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Mine were that bad before paint. I used a slide hammer on them. They aren't perfect but I don't worry about them either. Obviously they're going to need paint after stud welding and pulling...

You can stud weld and pull them with a slide hammer and get them somewhat straight or you can keep the patina. Sadly, it doesn't look like you will get to do both. I assume they are all rusting from the inside out. Personally, I'd leave it and...

@J Mack made some nice heavy duty rockers by rolling them to the oem specs.

Well, after washing it up and getting a better look at them. They are toast. I'm gonna try and fab in a round pipe for the radius, then mold the upper rocker material to it.

Inside pic.

Man that sucks, been there done that. At one point we all stood on front bumper to get it to clear after airing tires down and loading interior up with heavy crap. Glad it worked out!

I see that anomaly occasionally with identical parts. Again, it's not the first time I have seen the same part number broken out as front/rear or left/right.

there is the one marks adapter that keeps the tcase and trans in the same spot. Its for a sbc though. I think thats what I will do if mine blows up to be honest. that or diesel swap. who knows though, in the future there may be some really cool...

small block chevy time.... JK. I would "burp" the system. Get one of those funnels that attach to the radiator. Then put the front of the truck on ramps or jack the truck up in the front. I have also filled the head with a funnel through the temp...

How is the radiator in this Pig?

So........... Do you go in dry or lube??

Is the BB = TDC? Or the line? One of those represents 7 degrees BTDC.

Start with the basics. Confirm you have fuel and spark. Confirm the valves are close to spec. A machine shop valve job would just mean they lapped the valves and installed the shims. Since you had the camshaft out, it would be you who set the...

All is plugged back in, the 1 ground cable I disconnected is back connected, injectors are spraying, have spark (checked a plug against the block while cranking), just JB welded the crack seen above, now am going to set rocker gap from FSM. The...

You’re positive you have voltage at the coil and your new spark plugs are gapped correctly? All your TBI connections are connected and everything that needs voltage has voltage and everything that needs ground has ground?

Crack is a problem (don't do crack) but its not a keep it from starting type problem

I put all pushrods back in and bolted the rocker arms back on. I do not know how much they decked it. I did nothing to the head once I got it back....the professional shop was supposed to clean it, pressure test, and do 'valve job'.....I got...

Yeah, if you deck the head you effectively make the pushrods longer and potentially the valves are not shutting if you don't run through them and adjust them all as the manual describes. She'll run strong after that!

Are all your rockers adjusted? I imagine you set the rack on there and bolted it down and called it good.

Did you set the valves on the new head job?

Spray some gas down the carburetor... Hard to imagine it getting out of time but you could static time it and make certain that when the flywheel pointer is at TDC and both rockers are loose on #1 that the distributor rotor is pointing at the...

that is perfect. thank you! its not symmetric in that it has a "u" shape cross section as you show so it was intended to be installed a certain way and not just as a spacer. (and I got the gasket from Toyota, just used that link as an...

The gasket goes on the flange and the collar goes on the stub end of the exhaust pipe. There should be enough exhaust pipe sticking through the flange to accommodate both. Not sure what you mean by the collar being unsymmetrical. It should be...

If you really want to have some fun, post a thread and ask what sealant (or anti-seize) will do to your torque spec. People will lose their minds. It will be glorious...

And to bring it full circle.....the rocker stand bolts do not need sealant. I guess someone had removed the rocker stand bolts before me. The bolt holes are not open to any water passages. Thanks for all the input