What rocker arms are these from from ?

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Stephen Masefield
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What rocker arms are these from from ?

#1 Post by Stephen Masefield »

Building my rocker assembly from my parts boxes... came across 4 arms that don't appear to be 356 ! No holes for mounting to the stand and circlips at the end, stamping of "218" and all have slight 'twist' in the arm length ...just curious as to what they might be from... similar to 356 but perhaps a special engine ???
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Re: What rocker arms are these from from ?

#2 Post by Jon Bunin »

Steve, they're for the earlier cast iron rocker stands, not for the aluminum rocker stands in your photo.
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Re: What rocker arms are these from from ?

#3 Post by Stephen Masefield »

Thanks Jon...I had a pair of those stands I dismantled a decade ago.. thanks for the memory jog :-)
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Re: What rocker arms are these from from ?

#4 Post by Dick Weiss »

Steve,

The rocker assembly on the left side of the photo shows the aluminum rocker stand for the later engines.

Dick

PS: Most later exhaust rockers have a tiny orfice (on its side) for oil squirting in the rocker chamber(s).
Not in the early exhaust rockers even tho the ratio is the same for all. Later intake rocker ratio is 1,3.

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