Bob,
Can you re-visit your note and add in which side of the head you viewed
the rocker shaft from - or does your head only have one side? {VBG}
Lawrie
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:39:16 -0600 "J.E.A.Rich" <jear@rmi.net> writes:
> Dave,
>
> To answer your questions, the oil holes in the rocker shafts face
> towards
> the centre of the head and line up with the oil groove inside the
> rocker
> bush. The hexagonal part of the rocker bush is on the left when
> viewed from
> the side of the head and for a PA should be installed in the rocker
> with the
> oil hole pointing down in the approximate 7 o'clock position but
> with the
> top & bottom flats on the the hexagon parallel with the head face.
> All the
> rockers should be set up like this (they are different for a J) and
> the
> rocker clearances adjusted by grinding the valves not turning the
> eccentrics!
>
> Cheers, "Bob".
>
> > From: Dwyer <jasper@enternet.com.au>
> > Organization: Home
> > Reply-To: Dwyer <jasper@enternet.com.au>
> > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:16:22 +0000
> > To: mg-mmm <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> > Cc: british-cars-pre-war@autox.team.net
> > Subject: MG PA engine
> >
> > Gentlemen
> >
> > I've just started to reassemble the rocker and camgear and I've
> realised
> > there are a couple of things that I don't know about it:
> >
> > 1. The rocker shafts have a row of oil holes to feed the rockers:
> do
> > these holes point toward the centreline of the head, or out to the
> > sides?
> >
> > 2. The rocker bushes will fit into the rockers from either side:
> which
> > side should the hex heads be? I realise that it might not matter,
> but I
> > might as well put them the way the factory did if possible.
> >
> > All advice greatfully accepted.
> >
> > Dave Dwyer
> > Sydney
> >
>
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