Re: [TR] Pushrod and tappet trouble on my TR3A

["Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>]

> the tappets. Could the tappets be hung up above the cam?
>


Yes!  The oil film between the bottom of the pushrod and its seat in the 
tappet provides sufficient suction that, when you lift the pushrod, you can 
sometimes lift the tappet right out of its bore.  That is what has happened.

Mike 

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