A couple of days ago I decided to swap out my stock rocker arms on my dune buggy's engine for a set of high lift rockers I've had in storage.
I've never done a rocker upgrade before, so I watched a couple of You Tube videos on the swap and then gave it a go.
Everything seemed to line up properly, and it looked like I wouldn't have to shorten the push rods (thankfully).
After the install I put a big wrench on the crank pulley bolt and rotated the engine through its full cycle a couple of times.
That's when I hear a 'clunk' sound in the engine.
That can't be good.
I took off the valve covers, unbolted the newly installed ratio rockers, and pulled out the steel push rods. Four out of the eight were bent.
Damn.
![Angry >:(](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/angry.gif)
So much for me thinking my old push rods would not need shortening.
![Tongue :P](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/tongue.gif)
Yesterday I pulled the engine, loaded it into the back of our old Chevy Tracker, and took it to a shop in town that still specializes in working on air cooled engines.