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LA Rocker arm placement

66/440

66/440

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Does this look correct for 318 rocker arm placement, or should the arms be reversed to change the position of the push rods?
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If they are the same as the BB the places for the push rods should be close together, not far apart.
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Well, shite. Reversed them, started to reinstall and pushrod slid into the lifter galley. Tried to fish it out with a magnet and this is what I got.
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Guess it is time for a new cam if I cant find the hair pin. At the very least the manifold has to come off!
 
66/440 said:
Guess it is time for a new cam if I cant find the hair pin. At the very least the manifold has to come off!
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Can you get the oil pan off?
 
I agree with the intake but I don’t think I would trust that lifter even if you could find the keeper.
 
Ok, I am officially confused. Seems like the consensus was that the cups in the rocker arms should be placed on the rocker shaft so that they are nearest each other when installed (318 LA). However the FSM seems to indicate they should be placed so they are the furthest apart. What I have now:
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FSM:

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Seems like I have them correct, BUT if so what would cause this?

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Pushrods all seemed to be seated correctly.......
 
I think you are correct. Would the pushrods go in the head if they were reversed? Seems unlikely. Here's a pic.
Is it possible yours are bb rockers??
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Nope. Just checked and bb rockers are a no go, they hit the retainers.
You have them on correctly
 
66/440 said:
Ok, I am officially confused. Seems like the consensus was that the cups in the rocker arms should be placed on the rocker shaft so that they are nearest each other when installed (318 LA). However the FSM seems to indicate they should be placed so they are the furthest apart. What I have now:
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FSM:

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Seems like I have them correct, BUT if so what would cause this?

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Pushrods all seemed to be seated correctly.......
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Ho-lee crap dude!
On LA engines the pushrod cups sit farther away from each other, not closer together. The FSM is correct....If you ran them as shown here you had them right.

As far as the destroyed lifters?? Maybe, burrs/rough edges on the lifter bores in the block? Lifters incorrectly assembled? Not sure if a lifter that stopped rotating could break like that, but what do the lifter bottoms and cam lobes look like?
 
beanhead said:
Ho-lee crap dude!
On LA engines the pushrod cups sit farther away from each other, not closer together. The FSM is correct....If you ran them as shown here you had them right.

As far as the destroyed lifters?? Maybe, burrs/rough edges on the lifter bores in the block? Lifters incorrectly assembled? Not sure if a lifter that stopped rotating could break like that, but what do the lifter bottoms and cam lobes look like?
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Lifter faces and barrels looked great. Cam lobes looked fine except uneven wear pattern.
 
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