Steve,
>Jim:I had changed out the points and installed an Allison electronic
ignition
>months earlier. What you describe makes sense, but I hadn't even had the
>distributor cap off since the conversion so I can't figure what might have
come
>loose, if this is the case. Could something have happened at the camshaft?
>Another clue, although I don't know if this is related or not, is that my
valve
>adjustments had kept changing. Each time I've gone in to check these, they
were
>different, the general tendency being to get tighter, although there was
always
>one or two that had loosened up! Does this make any sense from your
experience?
>
>Steve Sage
Was your oil pump by any chance one of those "on sale" victoria british
ones?
Several of us have a theory on the processing of these reproduced oil pumps,
as you are probably aware, you are not the first to have exactly this
problem
on a relativley new engine build.
Hope your cam survived.
Jarrid Gross
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