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

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Email me at piper_pa20 at prodigy.net with your mailing address.  I have a pile of those pushrods.

Joe Fulton



--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] And he was a goober-tronic! (pushrod wasn't quite pushing)
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 8:56 AM
> 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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