Your bolts are all necked down, you are good to go on that...Some engines came with only one...The front pedestal with the oil deal is to help lube the distributor gear, by way of more oil running down on it...Late engines it was deleted and are all the same...Matthew68":2ufrtibr said:frozenrabbit":2ufrtibr said:Just looked over my rocker assembly. You referring to key/tabbed pedestal was throwing me off.
The front pedestal has an overflow/return passage that lets oil back out of the rocker shaft. All other pedestals are the same, with a slightly squared off hole.
I'd say the sealant on the driver's side rear head bolt and that oil passage is your issue.
Sorry, I didn't know the technical term to it. Ok, it sounds like we're all set. The only thing I'm still confused on is where is this different bolt? Every one of mine (I have two different sets of bolts), are all identical....
So if you have play around the lower shaft hole and the bolt and also the pedestal with the bolt (it does not have to be a lot) I think that you are good with the shaft.