Hi Grumpy
I got the Loctite and I got a can of break clean. I just cleaned and applied the Loctite and pushed the guide back down. So I guest I will wait 24 hours before attempting to start the engine. There was no time givem for the Loctite to cure so I'll just wait 24 hours or so before I start the engine. The valve moves feely now and has good movement.
I believe you said to run under a lite load I don't have any grass to cut now anyway so I'll run it up to operating temp and shut it down and do that several times over the next month or so and see what happens. The other thing I am going to do is take a compression reading and than compare it over the next several weeks and see if it changes. It was running fine the last time I shut it down but it wouldn't restart the next time I needed to cut the grass so I knew that rocker arm had broken. That's when I start with you looking for answers.
Thanks and I will get back with you tomorrow for the "Rest of the Story"!
Mike
