oinojo

the cam was transfered from a P79 head onto the "new" n42 head. I just spoke with the mechanic who did the transfer and he claims the shim on that one tower was already on the n42 head with stock cam. He just transfered over the cam to the n42 head. Now what im wondering is, since it appears the lash pad (round disc with square cut out) <--- i believe is the lash pad... is stock compared to the others... maybe it got lost or whatever. Now my rocker arm is raised a good number of threads. Im worried the geometry is gonna be harmful since its raised so high. |\ |0 | okay lame picture but thats what it kind of looks like. I wish i had a digicam on me but i dont. The rocker arm isnt as drastic in angle as in that diagram but more like a 60 degree angle i suppose.

thats a big relief... now my problem lies with the lash pad, it looks as though the guy who installed the cam accidentally installed the stock pad instead of the adjacent lash pad for the cam.

sorry i forgot to add this but the head was bought from ur-gelis (restored) on ebay. From that, the guy i bought the head from installed a schneider stage 2 cam with adjacent lash pads. My guess is that the rear valve was not addressed and he might have installed the shim on accident... well i spoke with him and we're trying to get this settled. As of now with that one shim, the cam rotates freely without bind. However, i have never heard of having just one cam tower shimmed.:devious:

i was finishing up my engine build when i noticed my rear (6 cylinder) cam tower had a shim on it. I didnt notice it until i started on the exhaust valve of the 6th cylinder. The pivot point for the rocker arm was way higher than the others. I also noticed the lash pad was different color than the others. As of now i have the valve lash on that one valve correct but im worried that if i ran the car i would have BIG issues. Now if i were to remove the shim, would adjusting the lash pad be back to normal like the others. And also would i ruin my headgasket by taking out that one head bolt in the rear in order to remove the cam tower shim?