With that many things wrong, I'd rebuild the engine.
The rocker arm rebuilder is Rocker Arm Specialist (
http://www.rockerarms.com/ )
I had good service from them, as have other listers.
Can't help on the pistons; I'm interested myself.
Cheers,
Bob
RAWDAWGS@aol.com wrote:
> Bad news. Was trying to get my BN4 that has been setting for years to start
> and noticed a stuck valve. Thought maybe get here running and a temp cycle
> will free it up. Then noticed a bent pushrod and thought might as well pull
>the
> head. Did that and noticed the No 1 and 6 pistons are burned. Just a little
> at the edge.(I will post some pictures tomorrow). So it looks like I am
>going
> to need some advice.I am thinking about changing the pistons, with the
>engine
> in the car. My questions:
>
> 1. Am I crazy not to pull the lump and completely rebuild?
> 2. Who is the list favorite piston supplier currently?
> 3 No lead head? Yea or nay.
> 4 Wasn't there a guy rebuilding rocker assemblies? Need contact info
>
> Sorry to bomb the list but I couldn't figure out how to search the archives
>
> Thanks Scott
>
>
>
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. -
Henry Ford
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