Adjustable hyd. standard?

[Anonymous]

Saw a statement recently that solid lifters were discontinued after 62 and that small sixes came with Hydrulic lifters and adjustable rockers. Anybody have any facts on this? I did a bunch of research but couldn't find anything on this.
-- I did read (in a Ford publication) where some 200's were made with solid lifters in certain Econolines and Bronco's, which just shows NOTHING is set in concrete where Ford is concerned.
Thanks, Dan

 

[CZLN6]

Howdy Dan:

To the best of my knowledge, and, as you know, with FoMoCo nothng is cast in stone-

Fomoco began changing from Solid lifter cams to Hydraulic in the '64 and '65 model year. It is a safe bet that any block with a C4xx or earlier casting will be a 4 main, solid lifter block with a small distributor hole and driveshaft, and adjustible rocker arms. Some of these were 200 blocks in Fairlanes and Meteors.

The C5xx casting # blocks were the beginning of 7 main, hydraulic lifter, larger distributor hole and driveshaft. Some of these still had adjustible rocker arms.

I do not know about any exceptions for Bronco or Econolines.

Hope that helps a little.

Adios, David