[TR] TR3 liners

[David Lylis]

Removing the motor is much easier than anything your have described so far.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Jim Bauder <jimbpps at cox.net> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> I definitely would recommend removing the engine from the car!
>
> The reason you can't get the liners out is rust and crud from close to 50
> years
> of DPO neglect. At least that was the case with my '58 TR3 that I restored,
> there was so much crud behind the liner of cylinder #4 that it was all I
> could
> do to drive the liner out when the engine was upside down on the floor! I
> had it
> on the garage floor with some large blocks of wood to raise the block up
> for
> clearance and used a 2 X 4 to drive them out, it was not easy. You will
> also
> need to have the block 'hot-tanked' to get rid of all the deposits, and
> crud
> that you won't be able to scrape out.
>
> Trust me, you will get a better job on the rebuild with the block out of
> the
> car!!
>
> Regards and good luck,
>
> Jim
> Jim Bauder
> 480-309-9525
> '68 TR250 CD47L
> Scottsdale, AZ
> http://www.triumphowners.com/647
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of KEVIN KEALTY
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] TR3 liners
>
> Hi all.
>
> I am having no luck removing the cylinder liners from the block.  Between
> using
> an air-hammer and a hammer and chisel I have managed to get one liner up
> about
> 1/2 inch above the surface of the block.  I thought it would get easier,
> but it
> hasn't.  The front of the car is on stands, so I can't get that good a
> hammer-swing from the bottom.  I am thinking of having someone weld an old
> bolt
> or scrap of metal to the top of the liner and use that to try to pull it
> out.  I
> REALLY don't want to remove the engine.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> '62 TR3B
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