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Re: [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug

To: "'Jerry Van Vlack'" <jerryvv@roadrunner.com>, "'Triumphs List'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug
From: "Bill Brewer" <billbrewer59@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 12:03:00 -0700
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     Yah, I may pull out the leaking freeze plug and install one of =
those rubber expandable plugs. The car is at a friend=E2=80=99s house 4 =
hours away and he is tired of storing it for me. I may just get it =
ambulatory and drive it home and pull the head again once I get =
home=E2=80=A6

     I=E2=80=99ll try to get a new freeze plug in first.

=20

     -Bill Brewer

     Morro Bay, CA

=20

From: Jerry Van Vlack [mailto:jerryvv@roadrunner.com]=20
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:54 AM
To: Bill Brewer; Triumphs List
Subject: Re: [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug

=20

I think you know the answer but just hoping for a miracle. Pull the head =
and do it right for piece of mind.

JVV=20

=20

From: Bill Brewer=20

Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:10 PM

To: Triumphs List=20

Subject: [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug

=20

     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, 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 Morgan the freeze plug is about =
10=E2=80=9D 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 and the new plug in without removing the head?=20

     TIA,

=20

     -Bill Brewer

     Morro Bay, CA

  _____ =20

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style=3D'color:#1F497D'>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Yah, I may pull out the =
leaking freeze plug and install one of those rubber expandable plugs. =
The car is at a friend=E2=80=99s house 4 hours away and he is tired of =
storing it for me. I may just get it ambulatory and drive it home and =
pull the head again once I get home=E2=80=A6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =
I=E2=80=99ll try to get a new freeze plug in =
first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =
-Bill Brewer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Morro Bay, =
CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div =
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0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
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</b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
Jerry Van Vlack [mailto:jerryvv@roadrunner.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, =
October 9, 2020 11:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bill Brewer; Triumphs =
List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR Head Freeze =
Plug<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I think =
you know the answer but just hoping for a miracle. Pull the head and do =
it right for piece of mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>JVV =
<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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From:</span></b><span =
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 Bill Brewer <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
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Sent:</span></b><span =
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 Friday, October 9, 2020 1:10 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
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To:</span></b><span =
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 Triumphs List <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
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Subject:</span></b><span =
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 [TR] TR Head Freeze Plug<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>=
</div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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, 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 =
Morgan the freeze plug is about 10=E2=80=9D 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 and the new plug in =
without removing the head? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
TIA,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
-Bill Brewer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Morro Bay, =
CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
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