Fw: [SEL] Need Stover Help!

[Paul Maples]

Guys I meant to say depress the exhaust valve al the way down, not the
intake valve.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Maples" <pmaples at anaxis.net>
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Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Need Stover Help!


> Hello Harry,
>
> Harry, I would be interested to know how far does your fuel saver arm go
up
> under the valve keeper? If I depress the intake valve all the way down
until
> the fuel saver arm is high as it can go on the rocker arm then the fuel
> saver arm is approximately 1/8" under the valve keeper. However when I
look
> at the wear pattern on the rocker arm where the fuel saver rubs against it
I
> see that the original fuel saver arm never went that high. If I push the
> rocker arm down to where the fuel saver arm matches the old wear pattern
on
> the rocker arm then I am just barely contacting the valve keeper and not
> going under it.
>
> Looking at the bottom of the valve keeper it looks as though the original
> fuel saver arm must have slid up under the valve keeper about a 1/4",
maybe
> a little more.
>
> How far does your rocker arm push your intake valve down before it starts
> retracting, I am trying to get sense of how much downward movement is
normal
> for the intake valve.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Terpstra" <h.terpstra at wxs.nl>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Need Stover Help!
>
>
> > Paul,
> > I looked at the pictures you posted, and like Joe, I think it's really
> close
> > to be working properly.
> > On your pics the rocker arm is not in "freewheel" position.
> > I guess it should work now with the right spring to push it under the
> valve
> > keeper.
> >
> >
> > Harry Terpstra
> > Sint Anna Parochie
> > Netherlands
> > h.terpstra at wxs.nl
> > http://home01.wxs.nl/~terps027/home.html
> >
> >
> >
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