58 Lincoln 430 help please?

[mrbthebarber]

Just had heads off my 430 ( new valve stem seals, & hardened valve seats ) runs evenly but there is now terrible tappit noise and slack in some of the push rods. I thought it may be lack of oil pressure not moving the tappits, but took the switch off and oil comes out, rods are seated ok, have ran engine for ten mins but no slack taken up by tappits moving up ( if indeed they are down to far ) Can anyone help??

[Gracie]

What was the original color of your Linc? Just wondering...

[prime mover]

sounds like they might have ground the tips of the valve too far down and caused the slack, only thing I can think of.

[daign]

Dunno but thats one badass lincoln. Killer car man.

And thanks for the new desktop.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[mrbthebarber]

Hey Prime mover, think thats right. I've heard there's a company in Bend Oregon that do adjustable push rods, know of em at all??

[mrbthebarber]

Hey Gracie, Matador Red is the colour. Glad you like it Daign, when I've got it on the road again I'll take a better pic for you for that desktop! or maybe one of my 58 Buick Limited Coupe in silver?
Cheers guys.