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Cal, the way we read the book the first time was to tighten the rocker arm nuts to 19 ft/lb. They were hydraulic. As I mentioned before, this lead to disaster. It held all the valves open and bent 6 push rods. Finally, I tightened them the old way by tightening the rocker nut while rolling the push rods until they were no longer loose and then tightening 3/4 to 1 turn. That worked.
There is only a small nich on the piston and a more like a scrape on the exhaust valve. The valve appears to be seated OK. There are no visible cracks in the head or the piston and the rocker arms went up and down normally before I took them off. I have no good idea of the original cause. I think I will never know because I think I am going to junk this engine and get a rebuilt rather than putting more money into this one or maybe go to a 350 V8.
Rick
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