I was adjusting my rockers with the motor idling and when i loosened the intake valve on the #1 cylinder the rocker jumped off and the got caught up in the rocker next to it. Ended up bending the push rod on the exhaust valve

I heard some pretty serious thumps before i could shut it off. Did the piston hit the valve. I dont have a pushrod so i cant get it running till i find one.

 

I think you'll be fine. I've had the same thing happen several times when adjusting rockers. Its some what hard to prevent that from happening the first time you start up a motor after having the drive train apart when you are working by yourself. A rocker can back off real quickly when you aren't watching them. I'd say the worst thing that probably happened was lifter damage.

 

definately wanna checkout the lifter make sure its OK, sticka new pushrod in and see if it is holding oil and stuff, I destroyed a lifter when the rocker stud broke and did kinda the same thing

 

Thanks for the replys. How can I check the lifter to make sure nothing is damaged. Do i need to pull it out? Or can i just put pressure on it?

 

You can just stick a magnet in the hole and see if a bunch of lifter guts come up on the magnet when you pull it out.