<div>Thanks for the info. Can I send you a picture? Paul </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 10:11 AM Tony Drews <<a href="mailto:tony@tonydrews.com">tony@tonydrews.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Paul, some of the "competition grade" tappets have an oil drain
hole drilled as you describe. They are fine as long as the
surface that rides against the camshaft isn't pitted or damaged in
some way. It does indicate that they are not original, or if
original that someone drilled oil drain holes in them...</p>
<p>Regards, Tony Drews<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I had a chance this afternoon with my engine head
off to take my solid tappets out of my TR3 engine. To my
bewilderment two of the eight solid lifters had holes in them,
both holes were about 1/8" or larger, and it looked as if they
were drilled into the tappet at an angle and they were in the
side of the lifter and about 1/2" from the bottom; I took a
picture of one of them and I will try and post it, ISTR that
this list maynot allow pictures? The picture must have failed.<br>
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I quess they need replacing? What causes this?<br>
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