Saturday the 23rd

[4pipes]

My Kirkham is out of action again. Pulled two rocker shaft mounting studs on left side. Seems previous owner (or his builder) used a threaded iron plug to re-insert studs into the head. Only problem is, the plugs only engaged 3 or 4 threads and they pulled out. Good news.....I have the name of a great flatbed tow service in the South Bay! Car is at T.O.E. Performance in Suisun City. Bad news may be that engine has to be pulled again to fix heads.

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by 4pipes

My Kirkham is out of action again. Pulled two rocker shaft mounting studs on left side. Seems previous owner (or his builder) used a threaded iron plug to re-insert studs into the head. Only problem is, the plugs only engaged 3 or 4 threads and they pulled out. Good news.....I have the name of a great flatbed tow service in the South Bay! Car is at T.O.E. Performance in Suisun City. Bad news may be that engine has to be pulled again to fix heads.

Dave!! What were the symptoms? Did you notice a problem on the way home from Alice's on Saturday?

[4pipes]

Originally Posted by Got the Bug

Dave!! What were the symptoms? Did you notice a problem on the way home from Alice's on Saturday?

I was in the left lane right after Lexington when I heard a rocker let go. Exhaust note change to annoying blap, blap sound. I took it easy going home. When I heard about the shoddy repair job, I was kinda pissed...oh well. If we can't figure out a way to replace the studs, we'll have to pull the engine to pull the heads. I may have an extra Corral pass for Infineon, I'm sure they won't want a Z06 mixed in with all the Ford iron.

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by 4pipes

I was in the left lane right after Lexington when I heard a rocker let go. Exhaust note change to annoying blap, blap sound. I took it easy going home. When I heard about the shoddy repair job, I was kinda pissed...oh well. If we can't figure out a way to replace the studs, we'll have to pull the engine to pull the heads. I may have an extra Corral pass for Infineon, I'm sure they won't want a Z06 mixed in with all the Ford iron.

Fortunately it happened close to home and you weren't stranded. Hopefully they can repair it without pulling the motor and get you back on the road soon.

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by 4pipes

I was in the left lane right after Lexington when I heard a rocker let go. Exhaust note change to annoying blap, blap sound. I took it easy going home. When I heard about the shoddy repair job, I was kinda pissed...oh well. If we can't figure out a way to replace the studs, we'll have to pull the engine to pull the heads. I may have an extra Corral pass for Infineon, I'm sure they won't want a Z06 mixed in with all the Ford iron.

Dave,

Sorry to hear the motor needs to come out again ... hopefully you will be back on the road again soon!

- Tim