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Re: Head bolts

To: "Ken Owens" <kenowens@mchsi.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Head bolts
From: "Terry Geiger" <twgeiger@hiwaay.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:14:47 -0500
Ken,

I'm not sure what the original intent for the longer head bolts are.  They
are needed if you have the optional a/c unit.

See http://www.shoalsbritishcars.org/tr6ac.htm
and http://www.shoalsbritishcars.org/images/ac_10.htm

Terry Geiger
'74 TR6 daily driver
Florence, Alabama USA
http://www.ShoalsBritishCars.org/

> I am finally nearing the end of my engine rebuild. Happy Day!  I notice
that
> of the 14 head bolts on my TR6, 2 of them are longer than the others.  I
have
> placed them in their proper locations (per repair manual) but it appears
to me
> that they serve no apparent reason for being longer.  Am I missing
something?
> Does anything else fasten to these  or the other head bolts?

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