Alright. First off, I am so sorry it took a week for this. But I had the week from hell.

Now I took off the passenger side rocker arm. Cleaned it up but found no junk anyway. Blew air into it, and could see it coming out of the holes. I ran a wire down the head, an it went in 4". Is that all the way it should go?

I also up loaded a couple vids. Seen here.

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Hope it works. I am on my phone right now. I will check later when chicken is off the grill

1957 Fairlane

The most likely cause of the stoppage is at the offset in the feed holes between the block and head. With the rocker assembly off, see if you can blow air or pump oil down the feed hole. If not, maybe you can open it up. Find a metal rod about 6 inches long that is a close fit in the oil hole. Fill the hole with oil, put the rod in the hole, wrap a rag around the rod to prevent oil from shooting past the rod and into your eye, and drive it in with a hammer. The hydraulic force should force the sludge from the crossover passage. It may take 2 or 3 tries to open it up. I have an adaptor that bolts to the rocker stand pad with a grease fitting that aligns with the oil hole, and use a hand grease gun to clear the passage, then pump an extra 4 or 5 pumps to force the sludge past the cam bearing and into the pan. I'm assuming this is an engine with some miles on it, not a fresh rebuild.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I didn't notice if you said this is a new rebuild, a car you just bought or you just took the valve covers off to check.If it is a new rebuild with a new cam then it is likely the groove in the cam is too shallow. If it is a well used engine then there are numerous possible causes. The plugged passages mentioned above or worn cam bearings are candidates.

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The oil should come out the holes at the shaft end of the rockers and flow down to the tip. Is the drivers side "spitting" oil at pressure or just pumping? In other words does the drivers side throw oil all over the fender etc.? Can you do a short video of each side? Possibly with your phone? Chuck

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ok, so the drivers side squirts downward. That that one maybe upside down? And the pass side does nothing. Man, sounds like I need to take both sides apart. That will be tomorrows project I guess

1957 Fairlane

The oil feeds in through the bottom and passes oil to the rockers from the top.If the shaft is upside down it wont fill with oil.Needs to check that..

  

Guys: From Sprink's opening description, is it possible that the rocker shaft is installed incorrectly?

Paul

That sounds like it won't be an easy fix. You will need to pull the rocker shaft on that side and go through the cleaning process outlined previously. Once the shaft is off check the oil feed holes under the rocker stands. You should be able to remove the coil wire and turn the engine over a bit to see if its trying to pump oil through the feed. If it is then the problem is in the rocker shaft. If not? May be time to pull the head and clean the block passages. Chuck

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I have had it running 15-20 min. had to pour oil over rockers to keep them lubed, enough to get the temp up there.

1957 Fairlane

How long did you have the engine running? Sometimes it takes quite a while to get oil to the passenger side. Chuck

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Manchester, New Hampshire