Used my trusty old tappet adjuster yesterday for the first time in years.
Never realised you can still get them and how expensive they are!
It seems to have done the job and quietened a couple of noisy tappets - more on my blog at https://mgbtips.wordpress.com/2019/12/1 ... p-setting/
Tappet Adjuster
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Tappet Adjuster
steve livesley
Nottingham UK
1975 MGB Roadster https://mgb.tips
2003 MG ZT 260 V8 SE https://mgzt.info
Nottingham UK
1975 MGB Roadster https://mgb.tips
2003 MG ZT 260 V8 SE https://mgzt.info
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Re: Tappet Adjuster
I like your alloy thermostat elbow that is in the picture. What years were those fitted to?
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Re: Tappet Adjuster
The thermostat cover was always aluminum. Some were painted engine colour. That's why it's advisable to smear copper grease on the steel studs to prevent them corroding with the aluminum.
1977 Stage 2 MGB GT
1975 SWB Series 3 Land Rover with a later 2.5 petrol engine
1975 SWB Series 3 Land Rover with a later 2.5 petrol engine
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David I think that shape of thermostat housing was common on the earlier MGBs up to 1976 when the rad was moved forward. The thermostat changed shape too accommodate an emissions air pump for the N.American markets
steve livesley
Nottingham UK
1975 MGB Roadster https://mgb.tips
2003 MG ZT 260 V8 SE https://mgzt.info
Nottingham UK
1975 MGB Roadster https://mgb.tips
2003 MG ZT 260 V8 SE https://mgzt.info