where can i get oil plugs for 350 valve adjustment?

[rdub420]

hello i have a 350 and i need to do the 500 mile valve check/adjust - where can i get the oil plugs so i can run the motor with the valve covers removed and what are they called?
thanks

 

[megaladon6]

actually they don't throw that much oil, you don't have to use the retainers.
i think they're called pushrod retainers but i'm not positive.

 

[jerrycad472]

I did not know they made such a thing, You don't need it, like Megaladen said they dont' throw much oil.

 

[rdub420]

somebody told me you needed them or it'd make a mess - i will try it without them
thank you

 

[SV6 REGAL]

Get a pair of old steel valve covers and cut the tops off keeps the oil from running down the sides of the motor

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Get a pair of old steel valve covers and cut the tops off keeps the oil from running down the sides of the motor

I agree. The one time I ran an engine without valve covers I made a big mess in a short time. I wound up shutting it down within about 20 seconds! You could also cut an "I" shaped slit in the top of your cheapie valve covers and peel the edges of the covers back to a 90 degree angle to catch any oil splash.

 

[78MC-BBC]

summit racing sells this clips made by proform for $10.99 that stop the oil slinging while you adjust valves.
valve train oil deflectors
here is the part number
PRO-66822

 

[mebe007]

i would just get them through summit. i like the spider slip style the first ones listed. the other mechanic at my work likes the metal shield ones. i also took an old set of chrome cheapo valve covers and cut the centers out. i like the clips the best though because it is less work.

heres a link http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+4294925139+4294925138+115+4294804718

 

[1981ElCamino]

Do it the cleaner way and set each cylinder to TDC, one by one, and tighten the nut until push rod won't twist anymore, then 1/2 turn more. There is another way to do it also, but i forget what it was.

 

[pontiacgp]

you don't have to do one cylinder at a time...

bring the number 1 piston at Top Dead Center (TDC) on compression stroke.
Adjust intake valve on #2 and #7;exhaust valves #4 and #8.

Rotate crankshaft 180 degrees clockwise and adjust intake valve on #1 and #8; exhaust valves #3 and #6.

Rotate crankshaft 180 degrees again (TDC) and adjust intake valves #3 and #4; exhaust valves #5 and #7.

Rotate crankshaft again 180 degrees and adjust intake valves #5 and #6;
exhaust valves #1 and #2.