Re: [Healeys] 3000 lifters

[Michael Salter via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>]

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I had never heard of that trick Richard.
I presume that the flat didn't go all the way to the bottom?

M

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM richard mayor via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:

> In my race car (a 3000) I run MGC bucket lifters. They have a small hole
> in the side that allows oil to exit.  The stock pedestal lifters are
> heavier than bucket lifters, put more side load than bucket lifters and
> fill up with oil. The old trick for racers using pedestals was to machine a
> flat on the lower side of the pedestal to allow oil to  drain.
>
> Richard Mayor
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:small">I had never heard of that trick Richard.</div><di=
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mall">I presume that the flat didn&#39;t go all the way to the bottom?</div=
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ze:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial=
,sans-serif;font-size:small">M<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM rich=
ard mayor via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys=
@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>In my race car (a 3000) I run MGC buck=
et lifters. They have a small hole in the side that allows oil to exit.=C2=
=A0 The stock pedestal lifters are heavier than bucket lifters, put more si=
de load than bucket lifters and fill up with oil. The old trick for racers =
using pedestals was to machine a flat on the lower side of the pedestal to =
allow oil to=C2=A0 drain. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Richard Mayor=C2=A0=
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