This is a stamped rocker.

 

http://www.jegs.com/photos/2701180016.jpg

[Brian P]

they are all non-adjustable. The procedure is there just in case a dealer switches to an adjustable setup for whatever godly reason.

[Heza]

thanks for the help on the subject. just to make sure though before i start working on it after an Honor Guard funeral today:

 

[Guest Anonymous]

Those are stamped. Just torque them. Do you have the torque specs?

[Heza]

Those are stamped. Just torque them. Do you have the torque specs?

 

yup, 18 ft/lbs. thanks! can finish this project tonight!

 

another question...what would you explain brown semi-slippery residue in the coolant track as being? theres a film in the heads and in any orifice where coolant flows.

 

i will be flushing the system regardless, but curious. it uses the green anti-freeze and was flushed last year.

[Brian P]

ooh I see stamped performance!!

[Heza]

ooh I see stamped performance!!

 

 

ill have an excellent picture write up of changing lower intake gaskets on the 3100...let me tell you.

[Brian P]

I'm next, I'm sure I am. But Ive done it 100x yet. I just want to use the revised gasket

[Robby1870]

I'm next, I'm sure I am. But Ive done it 100x yet. I just want to use the revised gasket

 

maybe you'll get REAL lucky and find slots for the roller rockers......1.6 roller biotch!

[Brian P]

I can only be so fortunate

[Heza]

I'm next, I'm sure I am. But Ive done it 100x yet. I just want to use the revised gasket

 

revised gasket, pish posh. what was leaking on my car was that damn sealant bead where the block mates to the lower intake.

[Brian P]

Oh, you're lucky. The gaskets normally crack, separate and break off at the coolant port (inner side) 100% failure rate for the old ones, eventually...

[Heza]

all this and i cannot get the damn oil pump drive out to start my rebuild.

[Guest Anonymous]

Channelocks, twist while pulling up.

[Heza]

Channelocks, twist while pulling up.

 

yup, this morning i went and got some and it popped it right out. the o-ring wasnt rock hard, but the exterior surface was pretty tough. still had a little flex in it.

 

i have so many pictures of my project and once i find enough webspace to host my pictures, i will make a full all out write up of replacing the lower intake.