I have been down that road, you have to get the new matching rocker arm assemblies. --- randalpark@xxxxxxx wrote: > > I have discovered a problem in replacing ONE of the > heads on my 1960 > Imperial. The replacement head seems to be for a > later engine, and has > towers for the rocker shaft cast into the head. The > earlier design is > made differently in this respect. We see no other > differences in > specifications for push rod length, valves, valve > springs, etc. > > I think that the replacement may also have more > valve cover mounting > holes, but the old valve cover with fewer holes > seems to line up with > what is needed to fasten down the valve cover. I was > aware of this > difference between old and new style big block > heads, but the rocker > shaft mounting towers was something I had not heard > before. > > Reviewing my various FSM's and pictures in the > Engine Section, it > appears that this change occurred in 1964. Has > anyone here encountered > this? Other than the actual rocker shaft, will the > head fit and > function the same as the old style on my engine? > > Thanks in advance for anyone's help/advice! > > Paul W. > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > Charles Major 270.791.4139 Moble 208.728.4443 FAX ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm