New engine... no good

[Jimal]

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

Also... what rockers are those? There are some sketchy cheap ones out there.

They appear to be these:



The issue isn't that they're cheap and sketchy so much as they're probably overkill for this application.

Originally Posted by awbrown

You can see that that one push rod tip is damaged , I would pull all the pushrods out and inspect them .. also check the rocker arm geometry , it may need a different length pushrod , if it has been run then the lifters should stay with the same lobe that they are mated to ...

Is the tip missing, or just hiding behind the oil gallery casting?

[Dans66Chevy]

In about 1982 my Dad bought a 1964 Chevy Impala from a lady up the street. I had a miss and a back fire out of the carb. It was a 283....It turned out to have a broken rocker arm. My parents drove that car as a winter beater for about 10 years. Was one of the best cars we ever owned.

[trb97]

Got e everything buttoned up and it is running fine so far. Thanks for all the input guys!