Listers,
>From the casting and the paperwork I got with my Tiger it looks like I
have
351W heads on a 289.
I heard a noise from the right valve cover the was not right.
I removed the cover and found a broken rocker arm stud.
I looked like it had a couple of fatigue cracks at the failure.
I'll admit I'm a bit of a novice with these motors so could
you experts help me with the following questions?
1) What might have caused the fatigue and what should I
pay attention to to avoid this failure.
2) I did't lowere the coolant level and when I removed the stud a bit of
water came
out and ran down the oil passage. Dohh! I didn't know that these are
through holes
into the water jacket. What should I do to remove the water? Got an
oil change routine?
3) Any suggestions on a source for the rocker studs?
4) Any comments on thigs to do during re-assembly
And one more Tiger question. I previous posts the front suspention ball
joint boots
are the same as the type II VW Bus boots PN 211-405-375. Do any of you
know of a source
for the boots only? I've done internet searces and asked the local VW
shops here in San Jose.
Thanks for your help,
Rick
'66 Tiger B382002537
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