- 1. engine noise - progress at last (score: 1)
- Author: <fmags@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:01:18 -0500
- Got the noise to go away this afternoon. It has been a loud mechanical tapping noise at idle. Last weekend, I poured about a pint of Marvel Msytery Oil on the rocker shaft with the engine at idle and
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00282.html (8,003 bytes)
- 2. Re: engine noise - progress at last (score: 1)
- Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:10:44 -0400
- You might want to check out all 12 tappets (cam followers), not just 6. They are notorious for eventually wearing through the .003" case hardening and then eroding themselves and the cam lobe. If th
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00284.html (9,743 bytes)
- 3. Re: engine noise - progress at last (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:57:23 +0800
- The six cylinder healey motor has an extremely long rocker shaft which is prone to oil clogs on some of the oulying rocker bushes. It is a normal part of driving a healey and more often than not the
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00289.html (9,225 bytes)
- 4. Re: engine noise - progress at last (score: 1)
- Author: MBran89793@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:07:48 EDT
- (I think I will change all 6 tappets) Just to play it safe you may want to change all 12 tappets and not 6.. Marion S. Brantley, Jr. Tampa Bay Austin-Healey Club Membership Chmn./Delegate
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00292.html (6,796 bytes)
- 5. Re: engine noise - progress at last (score: 1)
- Author: Skip <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:03:11 -0400
- I once had a similar noise situation.... The problem was a worn cam keeper. (The cam keeper is the metal plate that fits on the front of the engine and covers the hole where the cam is inserted into
- /html/healeys/2006-10/msg00398.html (8,326 bytes)
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