Excessive (isolated) 273 Adjustable Rocker Arm Tip Wear: Diagnosis & Repair?
Look what I found today in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (see foto). I went by to visit who they call "Mr. Mopar" here (real name Franisco Javier) who owns a '69 Charger as well as a Road Runner and a 'Cuda. Handed him a couple of rocker arms (one without the oil hole) and asked him to check them out. Once he found the problem, I asked him if by chance he had a spare rocker arm lying around. He said, "Let me see" and comes back a minute later with a shaft he took out of a '66 273. This shaft (pictured) has springs instead of spacers.
I asked him the whereabouts of the other shaft. He comes back a minute later with a set of aluminum roller-tip rockers. He said that's how he found the motor, with one set of stock rockers and one set of roller rockers installed on the same motor.
I asked if I could borrow his iron rockers so I could pick one out for my own replacement. I assured him sometime in the future I would find him another good rocker so he would still have a complete set. Miracles do happen?
I assume the rockers on Mr. Mopar's shaft are interchangeable with mine, but I will be making some measurements nonetheless.
Look what I found today in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico (see foto). I went by to visit who they call "Mr. Mopar" here (real name Franisco Javier) who owns a '69 Charger as well as a Road Runner and a 'Cuda. Handed him a couple of rocker arms (one without the oil hole) and asked him to check them out. Once he found the problem, I asked him if by chance he had a spare rocker arm lying around. He said, "Let me see" and comes back a minute later with a shaft he took out of a '66 273. This shaft (pictured) has springs instead of spacers.
I asked him the whereabouts of the other shaft. He comes back a minute later with a set of aluminum roller-tip rockers. He said that's how he found the motor, with one set of stock rockers and one set of roller rockers installed on the same motor.
I asked if I could borrow his iron rockers so I could pick one out for my own replacement. I assured him sometime in the future I would find him another good rocker so he would still have a complete set. Miracles do happen?
I assume the rockers on Mr. Mopar's shaft are interchangeable with mine, but I will be making some measurements nonetheless.
