Except in very unusual situations, it is absolutely unnecessary to remove the cam and valve tappett if there is a defective hydraulic lifter. A ticky valve that disappears at higher rpm's may be that it just can't be heard whien the engine is making lots of noise.

Remove the lf wheel and fender apron and valve covers. Yoiu will be able to "feel" the ticky lifter with your fingers or find it with a listening stick or long screw driver.

If the valve is sticky form long storage, spray some WD40 or similar on the bottom of the guide

I heard that he (also??) worked on the aluminum case for the 56

Rusty,

What was the problem with the 47 356 that the Ford ignition fixed?? I have driven 100,000 miles in 356's and have sold parts for thousands of them, never encountered any inherent problems. The Autolite system proved ultrarealiable in millions of cars

For sure electronic ignition is more reliable, it can be computer controlled in numerous parameters and in an engine designed for it, yields lower emissions. None of these are benefits that can be obtained, I believe, in an older engine which was designed for points ignition.

I do not think that old fashioned vacuum advance/points/condenser ignition would be viable on a modern engine

The cam does not have to be removed in order to remove a hydraulic plunger, it has to be removed to remove a solid lifter or the cam follower for the hydraulic lifter.

Hey, not so fast there buddy, My pet rocks which I keep in the basement where it's damp and dark, came down with radon poisoning. NOw I have to send them to Mexico for a $10,000 miracle cure made from avacodo pits. The damn Democrats outlawed the treatment here. Have to sell a few more parts at $5000 each to afford it. It's like a conspiracy, ya know, like.

Length of hood, 4 large "doors" instead of 30 or so samll pressed in louvers. 100% for sure a 640, 645's had same hood/louvers but no coupes were made.

It is not a Super Eight, it is technically an Eight Deluxe. The Eight Deluxe was renamed the Super 8 in 1933 I think.. Owen_Dyneto to he podium please

OK, so I will not debate that you get a hotter spark. If I have an open can of gasoline and I put a 600 degree open flame to it or a 10,000 degree plasma source, both will blow me to hell. If it is in a combustion chamber the same thing holds.

If the spark is too weak to jump the gap, it won't ignite the mixture and you will get a misfire but nobody has said an original ign setup is too weak to jump the gap

You state that you have an electronic ignition on your 356 and there are no problems, if there were problems before this might have fixed them, if there were no problems before then it proves nothing.

There are advantages to electronic ign, to be sure, like almost infinite point life and firing on low voltage. Like Splitfire spark plus that were all the rage until the FTC forced them to stop their unsubstantiated claims, I'd like to see proven results and not just "it's really great"

Studebaker considered using it, but they were going to rename it UL-TRAUMATIC

While I will not debate the ability of a Ford unit ot throw a 3" spark adn how much voltage it would take, teh spark only has to jump a .030" or so gap, so that much more is a nice thing to brag about but will not ignite the gas mixture any better.

5 guys is a hamburger chain, perhaps 5 points?? and hold the pickles