After thousands of miles of riding around with hot radiator fluid
surrounding them, the liners are going to be rusted pretty securely in
place, so there's little hope of them pulling out from the top. Here's
what I had to do on my 4-banger: I stripped the block completely until I
was left with just the initial casting with, of course, the liners still
firmly in place. I inverted the block on a couple of 2x4's, allowing
space for the liner I was working on to move downward. The trick is that
you don't want to bang metal against the bottom of the liners because
you'll chip and bend them. The bottom edge (which is facing up when the
engine is inverted) is the thinnest part.
I finally made do with some angled cuts of 2x4 wood, about ten inches
long. I set one angled piece against the cylinder wall and another between
that wood and the other side so that when I hammered down the two pieces
were jammed in pretty securely. With some more hammering the liner
finally moved downward and I was able to turn the block on its side and
remove it. No harm to the liners this way.
Boil out the block then and make sure your new liner gaskets have a
rust-free surface to sit on.
John Middlesworth
1960 TR3A
1966 TR4A
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, GRUSHGANG wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience replacing the cylinder sleeves on a TR3A? Once
> the head is removed do the sleeves simply pull out from the top? Do you need
> any special tools for removal?
>
> Barry
> 58 TR3A soon to be restored
>
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