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Hi
I am in Australia and have a march 1961 power major.
It appears I have 2 bent and cracked push rods.
They are 305mm long which my research says is too long. I believe they are supposed to be 297mm long
I have no idea where to buy new ones, can anyone help please?
I have searched and searched and just cant find anything.

Welcome to this board.
I can't help you with the problem of the push rods, but maybe you are looking in the wrong period.
According to production data, the Power Major was last build 21-11-60 with engine number 1578885. The first Super Major was build on 24-10-60 with number 1575971.
There are a number of differences between the engines.
Could you please tell us some casting codes or a build number.
Casting code read as letter-number-letter and can be found on different places on casted parts like bell house, axle trumpets and so on.
Maybe some pictures will help too.

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G'day Sully. Firstly; where abouts are you? I'm in the sou. west of WA.
Push rods:
From, and including, engine no. 1425097 the push rod length was reduced to 299.7mm. Easy head I.D. is that the inlet and exhaust ports where all in line.
Prior to the above engine no. the push rod length is 302.3mm.-- plus the inlet and exhaust ports where offset to each other.
A couple of other points to be mindful of: Earlier heads had slightly longer rocker arms with a correspondingly further away hole in the head for the push rods. Check that the rods have stem clearance without binding on the hole sides when fitted to the rocker arms caused by the fitting of the later un-original rocker arms.
Cylinder head gaskets have different thicknesses. Before the above engine no [1425097] a copper/asbestos gasket was used. From that no., and up to engine no. 1518654, a crimped steel head gasket as fitted. After this a composition type gasket became the norm.
Obviously the crimped steel gasket would affect the working length of the push rods.

Pavel

This will do the trick I think


No luck. I think it is because it;s a slide and nit a single picture.
Maybe this will work.
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M3D is november 3 1960
K12D is august 12 1960
Yours would be one of the last Power model made. Is the an engine number right side front cilinder above the dieselpump.
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G'day Pavel

I live in Perth but my block is in Kojonup, so I suspect were quite close.

Ok, so it looks like I need the shorter ones, nothing wrecking around here at the moment unfortunately and Im being told they are not made any more.

Might try and find someone with a lathe, see they can make a couple up for me.

Sully, g'day; nice to have some cooler weather again -- 40C plus is a bit over the top. My place, Kendenup, is only 80Ks south of Koji.
Try this mob:

Wilson Wrecking
2005 Lower Denmark Rd.
Torbay.
Tel. 9845 1297
Email: sales@wilsonwa.com.au

They have hectares of second hand tractors and machinery including Majors -- I've used them for parts for mine.
They are on the Lower Denmark Rd half way between Albany and Denmark -- turn off on the left hand side. [a lovely excuse to have a day in delightful Denmark afterwards]
Pavel

You little ripper, they got some.

Gonna be in an express post bag this arvo.

Thanks very much Pavel

A pleasure, Sully.
Saves machine shop work.
Pavel