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Re: [TR] Removing my head

To: Tom Walling <pdqtr6@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Removing my head
From: Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 18:55:31 -0400
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Awesome, thanks! What would I need at the auto zone? Paul

On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 6:50 PM Tom Walling <pdqtr6@comcast.net> wrote:

> You can't secure the liners until you get the head off. Then the manual
> shows large washers sitting on the liners with tubes to get the nuts up to
> the threads of the head studs. I would think stout fender washers and some
> steel tubing would do the trick. You're trying to keep the liners from
> moving (thus breaking the seal of the "figure-eight" gaskets). This looks
> like a quick trip to your local hardware store and a few minutes measuring
> the non-treaded part of the studs and you've got it!
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> On September 1, 2019 at 6:33 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Tomorrow I'd like to remove the head of my TR3 and I don't think I've done
> it before.  I've been looking amongst my clutter for my long lost Workshop
> Manual, but I can't find it anywhere. ISTR one might need to first brace
> the sleeves; how is that done?  If that's the case, I ought to post phone
> removing the head, because I hadn't familiarized myself with this process,
> and I don't want to rush things (it's only been 20 years!) Anything else I
> need to know like what's the sequence for removing the headbolts (from the
> middle out or visa versa?
>
> Wish me luck, Thanks
>                          Paul Dorsey  60 TR3A
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=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 6:50 PM Tom Walling &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:pdqtr6@comcast.net">pdqtr6@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
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size:12pt">You can&#39;t secure the liners until you get the head off. Then=
 the manual shows large washers sitting on the liners with tubes to get the=
 nuts up to the threads of the head studs. I would think stout fender washe=
rs and some steel tubing would do the trick. You&#39;re trying to keep the =
liners from moving (thus breaking the seal of the &quot;figure-eight&quot; =
gaskets). This looks like a quick trip to your local hardware store and a f=
ew minutes measuring the non-treaded part of the studs and you&#39;ve got i=
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iv dir=3D"ltr">Tomorrow I&#39;d like to remove the head of my TR3 and I don=
&#39;t think I&#39;ve done it before.=C2=A0 I&#39;ve been looking amongst m=
y clutter for my long lost Workshop Manual, but I can&#39;t find it anywher=
e. ISTR one might need to first brace the sleeves; how is that done?=C2=A0 =
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se I hadn&#39;t familiarized myself with this process, and I don&#39;t want=
 to rush things (it&#39;s only been 20 years!) Anything else I need to know=
 like what&#39;s the sequence for removing the headbolts (from the middle o=
ut or visa versa?<div><br></div><div>Wish me luck, Thanks</div><div>=C2=A0 =
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