The caps on the rocker shaft are press fit.Drill a small hole and use a sheet metal screw and vice grips to pop one out.

  

well, went to an all Ford Junkyard today and pick up this little number. Do I need to pull the caps off the end or drill them out. Anyone know?




now I know I have excellent oil on the drivers side, so I was going to plug the oil tube from the block and try rocker arm to rocker arm first.

1957 Fairlane

Here is a link to a YouTube vid posted by '59Edsel showing the valve cover stud mod.Perhaps you can IM him for more info?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFgpstD2y0


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The kits show up on EBAY occasionaly. I think the best ones have a hollow valve cover stud that is connected to the line. It feeds the oil directly into the rocker shaft so the rest of the path is normal. Each rocker gets its own oil. Chuck

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Manchester, New Hampshire

You don't need to modify the covers.The oil line feeds in from the top of the cover with a cutout in the gasket.These were sold as a kit in the 60's for this purpose.You might find one on Ebay or cobble up your own with copper line and fittings.

  

well no luck with oil today.

I have extra valve covers, would it be ok to run the oil line to the rockers for the rest of the year?

1957 Fairlane

Oh, I am so sorry. BOTH those vids were from the drivers side. I uploaded both thinking they were opposite. Here is a vid it shows both sides.

Here it is



passenger side is first then I o to drivers side


The oil you see on the pass side, is what I squirted. No other oil comes out from sides

1957 Fairlane

From the video, even though it's not really clear, I agree with Chuck,the oiling looks adequate .. However, when the previous owner of a "recently rebuilt" engine can't produce any paper work..assume it's not rebuilt! Only an idiot would throw away expensive records from a full rebuild.

Paul

The oiling in the video 1 looks great. Lots of oil in the head coming off the rocker tips. If the passenger side looks like that you have no problem. Y's don't spray oil like some other engines. Chuck

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

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Manchester, New Hampshire

@John, the motor was suppose to be rebuilt, however, when I picked up the engine he was suppose to bring the paperwork. The engine was at his friends, and he did not have the paperwork. But the engine does look really clean, inside and out.

@Hoosier I got 4" out of a wire, is that down the hole long enough?

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