I used oiled 400 wet sandpaper wrapped around a socket to hone the pedestals. I made sure there was a small amount of movement so the shaft didnt bind when I torqued them down.
A couple of the rockers should be replaced.
I used the procedure in the tech section to do an initial cold adjustment, then a warm adjustment.
There was some rocker noise after the cold adjustment and the valve train sounds pretty good after the warm adjustment.
A couple of teh adjusters are adjusted almost all the way down to get the proper lash,there is no more room for additional adjustments.
Here is where Im at:
The engine starts and idles smoothly. 18.5in of vacuum. Vacuum drops to 15-16in and holds when the power brakes are applied and held.
My 200 has the wrong balancer, the timing mark is way off, I think it is for a later 200. I set #1 at TDC and marked the balancer. When I started the engine and checked timing, it looked like 6 BTDC. I adjusted timing, idle mixture, idle speed, points to get the 18.5in of vacuum. Vacuum holds steady, timing mark holds steady.
So it should run like a champ, right?
As soon as I put it in gear, I hear a miss. I put new plugs in last week and the car was idled for about 20 minutes while I adjusted valves.
I pulled the plugs and they are as black as midnight. The first set I pulled right after I bought the car were black and soaked with fuel. These didnt have wet fuel but they look like I spray painted them black.
Compression was between 120-145, thats a bit low, is it low enough to foul plugs after 20 min of idle time?
Its rings or valve stem seals. Should I try and replace the valve stem seals without pulling the head, or should I just bite the bullet and pull the head?
Or, should I just yank the whole thing out and go from there?
On a positive note the rebuilt C4 operates flawlessly.