1931 FORD Tappet and Cam Install. [EP 78] @KlepsGarage. Will it Run?

Well it's been six months, time to finish a project.
Lets see if this Model A will run again after breaking a Valve lifter (tappet)
Doing an inframe repair.

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Love the antique valve pusher upper tool! If you sell it, someone will be getting a fine looking and running car!

[@KlepsGarage]

Thx for watching Mark. It is a very nice car. Trouble is I have too many very nice cars.

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

@@KlepsGarage It gets to a point that you can’t hang on to every car! I just sold another one. Lots of repair footage to share soon. Looking forward to your next video. (And hi again from Manitoba, Canada.)

[@shedbythetracks]

Enjoyed the show, as usual. Enjoy the weather headed your way!

[@KlepsGarage]

Thx your up next.

[@danafouss8370]

Another good video. Thanks Bruce. Our good friends have a 31 Victoria. Great cars.

[@KlepsGarage]

Good cars but not much room in there for storage. No cupholders neither.😂😂

[@flivverchannel]

Beautiful Vikki. Like that cam install guide. Neat.

[@KlepsGarage]

Thx for watching

[@Meskhov]

Great video Bruce! Thanks!

[@KlepsGarage]

I thought it was boring. But some peeps. Might want to now how to put an A engine back together.

[@Joe.Doucette]

Fine looking and fine sounding car. :)

[@KlepsGarage]

Thx Joe.

[@dalebashore5629]

I just finished a 32 valve variable timing variable valve lift duel overhead cam V8 the principals are the same you did a great job describing the process.

[@KlepsGarage]

Yes Thx. No cam phasers or guides or variable timing to play with. I. Did a 4 cly Terraine VVT value replace. As Henry would have said to many extra parts Thx.

[@dalebashore5629]

Nissan has a variable compression ratio engine I haven’t hard trouble in the field. Had them apart in class. Talk about to many parts.

[@KlepsGarage]

Assume diff grades of fuel reason for dif in ratio or??

[@jeffboyles3611]

Enjoyed the show as usual. A Victoria would be a step up for me. At least it's closed in - 1928 Phaeton in my garage. Course in Houston, it doesn't matter all that much.

[@KlepsGarage]

Thx for watching. I to have a 28 Phaeton AR. A closed car is nice if you get caught in a heavy downpour or if it is snowing. See episode 56.

[@jeffboyles3611]

Speaking of AR: would you happen to know where I might get an input shaft for mine? Second gear sounds so bad, people stop and look. 7,000 miles later and after another set of gears, no affect. Another fellow with a multiple disc clutch said that's what solved his problem finally. But he's in France and doesn't have one anyway. Thanks. @@KlepsGarage

[@KlepsGarage]

Don’t have an AR shaft. Mine is converted to single disc clutch. Good luck

[@Feds-Restoration]

The adjuster hole did not appear to be centered in the tappet, that may have caused the tappet not to rotate resulting in a continuous side load on the lifter, the lifter also appeared to be a modern powdered metal type, if powdered metal cracks anywhere it'll snap in half. Most production valve guides and rods made from the early 1990s and up are currently made out of powder metal, I have never seen a lifter made out of powdered metal but never say never.

[@KlepsGarage]

I noticed that off-center hole also I think you’re on something there. That’s an aftermarket lifter, so probably a 10-year-old Chinese boy made it

[@fedman]

Yep, powderd metal. I think the offset and type of metal was the cause of the failure

[@kdog622]

Very helpful! And you even sound a little like Red Green! Do you find the aluminum cam gear to be a bit noisy?

[@KlepsGarage]

Can’t tell any diff. Also I’m running a bronze gear on my roadster. Also no noise.

[@fredfabris7187]

I would’ve loved to closer look at that tappet. is it possible that there was a lack of lubricant and the tappet stuck, or tried to weld itself to the cam and broke it?

[@KlepsGarage]

No lack of oil. No welding. I think bad heat treat. Car running good now. Have logged over 500 miles.

[@kdog622]

Does a model A new camshaft require a breaking run like newer 8 cyl camshafts (i.e., 30 minutes at 2k rpm).

[@KlepsGarage]

I would and did with this one. Just didn’t film that. About 1500 rpm’s. Good enough.

[@davidhjortnaes2000]

How do you get crickets in December?

[@KlepsGarage]

Sound effects?