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Mart · 03-11-2014, 05:55 AM

Martin, I found a guy with a set of those tools for sale at Enfield Pageant. he wanted a bit too much for them though. (£50-ish?)

I know, I'm tight.

I set up my first flathead with the non adjustables NOS from Wally Wheatley. To my mind, they make a lot of sense when used in conjunction with the mushroom foot valves. Big contact area equals minimum wear. I've used adjustables in the other motors (not that many) but did strip a 59A that had 8BA valves and non adjustables and I could see where the smaller valve stems had worn into the lifters.

Incidentally, the NOS lifters bore the Ford description "pushrod".

Mart.

03-11-2014, 05:55 AM	#17
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,774	Re: Days before adjustable lifters Martin, I found a guy with a set of those tools for sale at Enfield Pageant. he wanted a bit too much for them though. (£50-ish?) I know, I'm tight. I set up my first flathead with the non adjustables NOS from Wally Wheatley. To my mind, they make a lot of sense when used in conjunction with the mushroom foot valves. Big contact area equals minimum wear. I've used adjustables in the other motors (not that many) but did strip a 59A that had 8BA valves and non adjustables and I could see where the smaller valve stems had worn into the lifters. Incidentally, the NOS lifters bore the Ford description "pushrod". Mart.