[Healeys] 3000 lifters

[richard mayor]

Yes it does. The flat goes from the lowest hole in the lifter to the
bottom. It's a very small/narrow flat. Enough for oil to escape.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 3:57 PM Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 at 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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