[Healeys] Venting oil through rear air filter

[richard mayor]

You cannot rotate the rocker shaft 180 degrees. There is a special bolt that
goes through the banjo on the oil feed line and down into a hole in the shaft.
This is how the oil gets into the shaft that feeds the rockers. You cannot
change the rotation of the shaft without welding up the hole on the one side
and drilling a hew hole in the other. Just get a new shaft and re-bush the
rockers.

Richard Mayor
BN7L-466  Vintage Racer
Portland, Oregon




> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:16:10 -0700
> From: rdryman1 at yahoo.com
> To: richchrysler at quickclic.net; enquiries at classic-car-world.co.uk;
healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Venting oil through rear air filter
>
> Do I remember seeing something about turning the rocker shaft over 180
degrees
> for a quick fix. Never tried that but it sure was written in a Chatter long
time
> ago(or something like it?)
> Curious~~~
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rich C <richchrysler at quickclic.net>
> To: Tom McCay - Classic-Car-World Ltd <enquiries at classic-car-world.co.uk>;
> healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 8:32:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Venting oil through rear air filter
>
> Tom,
>
> This one's really easy. Your rocker arm bushings and shaft are badly worn
> causing excessive amounts of oil up in the rocker cover that can't drain
down
> quickly enough, so the breather hose is pulling this excess oil into the
rear
> air cleaner.
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