Cylinder head Q Options

[village idiot]

Are they side specific? What I mean is, I see in the rocker boxes there's a number cast in the middle. One has a "1" and the other has a "2". Reason I ask is I just had new guides installed as well as the seats/valves resurfaced as well as the head sealing surface.

Now after installing the heads and trying to set the valves, I've had to back the adjusters waaay off just to get the rocker shaft/rockers back on. This doesn't seem normal to me, and I double checked to make sure the pushrods are seated correctly in the lifters. Am I missing something here?

Help! I want to put this car back together and enjoy it!

[ejm]

Heads can be fitted to either side. If you need the threaded hole for the CHT make sure it's on the correct side.

Installing the rockers on cyl's that have open valves will cause the problem you describe. Back the adjuster off a couple of turns and put the engine at TDC for the cyl your installing the rockers on. The you can seat the rocker assy and torque the nuts without putting stess on the studs.

You should be checking CR and rocker geometry esp. since the heads have been cut.