Here's the link for the DWM bucket lifters and push rods:
https://www.bighealey.co.uk/austin-healey/engines/3000-top-end?page=3
I also had my engine broken-in on a static rig by the shop that rebuilt it.
Bob
On 10/9/2025 9:44 AM, Stephen Hutchings wrote:
> When I had my cam ground during the restoration, the machine shop recommended
> that I hav
> e the original lifters resurfaced and hardened, rather than buy replacements.
> This is going back a few years and there are now more options available. Some
> of those lifters pitted after 5, or 6 thousand miles, and some looked fine.
> I decided that the ones that pitted were not hardened properlyâ?¦an
> assumption I know!
> I corresponded with Mike Salter who was having lifter problems of his own,
> and in the end I replaced the whole set with the modified ones from AH spares
> because I no longer trusted the re-hardened set- and also removed the inner
> valve springs.
>
> After a few hundred miles the new lifters looked OK, but Iâ??m about to check
> them again, this time after a couple of thousand miles.
> Iâ??ve been doing a lot of reading about bucket lifters, tubular push rods,
> etc. and it seems that some people are saying the current replacement lifters
> are wearing prematurely because they are not domed properly and arenâ??t
> rotating.
> Just to add to the confusion, when I removed the set that were pitting, I
> could see by the pattern on the wear surface that indeed some didnâ??t seem
> to be rotating, but had no visible wear, whereas the worn ones seemed to be
> rotating.
> What Iâ??m throwing out to the list is - I wonder if anyone has experience
> with the tubular pushrod/ bucket lifter combinationâ?¦or any other
> alternatives.
> I donâ??t know what Iâ??m going to find after a couple of thousand mikes, but
> Iâ??d like to be ready with a strategy if thereâ??s a problem.
> And Mike, if youâ??re monitoring the list, what kind of lifters did you use
> in the end?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen, BJ8
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