No, stock nipples. Just put a new one on my '61 Y block using my method. I'm sure I used the method on my FE engines( may be wrong) but definitely will work on Y blocks.
My 59 Galaxie was originally a 332. Oil pump broke the drive shaft and ruined a rod journal and 2 rods before I got it. It has hyd lifters, and that weird steel timing cover with a spring button cam retainer. I put a 3.5" crank in it and replaced 2 rods. Machined a Cloyes double roller cam sprocket to accept a VW clutch release bearing as a thrust bearing. I didnt want to replace the cam and lifters as they were all in excellent shape. I also turned a piece if aluminum to work with an aftermarket water pump and a 5/8 silicone bypass hose. I like the spring hose clamps for reliability. The alternator bracket I made, this was before the engine rebuild, when it was all blue. Modified Cloyes double roller for hidden fastener, red locktite! Bearing VW clutch release bearing You can see the bypass I made with silicone hose etc.
I think the later cam thrust retainer wasn’t incorporated until sometime after 1961. I remember a conversion process to install a late cam in an early engine, just don’t recall the details or exactly what was involved.
Yes, you just have to remove the origional oil galley plugs and tap them to accept bolts for the later cam retainer. I removed all the press in plugs anyway to clean out the oil passages, and just put threaded plugs in all of them.
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