Gentlemen,
Some background- My first car was a '38 Chev back when a kid could afford one for a first car, followed by a '49 convert, then a 61 (6) station wagon. Had the heads off all of them and set the valves as required. Now, I've got a '50 1/2 ton pickup and, honestly, don't recall what the inside of the rocker cover should look like. Seems to me that there should be oil all over the place, with puddles in the valve retainers and pushrod cups. What I see with this one is oil oozing very slowly out of the rocker holes, and oil in the pushrod cups. Valve retainers seem dry. I've loosened the line to the rocker shaft and oil comes out (no flood).
Does this sound normal or should I pull the rocker shaft? I've had the pickup for a while and it is a monthly driver that I'd like to make daily.
Thanks, Bill
