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Topic: pushrods for 65 head swap--advice needed
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BornInAFord
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bend, OR, USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-09-2003 10:59 PM
  
I am putting a set of rebuilt 65 heads (3-angle, hardened seats, mildly ported) on my 67 289. My rebuilder says that with the better wearing newer oils you don't need to use the hardened pushrods with the 65 style cast rockers. He says that with the mileage I would put on it (~1000 miles a year) the wear would be negligible and that most of the wear reported was with the poorer oils back in the 60s. I am not so sure I can part with my misgivings so easily. Any advice? Should I stick with the hardened pushrods or keep the later style?Thanks, Daniel
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Moneymaker
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From: Lyons, IL, USA
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posted 02-10-2003 08:43 PM
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BornInAFord
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bend, OR, USA
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-11-2003 10:41 AM
Thanks, Alex! 
Daniel
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