MARY HODGSON & wrote:
> Jack-
> Were those the stock lifters or the lightweight competition lifters?
They were the stock lifters that are priced at $4.95, but the tech guy at Moss
said that they make the competition lifters from those............
>
> Fred Hodgson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:37 PM
> Subject: faulty parts alert
>
> > Today I assembled an engine with lots of new parts including camshaft
> > and tappets. When I adjusted the valves, three of the pushrods seemed
> > "short". The adjusting screws of those three had to be screwed in much
> > further than the rest of them. After hours of searching for the cause, I
> > found that the new tappetts from Moss, part #838-250, varied in the
> > depth of the bore in which the pushrod sets. Five of them had a "foot
> > thickness" of 1/4" -- but three of them were only 1/16" thick at the
> > bottom!!!!! A sure path to failure and lots of mischief inside the
> > engine.
> >
> > If anyone has purchased these recently, better check them!
> >
> > --
> >
> > uncle jack
> >
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uncle jack
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