Bob,
Glad I'm not the only one with that problem, except mines between 3 and 4.
The elegant way to fix it is to o-ring it, Though I wonder if there is
really enough material there to do it. I had Mordy Dunst make me a thick
copper gasket plus very thin steel o-rings laid on top of the gasket. It's a
pain to get it all correctly aligned, but it gives enough extra squish
around the bores to stop the slight leakage of compressed gases which
eventually "burn" through. I also paint the edges of the gasket with sealant
to stop the coolant leaks along the right side edge, where the clamping is
the worst.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:44 PM
To: healeylist
Subject: 100 Head
Has anybody machined extra studs (or bolts) to a 100 head, to prevent
the leakage
that often occur between the #2 and #3 cylinders?
If so, how did you do it and how did it work?
TIA,
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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