Like Chip said for the oiling problem. We've seen all versions at the
tracks. Including folks that came hundreds of miles without having run
the motor to discover the problem before towing.
In the last few years there have been many horror stories of lost
lifters and cams (as goes one, usually go the other). Both the Roadster
Factory and BFE have bad batches of lifters in recent history. They
were too soft on the face and broke thru the hardened surface, then
proceeded to machine the cam to basically round instead of lumpy. Our
last batch(a year ago) came from Greg Solow's Engine Room in
California. They were reconditioned units and proved to be effective
but pricey. That motor now has 15 hours on it and is still cooking along
with no loss of lift.
Folks might also want to check with BFE and see if they solved their
problems.
Also make sure the edges are radiused if you are using a go fast cam
with a very high angle slope on it.
mike
Chip Bond wrote:
>
> But the problem could be,
>
> 1. a head gasket installed in such a way that the oil passage from the
> block to the head is sealed off.
> 2. The wrong rocker pedestal on the rear pedestal boss.
> 3. The rocker shaft reversed (or misaligned) so that the oil passage in the
> rear pedestal doesn't communicate with the center void of the shaft.
>
> I have committed all these sins.....
>
> You can pre-oil the system using a spare oil pump drive shaft in a 1/2"
> reversible drill motor. Remove the distributor and distributor stand. Chuck
> up the oil pump drive shaft in the drill, insert it into the oil pump and
> run it in reverse, counterclockwise.
>
> Regards,
> Chip
> ps. lost an engine last weekend due to bad lifters, BE CAREFUL GUYS!
>
> ----------
> From: Alexander Joseph H[SMTP:AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 1997 11:55 AM
> To: 'Fitzsimmons Paul'
> Cc: 'Friends of Triumph'
> Subject: TR3 Oil Pressure
>
> Fitz
>
> There are ways to "pre-oil" the system..but if he is getting oil
> pressure, I cant answer the absense of oil at the rocker arms.
>
> I will enlist the "Friends Of Triumph" for a better answer than I am
> able to give.
>
> Help...FOT?
>
> Thanks, Joe
>
> >----------
> >From: Paul Fitzsimmons
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 1997 10:56 PM
> >To: Alexander Joseph H
> >Subject: TR3 Oil Pressure
> >
> >Joe,
> >A friend of mine here in Dubuque restored a TR3 nd then didn't drive it
> >for several years. He finally decided to get it going and started it
> >Saturday. He said he had oil pressure, but no oil to the lifters. Is
> >there a way to prime a Triumph oil system? I was going to tell him to
> >disconnect the coil wire, take out the plugs and turn it over until he
> >gets oil up, but shouldn't he prime it? If so, how?
>
> >Fitz
> >
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