[TR] figure 8 gaskets

[Tony Drews]

There's no "fix" that I'm aware of for the "beveled top" liners.  The 
sandwich gasket will accept a small amount of this, as long as the 
liner protrudes the whole way around it.  The usual fix is to get 
another block.  That's getting harder and harder to do over 
time.  Machining block or liner is fraught with peril and usually a 
waste of money.  May be good until the next rebuild, then nothing 
seems to fit right.  As long as all of the liners are doing the same 
thing (as far as protrusion is concerned), there's some but not too 
much protrusion all the way around the liner, a thou to maybe 3 thou 
difference side to side can be tolerated.  Mine are 1 to 2 thou 
difference from passenger side to drivers side of the block.  The 
problem is in the block, not the liners.  I have equal protrusion on 
all 4 liners.  Seals just fine.

- Tony D

At 07:55 PM 9/23/2008, Gary Nafziger wrote:
>I'm not into re-building my tr-3 engine yet but have some questions concerning
>liner protrusion, blowing head gaskets ect.  Several members have mentioned
>that the protrusion is higher on one side of the block than the other.  How do
>you handle this?  You can't add 1/2 of a figure of 8 gasket to one side to (in
>effect) tilt the liner making the protrusion equal on top.  so do you then
>just add gaskets to get a happy medium?
>
>thanks
>gary n.