Paul,
You might want to consider two things:
1. Valves need to be readjusted.
2. Has the cylinder head been milled? If so, and the internal components
were not shortened to compensate for the lower height, the rockers might be
tapping on the valve cover. We found this out when the fire baffle plate was
broken off of the valve cover on our TR6. The PO milled the head but used
the original rods and used spacers under the rocker-arm pedestals. They
never hit the valve cover hard, but it was enough to puzzle us for quite a
while, and eventually break the welds holding the baffle in place (ending
the mystery!)
Good luck,
Wendy Hart
75 TR6
76 TR7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mitchell" <paul-m@mweb.co.za>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Mysterious clicking
>
> I just parked my 74 TR6 PI back in the garage, and noticed a clicking
> sound from the engine. It is intermittent and irregular, seems to be
> coming from the rocker cover vicinity, and is a kind of soft, hollow
> sounding click. I have no idea where to start - has anyone ever heard
> anything like this?
>
> TIA
>
> Paul
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