This new 235 seems to be missing on the first cylinder, that is to say when I pull the first plug wire it makes very little or no difference in the idle. So I decided to set the valves, like I have done many times on the old 216.
It seems to me that there is quite a bit of springyness in the pushrods. I really have to push down on the rocker ends to get any sort of gap at all, even on the valves I know to be closed. So I am wondering if I might have acquired a 235 with hydralic lifters. I don't have any experience with these.
I screwed out one of the rocker adjusters all the way and could see a hole in the middle of the pushrod end. But according to the numbers this is a 235 from a panel truck from 1953. The engine has had at least one thorough rebuilding. It has aluminum pistons and insert bearings. How do I know what kind of valves it has without pulling the side cover? (which doesn't leak!!!)
I did adjust the valves as if they were solids and the engine seemed to run better. The first cylinder still seems to have only the slightest effect on the idle.
Karl
