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Re: TR4 Manifold Assembly Help Needed

To: Will Daehler <wdaehler@execpc.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: TR4 Manifold Assembly Help Needed
From: Cliff Hansen <chansen@anr.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:27:02 -0500
Hi Will,

1,2,3,4 have small clamps,  6 and 7 have large clamps, 5 has a nut
and a metal bracket that supports the heater control, and poor 'ol 8
just gets a nut.  This from a TR4A engine.


At 10:34 PM 10/27/98 +1300, Will Daehler wrote:
>
>Hey listers,
>
>Will Daehler here.  I've been steadily wrenching all summer and fall
>while most of you guys have been out driving.  My TR4 engine is almost
>back together.  I'm at the point where I'm finally using the engine
>stand and adding the peripheral stuff that is mounted with studs, gasket
>dressing and gaskets.
>
>I'm looking for the inside scoop on how to assemble the exhaust and
>intake manifolds.  All my parts have been sand blasted, ground flat,
>painted where appropriate, and generally cleaned up. And yes, I have my
>tube of anti-seize ready.  There are eight copper studs of varying
>lengths, and these funny little clamps that look like teeeter-totters. 
>Four little ones and two large ones.
>
>Looking at the engine block from the side, with the flywheel to your
>left and the timing chain to the right I will assign the following stud
>location numbers:
>
>Left to Right, Top Row:   1,2,3,4
>
>               Bottom Row 5,6,7,8.
>
>OK listers, which studs gets the big clamps, and which studs gets the
>little ones?  Stud 5 looks like it helps hold the lifting eye, and stud
>8 looks like it doesn't get a clamp.
>
>Please help!
>
>Will Daehler
>63 TR4 CT25340
>
Cliff Hansen
chansen@anr.net
1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L


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