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Re: Cylinder Wall Scoring---1972 TR-6

To: "Brian N." <bwnbcg@sjm.infi.net>
Subject: Re: Cylinder Wall Scoring---1972 TR-6
From: Scott Paisley <scotty@csn.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 11:40:59 -0600
Cc: Bristol7@aol.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <970726220113_648694389@emout01.mail.aol.com> <33DBA061.71FF@sjm.infi.net>
Bristol7 wrote:

> l came upon a rather distrurbing sight today. I removed the cylinder head off
> the block several weeks ago. While cleaning up the block deck I rotated the
> crank and found a pronounced (deep) score on the cylinder sleeve 
> Compression has been a constant 152-155 lbs for the last 7
> years. Any advice is appreciated. Best Regards, Kirk Yonker

Brian N wrote:

>RIDE, then wrench.
>Get it back on the road and DRIVE ON!

I agree with Brian.  Put it back together and drive it.  Your
compression
numbers are good.  If you didn't know better, you wouldn't know better.
:-)

Cheers,

-Scotty '75TR6

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