[Bmcu] 57 TR3 head studs not lined up?

[ElliottCheney]

You can also carefully enlarge the bolt holes in the gasket with a home made
punch.


> The coefficent of expansion of copper is 17, steel is 11 (higher means more
> expansion).  So cooling the copper will "Shrink" it.  Good idea to put the
> gasket in the freezer.  Here is the wikipedia website link if you wish to
> learn more on thermal expansion.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_thermal_expansion
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ron Christensen <ron.christensen at wsapr.com>
>> Sent: Sep 28, 2007 10:32 AM
>> To: 'Iain Hueton' <ihueton at yahoo.com>, 'Jeremiah Curry'
>> <jeremiah at curryclan.net>, owner-triumphs at Autox.Team.Net, bmcu at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Bmcu] 57 TR3 head studs not lined up?
>> 
>> The gasket, being copper, is resistant to shrinkage.  Only heating the block
>> will work.   
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Iain Hueton [mailto:ihueton at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:14 AM
>> To: Ron Christensen; Jeremiah Curry; owner-triumphs at Autox.Team.Net;
>> bmcu at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Bmcu] 57 TR3 head studs not lined up?
>> 
>> could you throw  the gasket in the freezer to shrink it down, slide over the
>> bolts, and then let it warm up in place?
>> Iain
>> 
>> Iain Hueton
>> www.toriandesigns.com
>> 1804 Ross Drive
>> Ogden, UT 84403
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>> email ihueton at yahoo.com
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Ron Christensen <ron.christensen at wsapr.com>
>> To: Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net>; owner-triumphs at Autox.Team.Net;
>> bmcu at autox.team.net
>> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:12:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Bmcu] 57 TR3 head studs not lined up?
>> 
>> 
>> It is a common problem with all British cars . . . . block shrinkage. Take
>> the engine out and warm it to 1000 degrees and the gasket should slide right
>> on.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of Jeremiah Curry
>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:20 PM
>> To: owner-triumphs at Autox.Team.Net; bmcu at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Bmcu] 57 TR3 head studs not lined up?
>> 
>> Howdy all,
>> 
>> I am getting ready to put the head on my TR3 for the first time since I got
>> it.  A few weeks ago I went to put the head gasket on and found that the
>> holes in the gasket didn't exactly line up with the holes studs.  I figured
>> the studs must be bent, so I stopped and ordered new ones.  However after
>> putting the new studs in I find the same problem, maybe a little less
>> severe, but the same problem.  I don't know if I can even get the gasket on
>> without tearing it to pieces.
>> 
>> Has anyone else seen this before or have any insight?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Jeremiah
>> 
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