Hi Ray,
An old book of mine refers to the valve clearance on ZA engines as
.015. MGA engines were .017, but one would imagine that they had
different camshafts.
Bob
On Fri, 20 Mar 98 08:30:27 -0500 ray.rockwell@wg.com writes:
>
> Hello all,
>
> The plate on the valve cover of my 53TD specifies .015" for valve
>
> settings. This is not the original engine (16330 engine SN) my
>late TD
> came with. The cover looks like a TD cover.
>
> Any ideas what kind of car this came off of?
>
> I just purchased a new cam which has larger lobes. As an admitted
>
> novice and therefore not trying to assume anything, how can I be
>sure
> if I should be going the .019" or .012" route if there are such
> routes? Is there something visible I can verify? I cannot read
>any
> numbers off the old cam. Any other potential land mines I should
>watch
> out for (tappets, pushrods, timing gears, valves, etc)
>before/while
> installing the 'different looking' cam?
>
> Thank in advance for any assistance!
>
> Ray Rockwell
> Cary, NC
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