John,
Be of good cheer. When you get the rocker assy back in place you can
figure out the necessary length of pushrod. Once you know that, it's easy
to shorten a pushrod. Pushrods are really push-tubes with fitted ends.
One end can be pulled off and you use a "parting tool" in a lathe to
shorten the tube. When I rebuilt my XPAG a decade back, Moss was out of
the short pushrods, sent the long ones, and a friend shortened them for
me in a half hour.
Bob
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:40:05 -0400 gunnellj@athenet.net writes:
> ----- Forwarded message from -----
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:33 -0400
> From: gunnellj@athenet.net
> Reply-To: gunnellj@athenet.net
> Subject: Shaved Head
> To: Mg-t@autox.team.n
>
>
> Hey Mates
>
> I am trying to figure out which push rods I need for my MG TD engine
> build. Or rather, in the "real world" situation, if I can safely
> still use the "long" push rods Moss sells. I say this because they
> no longer have the short push rods.
>
> The Moss catalog states the factory head depth is 3.022. The shop
> resurfaced mine. My mechanic says it measures out with a very slight
> taper, but within spec, and averages 3.00 inches. So is my head
> "excessively" thinner to the point where the "long" push rods won't
> work?
>
> Moss says that they now have only the long push rods. The rep told
> me that Crane is out of business and no longer making push rods. I
> checked Crane's Website. Sure enough. Today (April 22) they are
> auctioning off all their inventory, equipment and intellectual
> property rights. Since they make the T-series camshaft that Moss
> sells, I don't know the implications of this to the T-Series
> community.
>
> As far as my situation at present, I have the head torqued down and
> the rocker arm assembly has been sent to Rocker Arm Specialists. So
> I hope I do not have to go with two head gaskets and I cannot tell
> you is my rocker arm assembly has the long or short adjusting
> screws.
>
>
> John Gunnell
>
>
>
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