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1. RE: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 10:16:52 -0600; As anyone in the Chicagoland MG CLub will attest, I am not easy on my car. I've run endurance rallies, autocrosses, use it as everyday transportation , as well as long trips. I have never had any pro; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00005.html (7,407 bytes)
2. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: mg-dennis@mindspring.com; Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 13:32:34 -0800; I was under the impression, as told by a machinist, That all seats manufactured these days are hardened. "soft" seats are unavailable.. No one makes them "soft" anymore. Dennis 67 MGB /// /// mgs@aut; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00021.html (7,240 bytes)
3. Re: Blown Head Gasket (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 14:31:14 -0800 (PST); Rocky, I DNPM figuring this one out!! ILSHIBAMF!! BTAIM, IMVHO, it seems to me that you would not be hurting anything by oputting these in, and may, in fact, be preventing wear.... OATUS, was watchin; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00024.html (7,739 bytes)
4. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:39:13 -0600; I've had the problem on American iron built in the '70's. What year cars have you owned? Cheers, CR /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00026.html (7,098 bytes)
5. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:52:26 -0600; Maybe I've just been unlucky, but I've rebuilt two high mileage heads in the past 5 years. In each case there were over 100,000 miles on the engine. I do drive a bit hard (auto crossing, high speed t; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00039.html (9,987 bytes)
6. Re: Blown Head Gasket (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 10:15:50 -0600; That's the opinion I'm coming to. :) ROTFLASTFC! -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- Red Dirt Rangers (Rocky on piano): http://www.reddirtrangers.com JJ Cale Live (w/Rocky): http://www.rocky-frisco.; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00061.html (7,960 bytes)
7. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>; Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 20:21:04 -0800; This is true, but on the B heads the original seat was machined into the head i.e. not removable. The solution to wear was to cut a lip large enough to insert a hardened seat. This is where the hard; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00086.html (7,592 bytes)
8. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Michael C Taglieri <miket-nyc@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 02:52:32 -0500; head to This explains the difference between these cars and British bikes I'm familiar with. When unleaded gas came to the US (and now to the UK), Brit-bike lovers were filled with alarm until it be; /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00131.html (8,222 bytes)
9. Blown head gasket (score: 1): Author: Charlie & Jennifer Schellinck <jschelli1@shaw.ca>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:09:39 -0800; Hi all My running rough was not getting any better, the mechanic at work said that it might be clogged oil control rings and gave me some stuff to add to the oil to clean them out. I removed the oil; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00628.html (8,203 bytes)
10. RE: Blown head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:21:54 -0700; Adam, before you spend any money on the head I'd suggest you have the machine shop Magnaflux it. It shouldn't cost more than $25. My machine shop does it for free as long as they get the machining. L; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00632.html (9,110 bytes)
11. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:52:36 -0600; Depending on what your ultimate goals for the car are, you may consider: Instead of skimming the head, have it milled to increase compression. Install larger valves (for example the valves on the L h; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00633.html (7,928 bytes)
12. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:43:41 -0800; Maynard, Maynard, Maynard............ So much good advice from your keyboard this year, and then you wait till the very end to post this! Empirical tests have proven that hard seats prevent valve sea; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00637.html (9,131 bytes)
13. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:52:16 -0600; I've been building racing engines since 1964 and I'm beginning to get an opinion on the hardened seats question. The present engine in my Cooper S is a 1967 Cooper S Engine that came out of a car tha; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00641.html (10,948 bytes)
14. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:32:43 -0500; I ran an MGB GT for 8 years here in Canada in summer and winter and I do not drive "soft" but neither do I thrash the engine. The car's body collapsed under the weight of rust but the engine went int; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00650.html (13,184 bytes)
15. Re: Blown Head Gasket (score: 1): Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:01:14 -0600; There is aobut 40000 miles on my car since I rebuilt the engine. I did not use hardened valve seats. This spring when I had to do a head gasket, I had the head and valves checked. There was no proble; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00654.html (8,567 bytes)
16. RE: Blown head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:15:03 -0800; Also myne has ports for the air Adam: I think that TIG welding the ports shut is a bit of overkill. I use Allen socket plugs, available from a good supply house. Duh, I believe the thread is 9/16 fin; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00656.html (8,570 bytes)
17. Re: Blown Head Gasket (score: 1): Author: "Dave Munroe" <brutusdog1@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:30:14 -0400; I have had more experience with British bike cylinder heads than MG's, but the argument about hardened valve seats rages on amongst the enthusiasts of these machines also. In my personal, subjective; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00657.html (11,693 bytes)
18. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:26:07 -0800; Two observations - first, I have been a professional mechanic, specializing in repairing British sports cars, since 1975. In those 26 years, I have encountered many instances where valves have burne; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00658.html (11,851 bytes)
19. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Dave Munroe" <brutusdog1@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:17:03 -0400; Hey Lawrie; I defer to your extensive experience with these cars, but you have to explain to me how this: "When she arrived home, the car was running rough. A compression test revealed no compression; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00662.html (10,266 bytes)
20. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:50:03 -0800; Sorry, Dave, I should have said that we also replaced the burnt valve. (Actually, all four of them, and a new head gasket as well.) Lawrie --Original Message-- From: Dave Munroe <brutusdog1@hotmail.c; /html/mgs/2001-12/msg00668.html (9,118 bytes)

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