Re: Valve clatter-help! WARNING - DISASTER LOOMS

[Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>]

At 12:29 PM 8/30/2000 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>The only benefit is they are supposed to be lighter and stronger.  When
you convert an early solid lifter engine to the bucket lifters you will
need pushrods to go with them.  So, it's either buy used or Crane. 

Ah, not so!  When my Crane tubular pushrods failed I bought new single
piece pushrods for the 18V engine from Moss Motors.  And as I happen to be
rebuilding two more engines at the moment, I have just purchased two more
sets of new (long) pushrods to go with the "bucket" tappets.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
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