It all started with a cracked head. (The truck's, not mine.) In my search to find a cheap replacement I found another (frozen) 235 engine to use for parts. We got the head off the donor and onto the patient yesterday and when it came time to reinstall the pushrods we noticed that the two sets are different lengths. Hmmm. Both the donor and the patient have 3837004 blocks and 848 heads. Luckily a search here taught me that because of the different lifters installed in 235s the pushrods can be different lengths:
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Now, the question: Do I want to put back the hydraulics that were already in my block or use this opportunity to drop in these funky looking solids? Past replies here seem to go about 50/50.
What's the best way to clean up these hydraulic ones? Soak 'em in solvent?
Lastly, all of the pushrods in my engine have holes running through them - except for one. The lifter on that one looks just like all the others. Should the pushrod have a hole in it or doesn't it matter?
As you can tell, I'm trying to get away cheap - a full rebuild isn't in the budget right now. Thanks for all of your help!
The donor:
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The patient:
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Thanks,
Keahi
