1959 352 lifters

[barrysmith]

the rocker arms have 1 bolt in between each set of springs and one on each end for a total of 4 bolts.

Should the lifters be hydraulic or solid ?

My local auto parts said they should be
hydraulic, but the one in it are solid

[frank58]

Do the rockers have adjustment screws? If so they are solid.... Like my '58 Oh, please pardon the gunk.

[YellowRose]

1959 352 lifters

According to what the 1959 shop manual says, the '59 352 has hydraulic lifters in it. Page 1-15, as I recall. It is possible that you have a 352 left over from the 1958 production run and they put a '58 352 in it with solid lifters. If your '59 went through the line early in the production run, that could have happened. My '59 and many others, have parts in them that say B8 instead of B9...

[barrysmith]

now I am really confused, the rocker arms do not have adjustment screws, but the lifters are definately solid, took one apart.

What should be in there?

If what you say about the rockers is corect, then it should have hydraulic.

Maybee someone goofed and put the wrong lifters in it before, or the wrong rockers.

The push rods are solid, does this help.

[KULTULZ]

now I am really confused, the rocker arms do not have adjustment screws, but the lifters are definately solid, took one apart.

You cannot disassemble a solid tappet.

-HYDRAULIC LIFTER-

[barrysmith]

The one I took apart has no spring in the middle, just the retaining clip at top and a solid cap with a hole in the middle.

[barrysmith]

In more detail, the lifter has a lip on the inside that the cap sits on and the clip the goes on top.

There is NO WAY to compress it because the cap is setting on the lip inside.

I hope this makes since.

The rocker arm has no adjustment nuts, just the bolts that bolt it to the head.


According to the guy that built the heads, it should not have even ran, but it did, and pretty good considering it had blown head gaskets.

Is it ok to put the hydrualic lifters in it?

[KULTULZ]

I wonder what someone was thinking about?

If it is a 59 block and has the lifter galleys, yes, put in hydraulics. Follow the Shop Manual for valve lash adjustment.

[frank58]

I wonder what someone was thinking about?

me too.....

Barry, any way to get a pic of one of those lifters?
as Gary (KULTULZ) says, if it's a 59 block it was made for hydraulics.

[barrysmith]

Yep, How can I upload It?
I will allso load pictures of the block where they sit.

I am not sure abot the gallys, pardon the ignorance.

[KULTULZ]

I am not sure abot the gallys, pardon the ignorance.

Not ignorance Sir. If you are positive it is a late 58 or 1959 block, it is hydraulic.

Look under ENGINE LUBRICATION in your online manual. It will explain it to you.

[barrysmith]

It is a hydro.
How do I load pictures?
I searched and do not see how.

Thanks.

[Guest]

post pic's

Hey Barry,
Go to post reply, above this and to the left. Put picture's on your computer. Type in message. Go below this where you are typing and click on manage attachments, then click on choose files. From there you should be able to pick them up where ever you saved them. Click on photo and let our wed site download pic, it will tell you when it is done. Do the same for each picture.
P.S. Try to keep pictures at 1200 pixels or less, or or web site will not post them.
If all else fails send them to Ray!

[barrysmith]

Its a 3 peice solid lifter

Outer barrel with inside lip, top cap with oil hole and a retention clip.

[KULTULZ]

Do the pushrods by any chance have drilled channels in them the length of the rod?