I am interested in the same thing. Car runs great at speed with no
discernable smoke but any prolonged idling kills all of the mosquitoes in
the area. The valves have been done and new rings that should be seated
after the number of miles put on the car last year.
Brian Smith
1950 MGTD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Hall" <chall000@sympatico.ca>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:24 PM
Subject: Valve seals -TC
> Guy's;
>
> I have taken the head off of my recently purchased TC. I was smoking
> slightly
> at idle and I had the exhast manifold off anyway to fix a stripped stud.
>
> After stripping the head, all of the valves are in great shape as welll as
> the
> guides, but the valve stem seals were very hard and some were cracked.
> (probable cause of the smoking). It seems to me that there must be a
> better
> sealing method out there as my car was rebulilt only 12,000 miles and 12
> yrs
> ago.
>
> I checked the list's archives and noticed some reference to the use of
> "umbrella seals" and some guys using " Ford 6 cyl " seals but no part
> numbers
> or opinions on benefits.
>
> Does anyone have experience with these? Does anyone have a specific part
> number of reference to which "Ford 6 cyl"
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
> Phil Hall ( TC 7639 EXU )
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