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I=92m guessing you can get the old freeze plug out with a long drift and pa=
ir of right-angle pliers. Installing the new plug, though=85 10=94 isn=92t=
much room to swing a hammer to drive in a new plug with a socket. Hard to =
hit it square with any force. Maybe make a press with two plates and a pie=
ce of all thread? Push against the firewall to press the plug into place?
There are rubber freeze plugs with a hex nut that turns to expand the plug =
to fill the hole.
Good luck with the repair.
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for Window=
s 10
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:24 AM
Subject: [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug
So I have a 1953 Morgan with an original Standard Vanguard engine. The=
engine is very similar to a TR3 engine. It recently blew a head gasket and=
overheated. I had the head resurfaced and bolted it all back together, sta=
rted it up and discovered that the freeze plug at the back of the head is l=
eaking now. Dang! Wish that I had thought about that before reassembling...=
On the Morgan the freeze plug is about 10=94 away from the firewall and no=
t as close as it is on a TR3. I do not want to pull the head again. Any kno=
wn tricks on how to get the old plug out and the new plug in without removi=
ng the head?
TIA,
-Bill Brewer
Morro Bay, CA
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=92m guessing you can get the old freeze plug out w=
ith a long drift and pair of right-angle pliers. Installing the new p=
lug, though=85 10=94 isn=92t much room to swing a hammer to drive in a new =
plug with a socket. Hard to hit it square with
any force. Maybe make a press with two plates and a piece of all thr=
ead? Push against the firewall to press the plug into place?</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">There are rubber freeze plugs with a hex nut that tu=
rns to expand the plug to fill the hole.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Good luck with the repair.</p>
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ef=3D"mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com";>Bill Brewer</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 9, 2020 11:24 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";>Triumphs List</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[TR] TR Head Freeze Plug</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> So I have a 1953 Morgan wit=
h an original Standard Vanguard engine. The engine is very similar to a TR3=
engine. It recently blew a head gasket and overheated. I had the head resu=
rfaced and bolted it all back together, started it up
and discovered that the freeze plug at the back of the head is leaking now=
. Dang! Wish that I had thought about that before reassembling... On the Mo=
rgan the freeze plug is about 10=94 away from the firewall and not as close=
as it is on a TR3. I do not want
to pull the head again. Any known tricks on how to get the old plug out an=
d the new plug in without removing the head?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> TIA,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> -Bill Brewer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> Morro Bay, CA<o:p></o:p></p=
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