Hello all,
I have a couple of questions hopefully someone can help. I have a 2001 Montero full size, 100,000 miles. I finished the timing belt/water pump, pulley etc a couple of months ago, and all went well.
I am now planning to do the spark plugs which as you know requires plenum removal. This model appears to be a 2 piece plenum. I figured as long as I am doing the plugs I may as well take care of the lash adjuster tick.
The question I have is on this motor, can I simply loosen the rocker shaft bolts and slide the rocker arms out of the way to remove the adjusters? From what I can tell the rocker arms mount on the rocker arm shaft and the shaft is held in place with 8 bolts. Once I replaced all the lash adjusters would it be as simple as replacing the rocker arms on the lash adjuster/valve spring and torquing down the rocker are shaft OR
do I have to get the valve lash removal tool and compress the intake valve to slide the rocker off the adjuster? The first option seems fairly simple and straight forward
Also, has anyone had any experience with ITM lash adjusters or any other after market manufacturer ie Melling, Beck Ansley? The OEM is expensive but if the aftermarket is no good I hate to do this job twice!!
Just want to get an idea before I started on the teardown. My wife uses the Montero for work so I need to get it running fairly quickly
Thanks
Jack

 

a 7 oz bottle of jones motor purr will stop the tick i have a monte 3.5 with 250000 miles on it and every 4th oil change the motor purr fixes the tick

 

Thanks for the info. I tried flushing the engine, replacing the oil a few times and still get the tick. I tried different grades of oil and even synthetic oil and still the same thing. I figure as long as I have to change the plugs I may as well pop the valve covers and have a look. If one or two of the adjusters are bad I am going to change them all. I ordered a set of ITM replacement adjusters. I heard some good feedback on them and theyare 1/2 the price of the factory OEM.
With the plugs I am going to change the wires also. I am going to pick up the iridium plugs. I think the Denso part number is SK16PR-L11
This way if all goes well I should not have to worry about it for another 100K

 

get pics of the install for us