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Rings were stuck, and rust prevented valves from sealing. Head and pistons a=
re at machine shop. Hoping to get it buttoned up before the VSCCA weekend st=
Lime Rock, first weekend in June.
I=E2=80=99m learning stuff about this TR3 race biz all the time.=20
Rick McCurdy
Newburgh, NY
> On May 13, 2019, at 10:58 AM, Bill Dentinger <billdentin@aol.com> wrote:
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> Good for you, Rick. =20
>=20
> Just another one of us unstoppable...tenacious Triumph merry masochists...=
down, but not out!
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> I am proud of you. =20
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> Bill Dentinger
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick McCurdy via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
> To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, May 13, 2019 4:17 am
> Subject: [Fot] What a week. What a month. What a year.
>=20
> Some of you may have heard about a New Yorkers=E2=80=99 attempt to get to t=
he=20
> K Cup last weekend, but here=E2=80=99s the skinny:
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> After long weeks of long days, I finished repairing bodywork from when I s=
macked the wall backwards at the Canadian Vintage Gran Prix at Mosport last J=
une, and the car reassembled (just) in time to depart New York=E2=80=99s Hud=
son Valley on Sunday morning, April 28. Of course, the one thing I didn=E2=80=
=99t have time to do before loading was to get the car running. Since I was p=
lanning on passing through Dayton, I called a long time Sunbeam club friend a=
nd asked for help. (How tough is it to get a tractor engine to run?!) Doug J=
ennings, who owned Tiger Auto in Dayton for decades before retiring a few ye=
ars ago was the perfect choice.
>=20
> I arrived at Doug=E2=80=99s around 8:30, had a quick bite of his wife=E2=80=
=99s (wonderful!) Lasagna, and winched the car into his garage to get the tr=
3 started. 3 hours later, nothing. Bupkis. Nada. We could not get the car to=
even cough using starting fluid! New plugs the next morning didn=E2=80=99t m=
atter. The car would. not. start.=20
>=20
> I left Dayton for home sometime after noon the next day, an unhappy camper=
. Disappointing as it was, there still is no sense in dragging a dead race c=
ar to California and back. So, I went home.=20
>=20
> There is spark, fuel and (barely)compression. When I got home I took it to=
another Brit car friend who owns a shop and offered to give it a look. We m=
easured an average 105 lbs for comp (it should have done SOMETHING!) and tim=
ing was judged to be correct. What we did not do was a leak down test. I don=
=E2=80=99t know why we didn=E2=80=99t think of that before removing the head=
... Where the heck is mine when I need it?!
>=20
> Head removal revealed some scoring of the walls, ugly corrosion in the cha=
mbers, but nothing blatant. When I crashed last year, apparently the top rad=
hose popped off the spout and water was introduced into the intake. Who kne=
w!? I hit the wall backwards after rounding turn 10, and the little birdies w=
ere flying around the little stars before I shut down the motor and gingerly=
extricated myself from the car. I didn=E2=80=99t know for 6 more weeks that=
I had a handful of broken vertebrae (thank you, HANS device..!), now fully r=
epaired with the neurosurgeons approval to race, by the way. I discovered th=
e water evidence when I had to remove the manifolds to weld up the ripped ex=
haust collector. Inside the ports were rust remains that definitely should n=
ot have been there- and the starter didn=E2=80=99t spin the motor until I pu=
lled plugs, squirted WD-40 into the cyls and bumped the started button until=
it loosened up and spun freely.=20
> Next season, when the water is drained for winter, it will get the cylinde=
rs lubricated! That is, when I finally get the darn thing to run...
>=20
> My big adventure was a bust. Bummed I missed it (a good one, from all the g=
reat comments!), bummed I didn=E2=80=99t get to see west coast friends, but s=
till determined to be at Mid-Ohio next year!
>=20
> Since I=E2=80=99ve had the head and manifolds off a number of times, it=E2=
=80=99s time for a new gaskets (both head and manifold). The solid copper ga=
sket worked great, but took me at least three tries to get it to seal after t=
he prev head gasket failed at the =E2=80=9817 Lime Rock Historics. I ended u=
p using silicone ll. It worked, but it=E2=80=99s messy and unorthodox.
>=20
> So, does anyone have a suggestion for replacement gaskets? I=E2=80=99m not=
trying to be a frontrunner, I just crave reliability at this point- a weeke=
nd where I can drive off the trailer, race, and drive back on the trailer wi=
th nothing broken or suspect. Just once!
>=20
> Down, but not out. Yours truly,
>=20
> Rick McCurdy
> Newburgh, NY
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> I know... I know, I waited a long time to work on the car, but I was worki=
ng on restoring a friends big Healey, and that had priority. It=E2=80=99s be=
autiful, but took much longer than anticipated. Just call me =E2=80=9CMr. Ve=
rtical Learning Curve=E2=80=9D!
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Rings were stuck, and rust prevented valves=
from sealing. Head and pistons are at machine shop. Hoping to get it button=
ed up before the VSCCA weekend st Lime Rock, first weekend in June.<div><br>=
</div><div>I=E2=80=99m learning stuff about this TR3 race biz all the time.&=
nbsp;<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Rick McCurdy<div>New=
burgh, NY</div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On May 13, 2019, at 10:58 AM, Bill=
Dentinger <<a href=3D"mailto:billdentin@aol.com";>billdentin@aol.com</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">
<div style=3D"color:black;font: 10pt arial;">
<div>Good for you, Rick. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just another one of us unstoppable...tenacious Triumph merry masochists=
...down, but not out!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style=3D"display: inline !important; float: none; background-colo=
r: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 1=
3.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-s=
pacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-in=
dent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space=
: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I am proud of you. </span></div>
<div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br>
</div>
<div>Bill Dentinger</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br>
<br>
<div style=3D"font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----O=
riginal Message-----<br>
From: Rick McCurdy via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@aut=
ox.team.net</a>><br>
To: fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>>=
<br>
Sent: Mon, May 13, 2019 4:17 am<br>
Subject: [Fot] What a week. What a month. What a year.<br>
<br>
<div id=3D"yiv4065875020">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>Some of you may have heard about a New Yorkers=E2=80=99=
attempt to get to the </span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>K Cup last weekend, but here=E2=80=99s the skinny:</s=
pan></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span><br>
</span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>After long weeks of long days, I finished repairing b=
odywork from when I smacked the wall backwards at the Canadian Vintage Gran P=
rix at Mosport last June, and the car reassembled (just) in time to depart N=
ew York=E2=80=99s Hudson Valley on Sunday morning, April 28. Of course=
, the one thing I didn=E2=80=99t have </span><span>time to do before lo=
ading was to get the car running. Since I was planning on passing through Da=
yton, I called a long time Sunbeam club friend and asked for help. (How toug=
h is it to get a tractor engine to run?!) Doug Jennings, who owned Tiger Aut=
o in Dayton for decades before retiring a few years ago was the perfect choi=
ce.</span><span><br>
</span>
<div><span><br>
I arrived at Doug=E2=80=99s <a dir=3D"ltr" rel=3D"nofollow">around 8:30</a>,=
had a quick bite of his wife=E2=80=99s (wonderful!) Lasagna, and winched th=
e car into his garage to get the tr3 started. 3 hours later, nothing. Bupkis=
. Nada. We could not get the car to even cough using starting fluid! New plu=
gs the next morning didn=E2=80=99t matter. The car would. not. start. <=
br>
<br>
I left Dayton for home sometime after noon the next day, an unhappy camper. D=
isappointing as it was, there still is no sense in dragging a dead race car t=
o California and back. So, I went home. <br>
<br>
There is spark, fuel and (barely)compression. When I got home I took it to a=
nother Brit car friend who owns a shop and offered to give it a look. We mea=
sured an average 105 lbs for comp (it should have done SOMETHING!) and timin=
g was judged to be correct. What we did not do was a leak down test. I don=E2=
=80=99t know why we didn=E2=80=99t think of that before removing the head...=
Where the heck is mine when I need it?!<br>
<br>
Head removal revealed some scoring of the walls, ugly corrosion in the chamb=
ers, but nothing blatant. When I crashed last year, apparently the top rad h=
ose popped off the spout and water was introduced into the intake. Who knew!=
? I hit the wall backwards after rounding turn 10, and the little birdies we=
re flying around the little stars before I shut down the motor and gingerly e=
xtricated myself from the car. I didn=E2=80=99t know for 6 more weeks that I=
had a handful of broken vertebrae (thank you, HANS device..!), now fully re=
paired with the neurosurgeons approval to race, by the way. I discovered the=
water evidence when I had to remove the manifolds to weld up the ripped exh=
aust collector. Inside the ports were rust remains that definitely should no=
t have been there- and the starter didn=E2=80=99t spin the motor until I pul=
led plugs, squirted WD-40 into the cyls and bumped the started button until i=
t loosened up and spun freely. </span>
<div><span>Next season, when the water is drained for winter, it will get th=
e cylinders lubricated! That is, when I finally get the darn thing to run...=
<br>
<br>
My big adventure was a bust. Bummed I missed it (a good one, from all the gr=
eat comments!), bummed I didn=E2=80=99t get to see west coast friends, but s=
till determined to be at Mid-Ohio next year!</span></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Since I=E2=80=99ve had the head and manifolds off a number of times, it=
=E2=80=99s time for a new gaskets (both head and manifold). The solid copper=
gasket worked great, but took me at least three tries to get it to seal aft=
er the prev head gasket failed at the =E2=80=9817 Lime Rock Historics. I end=
ed up using silicone ll. It worked, but it=E2=80=99s messy and unorthodox.</=
div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So, does anyone have a suggestion for replacement gaskets? I=E2=80=99m n=
ot trying to be a frontrunner, I just crave reliability at this point- a wee=
kend where I can drive off the trailer, race, and drive back on the trailer w=
ith nothing broken or suspect. Just once!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Down, but not out. Yours truly,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div id=3D"yiv4065875020AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Rick McCurdy
<div>Newburgh, NY</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I know... I know, I waited a long time to work on the car, but I was wo=
rking on restoring a friends big Healey, and that had priority. It=E2=80=99s=
beautiful, but took much longer than anticipated. Just call me =E2=80=9CMr.=
Vertical Learning Curve=E2=80=9D!</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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