Fordson New major rocker arms not aligning with valves

[bolens1053]

I am in the process of doing a major rebuild on a 1954 Fordson major. I went to put the rocker arm assembly on and they do not line up with the valves correctly. I looked back at the pictures and it was like this before I started the rebuild. I have a normal rocker arms assembly without the decompressor. Were the heads that had decompressors different from a normal head?

[anthonygos]

Is your cylinder head ports offset or inline..?

[bolens1053]

The cylinder head ports are in line on it.

[anthonygos]

You have the later type cylinder head which should be no problems in fitting, remove tappet cover and make sure you drop the push rods in the appropriate holes and you can see them on the cam followers (valve tappets), can't see any other reason for this unless you have taken apart the rocker arm shaft and not assemble it correctly.

[bolens1053]

I don't even have the pushrods in yet the whole assembly seems like it is about 1/16 inch back from the tops of the valve stems. I would load pictures but I don't have a place to load them to. I think it should be alright the way it is it ran before like this. I have disassembled the whole rocker arm assembly and put it together two different ways so I know I have it together right.