Pat & Mike (now that sounds like a corny movie from the '50s)

I fully understand what you are saying but I'm not sure you understand what I am but I've been accused of that before

A pedestal rocker is like a shaft mounted rocker arm in that you really have only one way to adjust the valve action, hydraulic or mechanical, and that's to vary the length of the push rod either with different lengths or with an adjuster screw. A stud mounted rocker, you have an infinite adjustment capability (at least to the length of the stud) by simply adjusting the nut up or down. By doing the up/down adjustment you can adjust the preload on the lifter to whatever you want. That Crane mod kit that I referenced above will convert the pedestal rockers to a stud type and not confuse the issue with different lengths of push rods. It's not the best solution as it leaves me with only a 5/16 thread into the head even with a 3/8 stud rocker, but it is a reasonable one and with less time and money outlay.

Different length pushrods = This - which, if I had a valve job, different compressed thickness head gaskets, replace a valve for some reason could then 'force' me to remeasure and possibly have to get another pushrod. Heck, with my luck with that car lately, I could end up with 16 different length push rods.

Now, back to my original and, I guess second question, is there any reason that anyone can think of that Harland Sharp rockers wouldn't work instead of the Cranes?

At this point, if I can make the mod and someones rocker arms work, then I'll be able to drive the car a bit further then around the 'big' block (5 miles)