Hey all. I bought my 71 off of some one who had things all kinds of wrong. Trans pan bolts hand loose and all. Anyway...I bought valve cover gaskets and noticed, when I removed the valve covers, one of the valve covers had a hole in it!!
I immediately realized from the wear on the inside of one of the covers that the rocker arms had worn through and were still wearing through the covers. I think they went back on the wrong way and/or on the wrong side and that's what caused this problem.
I may be wrong, and want to be corrected if I am. But if I'm right, can anyone tell me which side each is supposed to go on and which way?
One has the oil fill and both have oil/air vent lines on the ends.
I'm real new to this so thanks for the help.