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1. Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 9:21:25 EDT
Fellow Spitters and other Triumphiliacs, After the primo driving season is over I plan to tackle an oil seepage problem on my car. It is not a gross leak but, rather, a small seep that appears to be
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00143.html (8,365 bytes)

2. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:09:05 -0400
<< Dee "hoping I don't have to use the rope trick" Jackson I know there was a thread on this some time ago, but I must have missed the first post, and consequently, I don't know what the rope trick"
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00146.html (7,159 bytes)

3. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 96 15:31:48 GMT
Hi Dee, When I rebuilt the engine for my '70 MkIII Spit I had the head surfaced. Based on the machine shops advice I did not use any type of compound with the gasket, however mine leaks an ever so sm
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00154.html (9,625 bytes)

4. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:24:04 +0100 (BST)
There's no need to spend more money than you have to. While the head is off, get an (independent) engineering shop to quickly check the face for flatness. Unless you have a particular reason to belie
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00157.html (9,335 bytes)

5. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 21:19:05 -0700
~EDITED FOR BREVITY~ ~BILL M. REPLIED~ ~SNIP~ ~SNIP~ Dee, The same thing happened to me. I discovered a slight oil "seep" on my '78 Spit...AFTER I had rebuilt the engine! I had the head machined .125
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00185.html (8,962 bytes)

6. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:27:55
It's certainly worth spending some time cleaning the head up (decoking) and grinding in the valves. Whether you replace the valves and guides depends on what you finfd when you take the head off, i.
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00201.html (9,670 bytes)

7. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 23:21:05 -0400
<< When I rebuilt the engine for my '70 MkIII Spit I had the head surfaced. Based on the machine shops advice I did not use any type of compound with the gasket, however mine leaks an ever so small a
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00248.html (8,837 bytes)

8. RE: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 16:58:55 -0700
Is that a typo? You took a whole eighth of an inch off the head? Man, you live on the edge
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00278.html (7,080 bytes)

9. Re: Head Gasket Replacement (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 09:48:25 -0400 (EDT)
Every Spitfire I've ever owned had a small leak from the back of the head. I think it is a design problem. Ralph Jannelli Charlotte NC '72 Spitfire MKIV daily driver '65 Spitfire MKII freshly restore
/html/triumphs/1996-10/msg00289.html (7,830 bytes)


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