[Sorrynotbryant]

hey guys If installed the new cam, lifters, Chain and sprocket. I followed the directions I was given step by step.I put the heads back on and installed the pushrods and rocker arms with both trunion upgrade and springs as well. I was working on doing the rocker arms but came across resistance while trying to turn the crank. It would spin a little then go back to the original spot. There’s also like a breathing sound. I do have the front cover off still. Did I miss anything? I don’t think I did as I followed the directions step by step.

 

[loweredd]

Does it spin ok with none of the rockers on?

 

[Sorrynotbryant]

Does it spin ok with none of the rockers on?

ii will check that tomorrow. I took the heads off before the install and spun the crank with ease.

 

[papi]

Sounds like compression. Take off the spark plugs and it should spin easier.

 

[Sorrynotbryant]

Sounds like compression. Take off the spark plugs and it should spin easier.

I back tracked on thought there’s no way I did something wrong. My only thought was maybe too much pressure. I’ll take the spark plugs out and see if that helps. Should I put them back in after I do the rockers? Or just release some pressure and put them back in?

 

[papi]

Take them all out and put them back on when you're done with all the rockers.

 

[Blown376]

I had the same resistance that would progressively get worse when rotating the assembly, but all of the plugs were out! I almost had a stroke when I saw that the microfiber rag that I used to cover the gap below the oil pump was no longer there..... Luckily, reversing the rotation allowed me to slowly pull out the mangled rag in one piece and I was able to origami it back into a complete square, showing that nothing except a few fibres were missing.

 

[Sorrynotbryant]

Gents, thanks for the replies. Taking out the spark plugs was a win.