Metal in oil
Hi Rick
Better pics of drivers side
Unfortunately I closed up passenger side today
So you’re saying my rockers are the stamped type and they’re good?
Hope these pics help you see what you’re looking for
AND I hope like hell they’re not installed wrong
Engine is a Crate motor from TRISTAR and they’re pretty reputable… but hey they’re also human
Close up photos are both ends and then the middles
Thanks for any insight
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First off I screwed up in my post, I'm sorry. Big blocks use the left/right offset, LA small blocks
use center line rockers. So you are good there. Rusty was spot on for you in his post with the shafts
and push rod hole clearance. I checked 3 ways to get this right. Factory 69dart shop manual, Direct
Connection bible, and new old stock Crane ductile iron rocker extra set I have for my 340. The Crane
set are all centered. If you look at the whole head picture it looks like left/right push rod pockets all
mixed up, but the pair pictures are all centered correct. Your golden there.
I closed my shop 14yrs ago. I did prototype testing for Cat and Cummins in 2 brands of snowcats
for the 4 company's. And built all kinds of engines to fill the gaps.
To me your engine inside looks like 170miles not 17,000. Very clean. In this vintage engine your
paper towel dust is normal for a 20+ micron oil filter, that almost all are. The only 10 micron I can
think of might be K&N if they still are. Magnetic drain plugs and rifle bore scopes scare the crap out
of people. A lot of heavy equipment and industrial have magnetic plugs and is about normal collection
what you see. My 440 in my truck has a 2 gallon pan with a mag plug and 180,000 miles in the last
32yrs. Every change looks like yours, still runs great and burns no oil pulling trailers in the mountains.
If it was my engine I would enjoy it for the next 30yrs.