[Mg-t] Source of Rocker Arm Ass'y

[John Seim]

One situation I saw a few years ago, was that the piston would not 
travel all the way up into the bell. Removed the cap and damper rod, 
and it would. Seems that the brass sleeve from a damper rod had dropped 
off of the damper, and fell, along with the "E" clip, into the bottom 
of the oil pipe of the piston. At some time, it was noticed that the 
damper did not have the sleeve at the bottom, and another cap and 
damper were installed. The piston travel was
limited by the length of the sleeve stuck in the bottom of the damper 
oil pipe reservoir.

John Seim
Irvine, CA

On Jan 19, 2009, at 6:35 AM, Gunnellj at athenet.net wrote:

> Mates
>
>    The rebuild of the MG TD engine is moving along well. The main 
> problem is we keep saying "while it's apart, why not do this, too?" So 
> the cost is going up as we add in a front end rebuild and rebuilt 
> shocks. But if we didn't, you just know something would break the week 
> after we put the car back together.
>
>    A few weeks ago, when I asked about parts, someone mentioned a 
> source of a completely rebuilt rocker arm assembly. We did that on the 
> Magnette engine (sourced from Scarborough Faire) and it worked great. 
> Who sources the XPAG rocker arm assembly?
>
>    Anyone have experience with carb pistons that don't go all the way 
> up in the bell (suction chamber)? Joe Curto says the piston only rises 
> 3/4" to 1" and won't get stuck, but my mechanic says the car will have 
> more power if the piston doesn't get stuckj when it goes all the way 
> up. We are sanding the inside of the bell with 1000-grit paper. It 
> takes a long time. Any suggestions?
>
> John Gunnell
> Iola, WI
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