[TR] Lifters

terryrs at comcast.net terryrs at comcast.net
Mon Feb 24 15:36:33 MST 2014


Hello everyone.

Want to thank everyone (belatedly) who responded to my questions about where to send dizzies and rockers for rebuilding.  Much appreciated.

Question;  The first time I rebuilt my TR3 engine, I replaced the lifters with new after markets.  They annealed with the cam lobes, though.  I was running Valvoline full synthetic.  Maybe Mobil One with higher ZZT (?) might resolve that.  But I'm wondering whether it might also be the softness of the new lifters not up to the task of daily driving.  I sourced them about twelve years ago for that rebuild.  Anyone know if this was a relatively common problem?

Having sourced another (TR-4) engine for rebuild, I finished dismanteling it this weekend.  The lifters look nice.  But is it advised to replace lifters during a full-rebuild (always thought so, since I was in there), and if so, any recommendations for high quality product?

Thanks again.

Terry Smith, 1959 TR3A
New Hampshire


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