- 1. [Fot] TR3 Block - boat anchor? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Eginton" <mee23@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:11:44 -0500
- Has anyone seen an incidence where a early TR3 /4 block had to be thrown out due to problems with the head bolt stud hole. I am really worried about messing with this stud that my dad braised to the
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00102.html (9,643 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Fot] TR3 Block - boat anchor? (score: 1)
- Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:30:31 -0600
- I would either leave it alone or look for another block. Personally, I'd be looking for another block. Holes can be drilled out and tapped, and an insert can be threaded and bonded into the larger ho
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00104.html (8,373 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Fot] TR3 Block - boat anchor? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:24:20 -1000
- I'd sure give it a try. It's probably one of the corner studs on the pushrod side--the block cracks right on the inside edge of the stud hole. They ALL crack there. Here's what I'd try: Heat the stud
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00105.html (10,774 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Fot] TR3 Block - boat anchor? (score: 1)
- Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@mccarty-law.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:55:31 -0600
- << All the guys that know how to do that are mostly dead. You need . . . a wizard at welding to even consider the process. >> As it happens, I was recently referred to one of these wizards, specifica
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00158.html (11,908 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Fot] TR3 Block - boat anchor? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Eginton" <mee23@cornell.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:37:28 -0500
- Thanks Scott eg.al., Bill B, Joe A and my old buddy Jim P have talked me through salvaging my original block - Turns out the braising came right off and the fix is easy. Found other cracks to fret ab
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00176.html (8,509 bytes)
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