First of all, my shop is the opposite of modern high tech. It has electricity, that’s it, no wifi, internet or phone. So in this low tech operation I finally got around to working on the lifter tick the 216 has had for 15 years. While chasing an oil leak I fell into the old “while I’m here” trap. Pulled the rocker arm assembly, disassembled and dressed the rocker arm tips.
With just under 60k miles and 75 years everything looked pretty good, except the valve stem wear on the rockers. Predictably all had wear, some noticeably more than others.
My first thought was too just use the grinder, nope, grinder wheel needs replacing. Dewalt angle grinder, maybe. Wait, under the work bench is a HF belt sander I haven’t seen in years.
Belt sander it is. Secured in the bench vice it was easy to match the factory face profile on the rocker tips.
