I assume you have Kas' new books. If you don't, buy them right now.
they saved me thousands of dollars and would have saved a lot more if
I had them a few years ago.
the copper wire trick is kind of a standard thing if you're using
shim steel gaskets. You could look at the digest and find lots of
discussions about it. works like a charm as long as your head has
enough beam strength. Of course a lot of milled heads don't, and that
brings up another standard Kas trick of pinning the cylinder head.
also in the books.
Basically, a triumph guy without those books is reinventing fire.
On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:56 PM, J.C. Hassall wrote:
> At 07:39 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
>> It doesn't sound that bad. the head might be bowed as well. I'd
>> certainly check that. I'd also use copper wire to o-ring the liners.
>> I've found that a cheap hot glue gun works better than crazy glue and
>> way better than solder. You want to use dead soft copper wire. I've
>> used a lot of different thicknesses but somethng about .010 to .020
>> should be fine.
> Bill,
>
> Does dead soft Cu provide sufficient sealing force against the
> head? I guess the obvious answer is yes, but I'm surprised. And
> also p.o.d that I didn't try this with my engine before spending $$
> $ to have the seats all bored to 'zactly the same depth, since they
> were all over the map before.
>
> Tnx
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Hassall
> Blacksburg VA
> jhassall@blacksburg.net
> '63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go
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