what is the order to install push rods.. 3.1 motor. ex.. short and long rods go where??

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YANCEY
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what order for push rods..long or short??
Sep 29, 2011 at 9:07 PM
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RIVERMIKERAT
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I don't see anything specifying a particular order. I've never in my 30-plus years of turning wrenches worried what order to install push rods unless I am using used ones, then they must go back in the same place they came out of.
Sep 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM
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DAN_K
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Short = Intake
Long = Exhaust

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Sep 29, 2011 at 9:54 PM
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