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		| RE: 428 adj. rocker frustration! | 
	 
		| By Chris Teeling - 03/12/2001 10:57:20 PM; IP 64.12.102.48 | 
	 
		I run a Comp. Cams 288 hydraulic cam and lifters.  I have the same problem with noisy lifters at hot idle.  I tried manually bleeding down the lifters and adjusting to .150 (half way between the specified .100 & .200 range). The lifters still made about the same amount of noise!  I think I did manage to dislodge one of the feet on one lifter's check valve retainer. After that, whenever I did a burnout, the pushrods on that cylinder would bend. This happened three times before I took the engine apart looking for valve problems.    Has anyone tried adjusting the valves on a running engine? I am about to try it but wonder how I will be able to keep a wrench on the end of a moving rocker arm. I have done this on engines with stud mounted rockers but never on the FE shaft mounted rockers. I am certainly willing to try if it will really help. From the comments in the posts above,  I suspect the problem is with really the Comp Cams lifter.  | 
	 
 
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