1500
- 1600
Works
on 1500/1600 engines. Not the butter smooth feeling of
new rockers and shaft but MUCH better than what we
usually take off RUNNING engines we disassemble;
especially the ones that have been running without the
locator peg in place to keep the shaft from turning and
dropping the oil pressure or with the tower with the oil
passageway out of place. I'd suggest with some light
polishing this set should provide many miles of
service.
NOTE:
This is an "SAE" set which would have come on all 1500
cylinder heads and 1600 heads used on engines up to
R-40000. This set can be used on all engines (keep
reading...)
Is your
head metric or SAE? Check threads on your studs and of
course any head that has the air injection ports on the
carb side is a metric head. It is not a problem using
these rocker arms and shaft but the towers have a
different diameter and are designed to be fairly snug on
the head studs. If yours are metric you can disassemble
this and use your old towers. Make sure the rear tower
ends up where it should (the one on the right in the
picture above. It has a screw in the top to make sure the
shaft does not turn during operation.
You can
also have us swap metric towers on to this unit for $20
if you want.
TECH
NOTE: When installing rockers or starting an engine that
has sat for a long time; it is helpful to remove the
distrib. and gearshaft below it and run the oil pump with
a long screwdriver (spin it backwards) or a reversible
drill until oil comes out the rocker arm holes. This may
be too complicated a manuever for some so I'd suggest at
least using an old fashioned oil squirt can to force oil
into the underside of the rear rocker arm tower before
installing. That will also help.
