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I'd also remove a couple of adjacent push rods and compare the lengths..
possible the machine shop inserted an incorrect push rod... DaveP
On 9/4/2018 5:34 AM, DAVID MASSEY wrote:
> Not necessarily. This happened to me once on a head I had recently
> had rebuilt. It worked fine for a while and then, one day, a pushrod
> popped put, just like yours. I loosened the rocker assembly, put
> everything right and tightened everything back down and it has worked
> fine ever since. One theory offered by a local mechanic is that the
> valve guide was a little stiff and the valve didn't close quickly
> enough making the gap large enough to allow the pushrod to pop out.
>
> I suggest you loosen up the rocker assembly and set it back in
> position and give it another try.
>
> Dave Massey
>
>
>
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> Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 6:18 am
> Subject: Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod
>
> No starting it today! I took the valve cover off and urgh one of the
> pushrods had been seriously misaligned with it's rocker arm.This
> engine had been rebuilt by an eengine shop
> p (even though it might have been 15 years ago!) so I assumed it had
> been adjusted too loose, but even after running 2 nuts itogather, I
> still couldn't get the pushrod to go under it so I quit.
> ISTR that this might have been the reason I quit the restoration 15
> years ago. Im not sure if I suppose to do this, but I've sent out a
> picture taken with my Iphone included with this email. Can someone
> telllll me if THISS ISthat serious or not and how to fix it,it's over
> cyllinder two!
>
> Thanks Paul Dorsey, shadetree mechanic on 60 TR3
>
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<p>I'd also remove a couple of adjacent push rods and compare the
lengths.. possible the machine shop inserted an incorrect push
rod... DaveP<br>
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<div> <font size="3">Not necessarily. This happened to me once
on a head I had recently had rebuilt. It worked fine for a
while and then, one day, a pushrod popped put, just like
yours. I loosened the rocker assembly, put everything right
and tightened everything back down and it has worked fine
ever since. One theory offered by a local mechanic is that
the valve guide was a little stiff and the valve didn't
close quickly enough making the gap large enough to allow
the pushrod to pop out.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">I suggest you loosen up the rocker assembly
and set it back in position and give it another try.</font><br>
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To: DAVID MASSEY <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com";><dave1massey@cs.com></a>; Don Hiscock
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href="mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com";><don.hiscock@gmail.com></a>; Triumph
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href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";><triumphs@autox.team.net></a>;
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Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 6:18 am<br>
Subject: Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod<br>
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<div dir="ltr">No starting it today! I took the valve
cover off and urgh one of the pushrods had been
seriously misaligned with it's rocker arm.This
engine had been rebuilt by an eengine shop
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p (even though it might have been 15 years ago!)Â
so I assumed it had been adjusted too loose, but
even after running 2 nuts itogather, I still
couldn't get the pushrod to go under it so I quit.</div>
<div>ISTR that this might have been the reason I quit
the restoration 15 years ago. Im not sure if IÂ
suppose to do this, but I've sent out a picture
taken with my Iphone included with this email. Can
someone telllll me if THISS ISthat serious or not
and how to fix it,it's over cyllinder two!</div>
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<div>Thanks Paul Dorsey, shadetree mechanic on 60 TR3</div>
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