Two (or more?) Bent Pushrods
I checked all the pushrods, they are fine except for the two already found.
I brought out a big rubber hammer and bumped all of the valves, seemed all sixteen moved at tad at impact, each making a different tone sound when seating. I haven't done this before, so I hope my impressions are correct.
I brought out a 24 inch carpenters square, put a dab of toothpaste on each valve stem tip, and placed the flat of the square over all of the valve tips at once. Moved the square up and down over the valve tips, the paste was rubbed off some valves more than others, but all of them were close enough to hardly tell the difference.
Nothing way out of wack, so a slid a .015" and .020" under the space where the two bent pushrod valves were located (respectively), but could do the same on a couple of the other valves as well. Granted, the carpenters square is not as accurate as a straightedge. Going to town today to search for a couple of pushrods, hoping it will run OK after simply replacing the damaged parts.
I have yet to bolt down the rocker shafts, photo just shows one shaft/rockers sitting in place:
I checked all the pushrods, they are fine except for the two already found.
I brought out a big rubber hammer and bumped all of the valves, seemed all sixteen moved at tad at impact, each making a different tone sound when seating. I haven't done this before, so I hope my impressions are correct.
I brought out a 24 inch carpenters square, put a dab of toothpaste on each valve stem tip, and placed the flat of the square over all of the valve tips at once. Moved the square up and down over the valve tips, the paste was rubbed off some valves more than others, but all of them were close enough to hardly tell the difference.
Nothing way out of wack, so a slid a .015" and .020" under the space where the two bent pushrod valves were located (respectively), but could do the same on a couple of the other valves as well. Granted, the carpenters square is not as accurate as a straightedge. Going to town today to search for a couple of pushrods, hoping it will run OK after simply replacing the damaged parts.
I have yet to bolt down the rocker shafts, photo just shows one shaft/rockers sitting in place:
