Hi all, quick update, I should be hearing from the machine shop mid week. I starting cleaning the top of the block off...just taking my time, slowly but surely. While I'm waiting for the work to be completed, I did have a question about the rocker shaft oiler that that feeds rocker arms. Mine looks to be original, it loops around the rocker shaft and dumps overflow oil back onto the head. Before I took the head off, I did observe the engine running with the valve cover off and oil was getting to the rockers (I'd like to see more!) and there was a good flow coming out of the oiler and back to the engine. I guess that is a good sign that there isn't any clogged passageways that feed that system. I did inspect the rocker arms and they are all the correct ones for my year 235 with the oil groves machined in the middle of the rockers matching up with the oil passages in the rocker shafts. I inspected the rocker shafts and I did not see or feel any obstruction in the oil passages.
All of that being said, for my 1955 235 engine, is there any advantage or disadvantage to crimping that rocker oiler after it feeds into the rocker shaft (like the later 235's have) to get more oil to the rocker arms? Should I just leave well enough alone?
Last edited by jaydee5150; 03/04/2018 4:55 PM.
