- 1. Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:45:06 -0400 (EDT)
- It's a principle of good engine rebuilding to wash out your block with soap and water once it comes back from the machine shop. If they've done anything at all to the cylinder walls they've also left
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00844.html (8,555 bytes)
- 2. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:00:25 -0700
- I use Spray Brake cleaner to do the same job. It is enough of a solvent that it removes all the oils, etc. and it isn't hydrous so it does not aid the rusting process. It is particularly good if you
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00854.html (9,805 bytes)
- 3. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:58:07 -0400
- Fellow Scions, I concur with Mr Cur-ry. If you use enough brake cleaner spray, you will wash out all the metal particals, and you won't have to worry about rust. Just remember to keep sraying until t
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00886.html (10,757 bytes)
- 4. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:07:59 -0600
- How bout we just set off a small nuke somewhere around Conneticut <g> Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502) 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (In "Teething" Mode right now) 1966 TR4A CT72398L (Waiting for gar
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00888.html (7,656 bytes)
- 5. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:14:28 -0700
- I always thought a 6 cyl. was a Proper Engine and half of another one. Joe Curry -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00889.html (8,526 bytes)
- 6. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:36:26 -0600
- No you're talking! Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502) 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (In "Teething" Mode right now) 1966 TR4A CT72398L (Waiting for garage space to start teardown) 1951 Dodge Truck 82217
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00891.html (7,663 bytes)
- 7. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:45:07 EDT
- No, No, No! 6 cylinders is only 75 % of a REAL engine! Dan Masters, Alcoa, TN '71 TR6--3000mile/year driver, fully restored '71 TR6--undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see: http:
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00892.html (7,914 bytes)
- 8. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:04:31 -0600
- Damm good thing this isn't a Jaguar list!!! Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502) 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (In "Teething" Mode right now) 1966 TR4A CT72398L (Waiting for garage space to start teardow
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00893.html (7,909 bytes)
- 9. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:45:05 -0700
- We were not talking "Real" engines, but rather "Proper" engines. The difference is purely in semantics. 8^) Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00898.html (8,714 bytes)
- 10. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 01:20:51 EDT
- Ah, yes, a big difference indeed. "proper" as in genteel, with breeding, as opposed to "macho" and image, right? Like sipping tea from a china cup as opposed to drinking beer from the can. With a 302
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00903.html (7,894 bytes)
- 11. Re: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:29:15 -0700
- Precisely! Or better put, it's the difference between Tim the tool man Taylor and Jeeves the butler! -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00904.html (8,541 bytes)
- 12. RE: Engine rebuilding reminder (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:32:44 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
- skip the tea and take the beer any way you can get it. kengano@advant.com downstate illinois 1959 TR3A TS57756L 1958 Model 10 Sedan TBE9239LDLB
- /html/triumphs/1998-06/msg00938.html (8,815 bytes)
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