The valves should open as the rockers are bolted down. Depending on the
engines position in the cycle, some of the vales on each side will be
open.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jake Beaulieu
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:10 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: installing rocker arms

Howdy,

On Friday I pulled the drivers side head off the motor on my 82 air
cooled
vanagon.  After having some work done on the head (heli coil) I have now
reinstalled the head.  I replaced the pushrod tube seals, installed the
tubes,
inserted the rods, and bolted the rocker arms in place.  The rocker arms
on the
fan side of the motor won't bolt down flush onto the head.  It is like
the
pushrod on the far fan side is sticking up too far.  The pushrod is
centered in
the depression in the center of the lifter.

Should I just back off the adjusting screw and reset the rocker arms, or
does
this indicate that something is amiss?

Thanks,
Jake