1976 TR6 - Part 11 - Rocker shaft and distributor drive gear.

While waiting for the head to come back from the machine shop, let's assemble the engine as far as we can go and replace the rocker shaft.
Using feeler gauges to determine the distributor drive hear end float has always been bugging me, so I finally figured out a way to check it using a dial gauge

Rusty Beauties Website:

Buy Rusty Beauties merchandise:

Join the Rusty Beauties Facebook group:

If you like this channel please consider supporting it! It takes lots of time and effort to film and edit these videos and your support will help me spare more time for that!

If you wish to support it on Patreon you can do it here:

If you wish to make a one time donation you can use this link to make PayPal donation at any amount:

The financial support to the channel doesn't buy you anything special. There is no such thing as early access or VIP content here as I don't want to take away from those who can't afford it. The financial support is your way of saying "Thank you Elin for taking the time to edit these videos!", but only if you feel like it and you can afford it. Just being here, watching, liking, sharing is also a big support and I appreciate it.
THANK YOU!

#Triumph #RustyBeauties #tr6

[barry]

That was another great video and nice to see you working together. David did a nice job and stayed out of your way so you could video his work, which is always done exceptionally well. Thank you both!

[BruceBoschek]

The Chef right out of the basement and into the RBG. Good one. Great to see the timing cover go on, the rocker shaft replaced and the distributor drive sorted. Making excellent progress. Bruce, Karin, Halgrim and Bella wish you and yours a Merry Christmas, Elin!

[markrobinson]

I like your dial gauge method of checking the distributor drive end float. The advantage of this method is that you can do a final check when the gasket has been installed and all is tightened down. You can see how much the gasket compressed under torque.

[kge]

Dave with perfect timing! Merry Christmas Dave from Mary, Georgie and myself.

[saublejohn]

Great to see the dynamic duo working together again

[TheLostWrenchGarage]

That is what I need to do when I get to the Tr6 engine is replace the rocker shaft and rockers. This is great information to have! Cheftush looks like he lost some weight!! Looking good David!

[cpF]

Merry Christmas Elin. Thank you for sharing.

[leonguyot]

Another great video, Merry Christmas, Elin!

[jamessimmons]

I know you have many engine rebuild videos and I've watched most of them. Still they are always my favorite, and I always learn something new in each one. LOL I don't even own a Triumph anymore. But love your videos anyway! Happy Holidays to you and your family.. Jim

[iceman]

It's all about timing when rebuilding an engine. That and permatex!

[stevesutton]

By the way, all the best for Xmas and the new year.

[kevinaltimier]

Great video, thank you for that recently. I’ve been working on my oil pump and I didn’t understand how to check for that free play and now I do so I’m gonna go back and try to do that properly. My oil pressures fine when it started up as the engine gets to full operating temperature it drops down below 10 pounds and never gets above 20 so late on a mission to find out why I have rebuilt the top end of the engine, but not the bottom end yet anyway regardless merry Christmas to you and everyone that watches your great videos!

[Upspitscreek]

FYI…the gasket maker you use works great for thread sealer too. So don’t feel like you’ve got to use two different products as you did on the oil pan and timing cover.

[timmarsh]

Nice job Elin. I notice you didn’t mention the end plug for the rocker shaft. If that is not in place, surely the oil pressure in the shaft drops and doesn’t feed the rockers? Part Number with Moss is 839-100. Fits to front end of shaft. Happy Christmas to you and your family, and thanks for all the great content.

[triumphrestoration]

I would think you could put a shim where the measuring washer is to reduce end float? My understanding is that too little end float is the bad thing, putting a load on the cam. Great video as always.

[alanm.]

Twelfth! LOL
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all😊

[johnmoruzzi]

I wonder if the free play in the oil pump / distributor drive caused low oil pressure that meant that the cylinder head and rockers didn’t get a good supply ? Strange that the bottom end was perfect but the top end was trashed……

[mikedx]

If you weren't replacing the rockers, why didn't you remove and place the rockers/spacers/springs in order so they could be put back together in the original order on the new shaft?

[stevesutton]

25 mins late chef tush beat me, bugger.