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Old 11-09-2013, 01:16 PM
KEN CROCIE KEN CROCIE is offline
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Tom: these plates were factory issue for the repair of worn out push rod slots in the heads.They were sold "each" . Each plate accomodated two pushrods--an intake and exhaust. The guide plate was ingenious in that no machining was necessary. The installation procedure was to remove a pair of rockers,drop the plate over the studs and replace the rockers. Done! The pushrod side was slightly long (some thought it was a mistake) and extended over to the valve cover gasket. the gasket held the pushrod side in place and the stud side rode against the underside of the rocker arm. Brilliant !

I just looked in Pete's book and the 9777594 looks similar to the SD but without the hold down hole

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