[Fot] gt6

[Charly Mitchel]

NOPE!,
I had a hole in a block and a little damage to the cylinder on my 6 and I 
had a new liner fit and the hole welded up.  As long as you didn't do any 
structural damage, it's salvageable, especially if you've had lots of 
machine work done to it.
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert bownes" <bownes at seiri.com>
To: "Bobby Whitehead" <igofaster at att.net>
Cc: "FoT Triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] gt6


> Unless you are a serious miracle worker, the hole in the block is fatal. 
> At
> least for the block.
>
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Bobby Whitehead <igofaster at att.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> preliminary report is .. engine is out on a stand, removed oil pan... #2
>> piston
>> is in a million pieces. The rod is there with the pin. There is a hole in
>> the
>> cylinder wall toward the flywheel end... from the bottom, initially the
>> valves
>> look okay, but that is optimism. Hole in the cylinder wall is trash 
>> right?
>> Head is coming off next, more this afternoon...  Bobby....
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