From the Triumph list..........
.....How about some duct tape head gaskets???
------ Peter C
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>Sender: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
>Hello All,
>
>I have a friend whose father was the chief mechanic for a uniform rental
>company with a very large fleet of trucks. These trucks are going
>non-stop. Rather than take a truck out of service for an extended period
>of time for a scored crankshaft journal, he would scuff and clean the
>scored area and apply a little Bondo to the journal then smooth with fine
> sandpaper. To get the surface as true as possible you could back the
>sandpaper with a strip of light weight aluminum such as the aluminum trim
>coverage that is applied to fascia boards on houses. When the engine was
>torn down at a later date he said it had held up great. It's an easy fix
>that could get you through the season or possibly longer and save you a
>few bucks in the process.
>
>Good luck,
><Named withheld... to protect the incredibly innocent>
>1971 TR6 project
>1973 TR6 driver
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