1fortyfanatic said: (quoted from post at 17:43:18 02/10/08) A little late for that, heheheh. After writing, I went to work. Nobody locally has push rods, so I straightened the old ones, set 'em, and cranked it around several revolutions. They are still straight.
Patched the radiator, will see if it holds. Just waiting on gaskets now. Thanks Glenn.
Dave
Well if you straightened the pushrods then don't be surprised if they bend again or maybe even break this time. Pushrods should be made of a heat treated hardened alloy. Kinda like connecting rods if you bend em they're no good anymore. If you have a hard time finding pushrods or find that they are stupid expensive talk to a local speed and performance shop that does some engine building. You could order custom length pushrods, they do that all the time to get the valve geometry right on solid roller aluminum block engines and stuff like that.
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