<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448735926361_3088" dir="ltr">I will check the rocker bushings, but there is only a few thousand miles on the rocker assembly since the 1275 was built a few years ago. They are high ratio (1.5) rockers, but I don't think there is that much wear on them yet. The very first time I put oil in the engine, the oil would fill the valve cover before it would eventually drain down in the block. When I built this engine I went kinda crazy trying to lighten the valve train and installed hollow pushrods. Besides, they don't flex or bend. The problem is the holes that the pushrods pass through were enlarged, but apparently not large enough for oil to easily pass by.</div><div dir="ltr">Mike MacLean<br></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:01 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter@nosimport.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9217965588"><div>
And while loose, you can wiggle the rockers to feel if maybe those
bushings are worn, which can be another reason the head gets flooded
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<div class="yiv9217965588moz-cite-prefix">On 11/28/2015 11:53 AM, rrengineer.mike
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</blockquote></div><div><div>"Palm to forehead", why didn't I think of that? Thanks
Peter for saving me all that work. Besides, I would have to
figure out how my new electronic works.</div>
<div>Mike MacLean</div>
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Date: 11/28/2015 9:38 AM (GMT-08:00) <br clear="none">
To: "rrengineer.mike" <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv9217965588moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net"><rrengineer.mike@att.net></a>,
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In those desperate times at a race, you loosen adjusting nuts and
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<div class="yiv9217965588moz-cite-prefix">On 11/28/2015 11:27 AM,
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</blockquote></div><div><div>I am not pulling the head. I may be wrong, but I have to
remove the head Stud nuts on the pedastals to lift the rocker
assembly off the engine to replace the pushrods. I'm thinking
the other stud nuts have to be loosened also to re-torque the
head properly. Is there another way to replace the pushrods
without loosening all the head nuts in sequence?</div>
<div>Mike MacLean</div>
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Why pull the head at all?<br clear="none">
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