Ok so this may seem like a silly question buy hey..

I want to adjust the tappets as they are a bit noisy and there has just been a post about doing it so I though why not give it a go, but if I take the rocker cover off, do I need to replace the rocker cover gasket? I haven't taken it off since I bought the car 12 months ago......

Cheers

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Simon
Daily Driver - Yellow Devil 76 Clubman
Restoration Project - Primer grey 66 Morris Mini Deluxe

Pry the cover up carefully from the front. Make sure the gasket stays on the cover or the head, not both- or it'll rip. Slide a steel ruler or something along to free it.
Should be able to save it if it's only been fitted once.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

when they get old, they go hard and brittle. If yours is like that, get a new one.

In other words have one on hand when I do this job...

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Simon
Daily Driver - Yellow Devil 76 Clubman
Restoration Project - Primer grey 66 Morris Mini Deluxe

for $3...I say yes

i put a 2nd hand one in when i last replaced one on my clubby. he get my roundy's hand me downs

Cheers

Aaron

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not even I am that cheap!!!!

well i have just pulled a genuine mk2 engine out of the roundy, that could be the next hand me down for the clubby.....
And yes i can be cheap, but i blame my wife for that. I wasn't allowed to buy the clubby without selling some stuff to make up the cash. Sad really


Cheers

Aaron

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thats not sad....thats normal for most of us married blokes...

true, so true

Cheers

Aaron

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speak for yourselves.. i kan do whatever i like, and been married for 18 years. but thats to be expected when your as cool and good looking as i am...(and modest too)

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

well there you go......after that long I guess you kinda give up worrying!

Yea Jeff, those wavy locks.....chic magnet!

nooooo its all about love trust and honesty.. .. and gaskets sorry.. if the last person overtightened them last time they may be stuffed... some people tend to tighten on cork gaskets with a strong bar. so when you get them open they are thiner than paper...

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

Not normal at all Anton, she's snowed you man..
I've been married 31 years, I buy what I like. Helps that she's a Mini owner too and encourages me..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I personally would not reuse a gasket, unless desperate and on the side of the road.
They are cheap enough for piece of mind. As said before , dont overtighten a rocker cover gasket as they keep compressing untill paper thin.

My 2 cents

cheers
Craig