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Nov 2, 2007 | 05:57 PM

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samtye

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push rods

so im disassembling my 390 and i go to pull out the pushrods and they're solid, as in no hole through the center. is this normal? i've never seen them before.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 06:02 PM

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Yea, the rockers get the oil thru a oil passage in the head, look under one of the two center rocker shaft stands, you'll see the passage. This is the one everyone restricts with a Holley #90 jet to cut down on the flood of oil that gets up there.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 06:08 PM

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so are these for solid lifters or just something you do to restrict oil? because this thing ticked like crazy when it was running.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 06:58 PM

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The solid push rods were use with both hyd and solid lifters.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 07:29 PM

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Hydraulic and solid cams on FE's use different pushrods. The hydraulics have a ball end, both ends. Solids used a cup on the rocker end. There was a different fix to restrict the oil to the lifters, that involved a restictor in the lifter gallery passages

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Nov 2, 2007 | 07:37 PM

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If I recall correctly the solid lifter block were different. The lifter size (OD) were different.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 08:44 PM

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Lifter sizes were all the same diameter. Solid blocks didn't have the lifter galleries drilled.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 08:59 PM

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1958/1969 352/390's (& 1962/67 406/427's) with mechanical tappets (lifters):

B8AZ-6565-C .. Pushrod ~ 9.350" o/all length, one cup and one oval type end.

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Nov 2, 2007 | 10:09 PM

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thanks for the help guys, i wasnt sure if the guy i got the truck from installed the wrong rods or not. i all ready bought new ones anyways.

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