Folks, anyone help Dennis (no relation) on this one. Please reply directly
to him. Thanks.
Art Kelly
In a message dated 26-Jun-00 08:50:23 Eastern Daylight Time,
Dennis.R.Kelly@lrl02.usace.army.mil writes:
> Good morning Mr. Kelly-I have not corresponded with you since last year.
> Remember I had (have) the 64 TR-4 that would run about seven miles and then
> start sputtering, it turned out to be a sticking "Gross Jet". I replaced it
> with a stock needle jet and lived happily ever after, well almost. My car
> had set for a long time and now that its running I am getting blow-by out
my
> oil filler cap, oil oozes out and drips on to my valve cover and then down
> the back of my block, and I always leave a oil slick where I park. My
> compression is good and I am running RISLONE with the oil in case the rings
> just arn't seating yet. I suspect the true problem could be worn valve
> guides, but I don't know how to test for that, if there is a test at all,
do
> you think worn valve guide could be the problem? The car has about 85,000
> original miles on the valve train, I did replace the rings and bearings at
> about 60,000 miles.
> Also, I am running the original stock pressed rims and skinny 600/15 tires;
> I would like to go to a slightly wider tire/rim. Do you know if a TR-6 rim
> and tire will fit my car with no problem, as you know my rim is 4.5 inches,
> I assume the TR-6 rim is 5.5>6 inches.And I am not sure what is a good size
> tire to use with the wider rim, any thoughts on that?
Dennis Kelly
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