[TR] TR3 liners

[Jim Bauder]

Kevin,

I definitely would recommend removing the engine from the car!

The reason you can't get the liners out is rust and crud from close to 50 years
of DPO neglect. At least that was the case with my '58 TR3 that I restored,
there was so much crud behind the liner of cylinder #4 that it was all I could
do to drive the liner out when the engine was upside down on the floor! I had it
on the garage floor with some large blocks of wood to raise the block up for
clearance and used a 2 X 4 to drive them out, it was not easy. You will also
need to have the block 'hot-tanked' to get rid of all the deposits, and crud
that you won't be able to scrape out.  

Trust me, you will get a better job on the rebuild with the block out of the
car!!

Regards and good luck,

Jim
Jim Bauder
480-309-9525
'68 TR250 CD47L
Scottsdale, AZ
http://www.triumphowners.com/647 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of KEVIN KEALTY
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:48 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR3 liners

Hi all.

I am having no luck removing the cylinder liners from the block.  Between using
an air-hammer and a hammer and chisel I have managed to get one liner up about
1/2 inch above the surface of the block.  I thought it would get easier, but it
hasn't.  The front of the car is on stands, so I can't get that good a
hammer-swing from the bottom.  I am thinking of having someone weld an old bolt
or scrap of metal to the top of the liner and use that to try to pull it out.  I
REALLY don't want to remove the engine.

Any ideas?
Thanks,

Kevin
'62 TR3B
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