Discolored FE pushrods

[Anthony]

I read somewhere that if you are running bushed rocker arm pivots, you shouldn't use oil restrictors. If you have roller bearing rocker pivots, to use the restictors.

[Eljaro]

Anthony
the Dove rocker setup I have is plain aluminum on the steel shaft. If it is as you say I should take the oil restrictors out.

[ted]

If your rocker arm shafts have just the holes without any slots, you may not be getting enough oil through the rocker so the pushrod can oil depending upon how your rocker aligns with the existing oil hole. Simply grinding or cutting a diagonal across the oil holes can fix this if this is the problem.

Ted Eaton

[Hans-Olof Blom]

Eljaro

Prime the engine with the valve covers off. Then you can see if you get oil to all rockers.

When I assembled my engine I primed it before I mounted it in the car. I had oil to all Dove rockers except one.

The oil grove in the center of the rocker was not aligned to the hole. Part of the grove was too shallow. It was easy to fix with a Dremel.