<VV> Loud noise when hot - SOLVED

[Vairjer at cs.com]

snip> It turns out that the right head had all of the push rods 
installed backwards and apparently have been that way for a long time as the 
pivot balls are all deeply scored. I never would have guessed that slightly 
dry pivots could make so much noise! The fact that the engine hasn't been 
run for about fifteen years may have something to do with it.<

 >I only regret that I pulled the head looking for the 
problem and it wasn't really necessary. I'm sure that I'm the only one who 
has ever done that. <<

True confession time....this was my first experience with a head related 
noise, and I pulled the head, took it into a local machine shop with an 
experienced staff and verified that the damage wasn't serious....I hadn't even looked at 
the pushrods as they came out, as I was concentrating on looking at the 
valves/stems but couldn't figure out why so dry...  When I put the head back on I 
made sure that the pushrods were properly installed, etc..   Checked the other 
head and noticed the lack of oiling holes and then it DAWNED on me!!!  Every 
pushrod didn't have the extra oiling hole.....I was just lucky that the 
tolerances on the left head didn't cause a squeak (yet).  

Jerry McKenzie