- 1. Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@datastar.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:43:35 -0600
- I was sitting at a stop light today in the B admiring the nice oil smoke that my car puts off. Oil leaks past the tappet cover, runs down the block, and hits the hot exhaust pipe. 007 would be proud.
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00215.html (7,845 bytes)
- 2. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 18:06:55 EST
- Why is it leaking there? Is the cover warped? I ask, because a friend of mine who noticed my constant efforts to stop the leaks from the rocker cover in my TD suggested I look to see if it were bent.
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00218.html (8,940 bytes)
- 3. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 08:04:52 -0600
- The easiest way to justify one of those boy-racer aluminum valve covers is that they are cast flat on the bottom where they contact the head. I use "aviation gasket sealer" that comes in a small (pla
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00246.html (8,935 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: miker15@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 11:36:21 EST
- On Thu, 05 Feb 1998 08:04:52 -0600 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net> , I observed that there seemed to be enough tension to hold the cover to the head. Again, the sealer was "They may be ribbed for her
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00258.html (8,178 bytes)
- 5. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 17:03:04 +0000
- Try replacing the rubber compression washers under the fixing bolts, they are a service item. PaulH.
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00629.html (8,205 bytes)
- 6. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:11:29 -0500
- Is Thomas talking about the "tappet cover" or "rocker cover"? I thought he was referring to the tappet cover, but.....? -- *Bill Schooler *Check the MGCC Wash DC Centre Web Page *Woodbridge, VA *http
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00665.html (8,807 bytes)
- 7. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@datastar.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:11:31 -0600
- I was talking about the tappet cover. Not too many people were able to differentiate. Thomas James Pokrefke, III
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00666.html (7,461 bytes)
- 8. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 20:39:13 -0500
- Thomas (and all other interested), Go to British Automotive's web page (http://www.mgbmga.com), click on Tech Info, then check out mgb 3. Believe you'll find this interesting and pertinent. -- *Bill
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00678.html (8,002 bytes)
- 9. Re: Tappet Cover Reinforcement (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@datastar.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:38:53 -0600
- HEY LOOK!!!!! AN MGB THREAD!!! Bill: Those covers sure seem like a nifty idea, but I think I can make my reinforcements for about $.04. Has anyone tried these? Thomas James Pokrefke, III -- thought
- /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00724.html (8,657 bytes)
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