[Mg-t] Fwd: Shaved Head

[Bob Howard]

John,
   Be of good cheer.  When you get the rocker assy back in place you can
figure out the necessary length of pushrod. Once you know that, it's easy
to shorten a pushrod. Pushrods are really push-tubes with fitted ends. 
One end can be pulled off and you use a "parting tool" in a lathe to
shorten the tube.   When I rebuilt my XPAG a decade back, Moss was out of
the short pushrods, sent the long ones, and a friend shortened them for
me in a half hour. 
Bob

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:40:05 -0400 gunnellj at athenet.net writes:
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>       Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:33 -0400
>       From: gunnellj at athenet.net
>       Reply-To: gunnellj at athenet.net
>       Subject: Shaved Head
>       To: Mg-t at autox.team.n
> 
> 
> Hey Mates
> 
> I am trying to figure out which push rods I need for my MG TD engine 
> build. Or rather, in the "real world" situation, if I can safely 
> still use the "long" push rods Moss sells. I say this because they 
> no longer have the short push rods. 
> 
> The Moss catalog states the factory head depth is 3.022. The shop 
> resurfaced mine. My mechanic says it measures out with a very slight 
> taper, but within spec, and averages 3.00 inches. So is my head 
> "excessively" thinner to the point where the "long" push rods won't 
> work?
> 
> Moss says that they now have only the long push rods. The rep told 
> me that Crane is out of business and no longer making push rods. I 
> checked Crane's Website. Sure enough. Today (April 22) they are 
> auctioning off all their inventory, equipment and intellectual 
> property rights. Since they make the T-series camshaft that Moss 
> sells, I don't know the implications of this to the T-Series 
> community. 
> 
> As far as my situation at present, I have the head torqued down and 
> the rocker arm assembly has been sent to Rocker Arm Specialists. So 
> I hope I do not have to go with two head gaskets and I cannot tell 
> you is my rocker arm assembly has the long or short adjusting 
> screws. 
> 
> 
> John Gunnell
> 
> 
> 
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