[Mgs] Ugly tappets

[Barrie Robinson]

Richard,

For the amount of money involved replace everything and do as much as 
you can while you have it stripped down



At 05:18 PM 1/11/2009, Richard Ewald wrote:
>Can you install just new tappets?
>Sure.
>The question is should you install just new tappets?  IMHO no.  Tappets are
>supposed to spin while the engine runs.  It appears to me that your tappets
>haven't been spinning, causing the concave wear pattern.
>If it were my engine (and I have BTDT) I would install a new cam and new
>lifters.
>$.02
>Rick
>
>On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Before I started reassembling the head on my MGB, I thought it would be
> > prudent to take a gander at the tappets. It turned out they were pretty
> > nasty looking. See photos here:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvheim/sets/72157612402265283/
> >
> > In brief, they were pitted, the edges were chipped, and none of them showed
> > the faintest trace of convexity -- in fact, they would be better described
> > as concave. Numbers 4 and 8 even had clear wear patterns showing that they
> > had not been rotating at any time recently.
> >
> > Curiously, the cam lobes themselves appeared perfectly smooth, with no
> > grooves, and the plating did not appear worn through.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if I can just install a new set of tappets and break them
> > in. Comments?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Max Heim
> > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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Barrie

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