Just for grins, has anyone every put one of these on a TR3 before?
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
1960 TR3-A, TS69032L
'74 Norton Commando Roadster
On Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:23:39 -0600 "Richard Ceraldi-ERC004"
<Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com> writes:
>
>Charles wrote:
> "Anyone tried one of these special add-ons that route oil
>directly up
> to the valve cover via external tubing. I don't recall the
>details,
> but I think I saw one of these in a Moss or other catalogue.
>All
> opinions welcome!"
>
>Charles,
> I have been running one of those external oil feed from TRF for
>about 3
>years. I suppose it does get more oil up there as my car and everybody
>elses
>I see with them installed seem to smoke after the install. It must hve
>
>something to do with the lack of a valve seal and all that oil now
>showing
>up where it didn't an any quantity before. It is mostly noticed when
>restarting after a good run on the engine and everything is still hot.
>Like
>when on a road trip and everyone stops for gas.
> I have only replaced a scored rocker arm shaft once and that was
>back in
>1975. So I have put quite a few miles on the car without the feed line
>and
>not had any problems. Truthfully I just installed it cause it looked
>cool;-).
>
>Regards,
> Richard Ceraldi Check it out!
>
>
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