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Old 05-09-2016, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Large Arbor View Post
I recently went to rocker shafts. I had number 7 bolt would not tighten the rocker shaft down. So I put a Jergens like Helicoil in and fixed that. Edlebrock had recommended that. I will get a new pushrod and have a FE racer guy coming to help. I recently replaced head gaskets with a .040 thickness on the new ones. Heads were cleaned off removing .004. So I think this added .036 in (less whatever the Felpros were). I am thinking the difference or change is in there.

Phil
But then wouldn't the other seven rods on that side of the engine be seeing the same problem? And they stayed in....
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