>From: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
>To: "Dave Hiley" <dhiley@cadvision.com>
>Subject: Re: Rocker Shaft Assembly
>Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 23:01:18 -0400
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>Hi, Dave, and welcome to the list!
>I have a spare 1275 head and a spare engine, and both of them have some of
>the rockers hitting the valve stem to one side or the other of the center
>line of the rocker. Some of the rockers have washers between them and the
>pedestal, and some don't. Some rockers are offset from the valve stem in a
>direction such that washers would make it worse, not better. Of course, I
>don't know if either of my two spare assemblies has been rebuilt at some
>time in the past.
>
>Would mind telling me what the VIN number of your Midget is, and the build
>date? I am trying to build a register of '72/'73 Midgets, originally with
>the goal of trying to find the closest surviving number to my car, which
>could be registered either as a '72 or '73. Thanks for any info.
>
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC USA
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
>than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
Steve:
Thanks for the reassuring comments! Maybe my hamster cage is not unique. :))
My VIN is GAN5UC113937G 1/72
Engine # 12V/5872/L8969
dave
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