[Mgs] [MG-MGB] Delta Cam Lash

[Paul Root]

Err, Congratulations Rick?

I'm not much of a TR guy. I actually liked my TR7, except when the  
transmission fragged on me.
I'd still like a TR8.

On May 26, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Rick Lindsay wrote:

> Max wrote,
>
>> So my contention is that setting them cold is equally accurate,
>> in theory, and more likely to be consistent, in practice (in
>> those cases where the factory has provided this figure, of course).
>
> Knowing all the while that the cam wear may be greater than the  
> precision of either measurement technique. :-P  This all feels to me  
> like using a micrometer to select which pipe wrench to use.  I have  
> ALWAYS set valve clearances on dead-cold engines; all marques, all  
> years.
>
> And yes, I have an LBC again - as was expected.  I now own a 1962  
> Triumph TR3b.  72nd from the end of TR3 production.  It is a superb  
> specimen.
>
> Rick
> PS: My apologies for using the T-word in mixed company.
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