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ncoonen · 05-21-2018, 04:37 PM

I feel like kind of a dumbass but I am going to ask anyway. Is there some trick to dropping in the push rods on a 292 after the head is torqued down? This is the first time I've put a 292 head on with the engine in the truck ('63 C10). In the past I have done the assembly on an engine stand.

The #6 push rods are not even close to standing up straight enough to drop in. I thought about a hole in the cowl to be plugged later but that's just embarrassing.

D'oh...ned.

05-21-2018, 04:37 PM	#1
ncoonen Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Livermore, CO Posts: 136	292 Push Rods I feel like kind of a dumbass but I am going to ask anyway. Is there some trick to dropping in the push rods on a 292 after the head is torqued down? This is the first time I've put a 292 head on with the engine in the truck ('63 C10). In the past I have done the assembly on an engine stand. The #6 push rods are not even close to standing up straight enough to drop in. I thought about a hole in the cowl to be plugged later but that's just embarrassing. D'oh...ned. __________________ '63 C10 long wide; '61 Corvair Lakewood; '74 BMW 2002tii; '89 BMW 325i, '49 Ford 8N



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