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Reply to "Going Off the Reservation"

I think you've made some good choices, Robert. While Jim seems to have proven that a good modern oil (I think his words were "anything that's on sale") works for reasonably light spring pressures, guys running engines with a little more "zip" (or rpm capability) still have to be aware of the damage heavier spring pressures can do. The VR1 (dino or synthetic, which only ranked ever so slightly lower) with such high ratings and (for those of us not totally convinced that it's not needed) higher zinc/phosphorus levels seems to fit our application perfectly. And switching from straight 40w to 10w/30 will be easier on the bearings (and everything else) on start up.

Usually the ends get pounded in with aluminum pushrods that aren't up to the task- can you take a couple pics so we can see the damage to the ends?

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