- 1. [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: Allan Reich <areich@telus.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:05:54 -0700
- Fellow Listers !! I am going crazy with head gasket issues. I have just blown my second one in two weeks. I am thinking of putting LTD clips on my carbs and manifolds to save time taking them off and
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- 2. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo & Kathleen Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:00:40 -0700
- Since you mention the Haynes manual... what are you torquing the head nuts My (early edition) Haynes manual says 45 lbs. This was corrected in later editions to 100-105 lbs. 45# will work if you neve
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- 3. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:16:17 -0700
- Personally, I don't believe it makes much difference. It would seem that the gasket makers don't think so either, otherwise they wouldn't have redesigned with the extra oil hole, allowing it to be f
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- 4. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo & Kathleen Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:39:33 -0700
- One other thought... I don't think you said where the previous gaskets blew. That might be a clue to the nature of the problem. My own experience was a failure between #2 & #3 which is probably the w
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- 5. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: terryrs@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:48:07 +0000
- Also, Allan, are you re-torquing the head when you're supposed to? I think it's at 2K miles, but forget exactly when and it's too hot and humid (read I am too lazy) to look it up. Terry _____________
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- 6. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: Allan Reich <areich@telus.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:52:38 -0700
- The first failure was #4 between #3 and #4, and the second was both #3 and #4 .. between #3 and #4. I forgot to mention that because of my overheating, I did fabricate a "Geo Hahn Air Dam" out of al
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- 7. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: Allan Reich <areich@telus.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:09:46 -0700
- I torqued the head to 105 lbs in steps of 10 from 55. I then ran it 15 minutes to get it warm, let it cool a bit, then re-torqued to 105. The car only had about 800 miles on the new gasket when it w
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00630.html (8,171 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:18:09 -0700
- I was never quite sure of the explanation, but when I was driving with a leaking head gasket, the temp gauge would do all sorts of odd things. One of them was to climb way past center when I first h
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- 9. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: Allan Reich <areich@telus.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:41:05 -0700
- Thanks for the great advice .. I will try to follow it .. not sure how accurately I can check the measurements. I don't have flat washers .. I only have lock washers. Do you think the "Moss" hardwar
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00632.html (9,565 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TR] Head Gasket for TR3A - smooth up or down (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:24:04 -0700
- A set of feeler gauges is a very basic tool, required for TR ownership, IMO. As long as there aren't any sudden dips, .001" or .002" curvature in the head probably won't hurt anything, IMO. The head
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00659.html (10,755 bytes)
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