There is a part two to the push rod and rocker conundrum. If you are able to source a new set of adjusters, and they do come up on eBay here and there, you want paint the cup of the push rod and the adjuster ball with some machinist blue, and then run the push rod in with the adjuster ball. What you are looking for is confirmation that the ball is actually seated in the cup and not just riding on the rim of the pushrod cup. If it is, and you run it, you run the risk of having the cup split and the same thing as above will happen.
Last edited by Dragsix; 03/14/2020 2:33 AM.