[Fot] TR4 build questions

[Bob Kramer]

I settled on Hylomar blue in a tube. It self heals and I spread it on thin
between two fingers. I used to use aerosol Hylomar for head gaskets when it
was available.

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On Dec 27, 2012, at 10:45 AM, "Steve Yott" <tr4 at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> I use a thin layer of the "Right Stuff".... I put that crap on
> everything!!!!  As per the lady in the hot sauce commercial...
>
> Since it takes awhile to get everything in place and bolted down you don't
> want to use a fast set gasket sealer.  I really like the Right Stuff as it
> will not fail you and does take a little while to setup.
>
> Steve Yott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Dennis Delap
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:14 AM
> To: Bob Kramer
> Cc: FOT
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 build questions
>
> Speaking of the figure 8 gasket - what are you all using as a sealant these
> days?
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Bob Kramer <rkramer3 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Make sure you measure protrusion after setting a head on top. I set it
>> all
> up
>> dry and run nuts down all the studs. You may find out that you have
>> less protrusion than you first measured. The steel figure 8's are
>> stamped and
> press
>> down to around .0155". If you still have more than .005" you will need
>> to
> have
>> custom gaskets made. Mordy Dunst "Gasket Works" makes them.
>>
>> Cleaning the crank without pulling the plugs is a guessing game. Get
>> them
> out
>> before spending money on the crank!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 26, 2012, at 6:54 PM, marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A little advice needed from the TR4 masses. On the engine I am
>>> working on
>> the
>>> liner protrusion is .008"/.009". Spec calls out .003"/.005".  This is
>>> a HP street engine. Block and head are freshly surfaced, new sleeves.
>>> Head
>> gasket
>>> is one of BFE's copper ones. The figure 8 gaskets are .016" steel and
> could
>> be
>>> probably be surface ground down to reach the .003"/.005" spec.
>>> Question
> is,
>> do
>>> I need to do this or is the extra protrusion ok?
>>>
>>> Second question, After the crank is ground I am thinking I need to
>>> remove
>> the
>>> cross drilling plugs so that I can clean the internals out sufficiently.
> It
>>> looks like this has been attempted sometime in the past as a couple
>>> of the hex's are stripped out. Should I remove/replace these? I'm
>>> thinking they
>> will
>>> be challenging based upon some being stripped already.
>>>
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