I think the concern was to minimize the possibility of the cylinder liners
being dislodged.
Alex Thomson
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From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James
Henningsen
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2019 8:15 PM
To: Tom Walling
Cc: Triumph list Team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] removing my head
Thatâ??s my favorite. Jim Henningsen
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> On Sep 2, 2019, at 8:04 PM, Tom Walling <pdqtr6@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I am amazed that this thread has gone this far without anyone mentioning "The
> Rope Trick"!
>
> Stuff a length of rope into one of the cylinders (one near the bottom of its
> rotation) until the cylinder is full of rope. Then use the starter motor to
> break the head gasket seal and lift the head off the block. No need for
> cranes, pulleys, explosives, or a Sky-hook.
>
>
>> On September 2, 2019 at 12:20 PM "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Paul,
>> That sounds more like the instructions for engine removal, not just the
>> head. You pull straight up to remove the head so as not to bind on the
>> studs.
>> Bill B
>>
>> Sent from my IBM 8088
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 10:51 AM, Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> why does the online manual tend to say the engine needs to be kinda tilting
>> backwards?
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