Finally pulled the valve covers off Daniel's engine in his 63 Merc... 390 2 bbl.  Pleasant surprise was no serious gunk build up present on the rockers, valve springs, etc.  Only problem appears to be that the front two rods on the dr side bank do not spin like the rest of them do.  There's also a tick from that area after running a few minutes.  Plenty of oil appears to be present and flowing, but no spinning on those two rods.  Don't the rods spin from riding on the tapered cam lobes?

Any ideas what we may have on our hands?

thanks in advance!

PS, I believe we have finally located  correct front and back seats for the car... now, I just need to figure out how to get them from Demming, NM to Houston!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX