What bender do you have? I've bent 2" conduit in a hand-powered JD2. It sucks, but it didn't have an issue with it. 1.5" 0.120 is pretty easy to bend.
But, 0.083 or 0.095 would still be way stronger than the hinges, latch and A/B pillars anyway.
I have a ****ty Chinesium one I got on eBay a while ago. It bolts to the floor and then it’s got a big arm (that telescopes for leverage) to bend **** against a die.
I’m considering getting one like this:
VEVOR 1-1/2\" Tubing Rolling Bender Manual Square & Rectangular Tube Bender 14 Gauge Roller Tubing Roller Flat Bar Bender For Mild Steel Cooper & Aluminum | VEVOR US
I would love one of the sick SWAG hydraulic benders but I just never use them, I can’t justify the $750.
Before I spend any more money on tools or ****ing tube doors, I have to figure out this tick issue. Sunday I took the valve cover off and had a look, if you can tell, rockers 5 and 6 (from the left) have way less oil in them. Using a piece of tubing, before I took the cover off, I could tell that’s where the sound was coming from, as when I held it on the top of the intake manifold where it meets the head, I heard it loudest right there on that same cylinder.
So, I know some guys have issues with these bolts being over tightened, I torqued them to spec (19lbs) when I put everything back together. I pulled them apart just to look, and did find a little bit of metal in the pivot on that same set:
I didn’t realize that those little channels in the pivot where the oil goes through aren’t supposed to be worn into the rocker like that, haha. So, I replaced all the rocker arms, pivots, and bridges.
I started it up, and the noise is still there.
The noise seems to be running at cam speed, so I think it’s top-end related. I spent an hour tightening all the exhaust manifold bolts last night, didn’t help. I am almost positive it’s not an exhaust leak. It doesn’t change at all relative to engine temp, warmup, etc.
After talking to a couple of people, my leading theory is that one (or more) of the new lifters that I put in it, is bad. I bought Elgin lifters thinking they were reasonably priced and not a complete no-name Chinese offering, but they actually have really terrible reviews, now that I look. Lots of people complaining about getting 1 or 2 that don’t pump up, etc.
I need to run it without the valve cover and take a look tomorrow, but, here’s a recording of what it sounds like. I’m running new Havoline 10w-30 conventional with a bottle of ZDDP zinc supplement. This is immediately after rebuild, I’ve put maybe 1/4 mile on it, and engine has ran for a total of 10 mins or so. I really was meticulous about torquing everything to spec when I put it all back together. I even had AI create a pre-startup checklist for me just so that I didn’t get the whole thing back together and look over and see the oil pump sitting on my bench or something.
Thoughts? I’m really pissed that I may have to pull the head again, but at least this way I can replace both the cam and the lifters (instead of just the lifters) and do it without having to pull the pan off, as that is the biggest pain in the ass part.
I’m thinking either getting Crower Cam-Saver lifters ($150 a set) or just regular Crower lifters (BC8480) for $100. They seem to have good reviews and in comparison they are a tiny bit taller than OEM, which may help as my head was cut 0.008” by machine shop.
Bonus pic, I remodeled (“rentovated”) my bathroom over the last month or so. Before was just all white walls with dog**** texture all over them, and pink trim/doors everywhere, no medicine cabinet, and a 32” wide vanity with like 2 drawers. The shower surround is all peach/pink tile and I’m gonna epoxy it white next week. I ripped out all the old trim and casing around the window and redid that, new fixtures, wainscoting panels, shelving and baseboard. I’ll probably do crown as I have some left over from another project. Wish I could do the floor. Ignore the spackle and other issues, not done yet, still have to grout that backsplash also. Never grouted anything my life. Wish me luck.
But yeah they work well and are stupid simple. You could probably make your own ghetto version from drilled metal valve caps and a bb
