Re: valve cover connection
I figured that stud must be hollow but to me it gets interesting trying to get the oil into the rocker shaft because from my recollection the stud doesn't go through the rocker shaft, so you then have to drill through the pedestal and the rocker shaft and then plug the pedestal so you get oil into the shaft.
To me it seems easier to just pull the heads clear out the crossover and clean out the galley coming up from the cam. I agree that the design is not one of fords best, but I have driven late model fuel injected windsors that driven hard on a long time lost oil to the lifters. I used to be a paramedic here in Oz and it was nothing to have to drive an F250 ambulance for 100 miles at 90 mph only to find the engine slowing down due to hydraulic lifters bleeding down.
Regards
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Rick
West Australia
1958 Ford Mainline Utility, 1955 Ford Tudor Sedan
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