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Re: MG PA engine

To: jear@rmi.net
Subject: Re: MG PA engine
From: Lawrie Alexander <britcars@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:52:44 -0700
Cc: jasper@enternet.com.au, mg-mmm@autox.team.net, british-cars-pre-war@autox.team.net
Reply-to: Lawrie Alexander <britcars@juno.com>
Sender: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net
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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