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1. [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: SpiwakD@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:30:19 -0500; I need advice on repairing some cracks on a TR4 head between #2 and 3 cylinders. Is it common and is it a real concern? Can it be repaired? _______________________________________________ fot@autox.t; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00096.html (8,557 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:13:27 -0600; Crack between the two water passages between 2 and 3 is common and can be ignored. It's not a sealing surface. Cheers, Tony Drews _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net ht; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00100.html (9,841 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Rich <rikrock@live.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:51:51 -0500; This is not the "usual" situation. There are two cracks which have grown to the point they are on the edge of the sealing area. I can send a picture... Rich Rock ________________________________ From; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00101.html (10,318 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:12:20 -0700; You can always see if they can pin the head for you. TeriAnn _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-racing.com Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00102.html (9,266 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: John Styduhar <johnstydo@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:30:33 -0500; Rich, how much did you have the head milled down? _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://www.fot-racing.com Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00103.html (12,446 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "Marcel Van Mulders" <van.mulders.marcel@telenet.be>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:10:35 +0100; Maybe the cracks will not grow further because the sealing area is at the combustion chamber wall? If you assemble the engine you will see white exhaust smoke when the cracks are growing into the com; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00104.html (10,520 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: TR4 Tony <tr4.tony@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:28:13 +0000; All Have we not got a head that's getting to the point that it's not worth a repair - new cast iron heads are available and very good indeed. Used heads are still around. I'd be loathe to throw the s; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00105.html (12,494 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:53:24 +0100; You can stop the crack with a hole at its end and solder the crack with silver solder. Seems to work fine with a good success rate. Cheers Chris _______________________________________________ fot@au; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00106.html (9,513 bytes)
9. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:27:56 -0600; I received a picture of the head - the crack is to the point where if it grows any further there will be definite sealing issues on #2 and probably #3. I like this suggestion - a hole to stop the pro; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00108.html (10,967 bytes)
10. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Doug Mitchell <dmitchel@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:03:52 -0500; You might check into an old-school technique of cold stitching. Not sure if it works on a head, but have seen it done on blocks. Not cheap and intensive work, but it can recover a block. Doug dmitche; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00109.html (11,967 bytes)
11. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: michael <mlcooknj@msn.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:23:00 -0500; Years ago, I remember taking a TR3 head to a place in Long Island City, New York called Cool Weld. Using a process called "cold welding" they patched a combustion chamber. This wasn't a crack, it was; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00112.html (13,976 bytes)
12. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "J. Wagner" <jmwagner@greenheart.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:51:46 -0800; The topic intrigued me, so I did some googling. Seems there's a lot of ideas out there. This one seemed good. (I have no experience with them...knock on wood.) --Justin Cast Iron Crack repair http://; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00113.html (13,735 bytes)
13. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Mike Mehl <mike.mehl@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 20:49:32 +0000 (UTC); I have unfortunately hadB experience with stitching a head.B My first TR4 race motor had a stitched head (the guy who built itB repaired the head and did notB tell me).B It seems that with the added; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00114.html (12,444 bytes)
14. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:01:33 +0100; Ah, seen the cracks. These are on the edge of being too late for rescue. The only thing which might cure is staking the head as Kas Kastner shown in his books and to put one screw just on the end of; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00115.html (10,485 bytes)
15. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:38:54 -0700; Heating the head to 6,000 degrees C would certainly not guarantee success. Off to California for Christmas, hope the server doesn't blow up while I'm gone. mjb. ______________________________________; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00120.html (9,632 bytes)
16. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "Marcel Van Mulders" <van.mulders.marcel@telenet.be>; Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:42:34 +0100; I believe I wrote 6000C, not 6000. But on another subject : Cor Nuyts is a man near Antwerp who is famous for his billet steel crankshafts and a lot of special engine parts for tractor pulling etc. H; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00123.html (11,966 bytes)
17. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: "Bill Tobin" <william.tobin31@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 07:30:00 -0500; Hi, I use a surface grinder with a magnetic chuck to true my brake pads. Works great. Cheers, Bill -- Original Message -- From: "Marcel Van Mulders" <van.mulders.marcel@telenet.be> To: "'Mark J Brada; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00124.html (13,936 bytes)
18. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Kas Kastner <kaskastner@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:12:11 -0800; I had used a mill for the first try on the brake pad mod so save a used set of pads, but later thought that I really should get that abrasive material around my very nice accurate mill, so then went; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00130.html (13,568 bytes)
19. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Rich <rikrock@live.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:40:41 -0500; Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions! Here's the plan for repair: First, the head will get magnafluxed to determine if it has any other cracks. If the head passes that test, the repair to the t; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00131.html (14,689 bytes)
20. Re: [Fot] TR head cracks (score: 1): Author: Kas Kastner <kaskastner@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:04:54 -0800; I had this type of repair completed on a head and also a block for the 1967 GT-6, the first in he country that I was working with without too much success. That pair of castings went on to live throu; /html/fot/2014-12/msg00132.html (17,520 bytes)

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