freespitfire
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Hello all, I'm new here, first triumph. I've got a 72 spitfire that's real stock(1300). It sat for 5 years but rebuilt the carb/pump etc and it ran pretty good. Maybe 20 miles later I started hearing a miss in the motor. Checked points and plugs but no, after pulling the valvecover a pushrod was out. Still straight not bent but not under the rocker. I bolted it back in place and turned the motor over by hand and the pushrod "pushed out" again. Am I looking at a collapsed lifter or flat cam or something? Anybody have something like this happen to them to advise me? Can I pull a lifter out with a magnet? Any ideas??
thanks all for your help
shawn
thanks all for your help
shawn