Why not return the piece of crap, and insist on a corrected item (at which time
they will refund your money) and purchase the item from another supplier. Or is
this item too rare?
Brad
"Brashear, Jack, N" wrote:
> Hi All, I'm an experienced builder of Big Healey engines as well as A
> block and B block engines. This happened to me a few days ago. I was
> installing a brand new rocker arm shaft on a big AH engine (29K) and I
> checked all the oiling holes to make sure they were open and clear. The
> No.1 (front) hole was totally blocked by the screwed plug in the front
> end of the shaft. Moreover, the screwed plug itself is a 1/2-20 Allen
> type and it's about double the length of the original type plug thereby
> also blocking the retaining pin holes at the very front end. What's
> more, you cannot reuse the original plug from the old rocker shaft
> because it's a different thread diameter. So what to do?? I haven't
> done anything yet but I guess I could screw the plug into place and
> drill thru the front oil hole so as to lube the No.1 rocker arm and
> drill straight thru the plug by drilling thru the retainer pin holes so
> as to lock it in place. Just remember that you'll need to remove the
> plug and clear the shaft of drill debris. The down side of all this is
> an unsuspecting builder could have an expensive problem if no oil gets
> to the front rocker arm. This is just a heads-up if you're
> contemplating a new rocker arm shaft. This bad example came from M***
> but this post is certainly not intended to bash them in any way...it's
> just FYI.
> Jack
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