426 Hemi pedestal question

[dan juhasz]

I noticed the end pedestal on each set of rocker assemblies the locating pin hole is oval and not round. Is this normal or do these 2 need to be replaced?

 

[RemCharger]

Is oil supplied through there?
I grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and never got to play with one of those

 

[not so famous bob]

I noticed the end pedestal on each set of rocker assemblies the locating pin hole is oval and not round. Is this normal or do these 2 need to be replaced?

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not normal , mine weren`t...

 

[snakeoil24]

It's for oil only one location supplies oil don't mix them up also note the rock shifts have slots that face down

 

[Bird 426]

Not an oil hole, not mine anyway. Oil feeds up around the head bolt holes, 2nd stand in from each end. If you are worried about alignment, because it's on the end, maybe move it to one of the inner stand locations. Or, maybe that stand was altered because it was machined wrong? You will have to determine that.
I am learning more about my Hemi everyday, because I have forgotten everything that I knew about them 50 years ago!

 

[dan juhasz]

It's for oil only one location supplies oil don't mix them up also note the rock shifts have slots that face down

I don't see it being an oil hole. It sits directly on the locating pin which is a blind hole.

 

[snakeoil24]

I don't see it being an oil hole. It sits directly on the locating pin which is a blind hole.

i was wrong someone tried to put the wrong stand in the wrong place so they drilled. The oil does go up around bolt