Re: [Amc-list] And he was a goober-tronic! (pushrod wasn't quite pushing)

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Replying to myself, lol: the pushrod that wasn't pushing is bent. The
rest seem okay - but I'll place them on something flatter than my garage
floor to double-check.

So - gotta shop for a pushrod! Do you typically replace the whole batch,
or just the one? It is a simple, skinny, solid pushrod. Anyone got a
good one for a 195.6OHV they'd take PayPal for? If not - I'll give
Galvin's a shout on Monday.

The rain keeps coming and going. I want it to stay clear long enough for
me to take off the exhaust manifold and pop the head off.

Bruce Griffis wrote:
> I decided to get off my lazy butt and see why the car wasn't running
> well, and had such a great, awesome cloud of white smoke. Started taking
> everything off, and saw that the #1 pushrod had slipped out of the
> rocker arm. That explains some stuff, anyway!
> 
> We're going ahead with popping off the head, cleaning the goopy stuff I
> used and replacing the headgasket properly. My middle son rounded up two
> of his buddies to provide the muscle behind lifting the cast iron head.
> 
> Hope the rain holds off! I have to move my camper out and move the
> Rambler in the garage - I took off the car cover and the windows were
> all steamed up. Not a good thing!
> 
> But anyway - glad to see the first problem was so simple. Hope the rest
> are simple, too.

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