[TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil?

[Jeremiah Curry]

Wow you must be a better mechanic than me (it doesn't take much)  I have
spent about 2 hours and have it to the point where I should be able to pull
the head now.  However I can't get it to budge, but just yanking on it.  I
tried tapping the head lightly with a hammer to see if it would loosen up,
no luck.  Is there a trick to getting the head to break loose?  I am
guessing it would be a bad idea to turn the engine over to do it with
compression?

 

Thanks,

Jeremiah

 

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From: Wbeech [mailto:wbeech at flash.net] 
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 5:21 PM
To: Jeremiah Curry
Cc: Joe Curry; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil?

 

You know you're going to have to pull the head, 45min, let us know what you
find. 

 

Sure hope it is only the head gasket. Presumably when they magnafluxed the
head it was checked for true at the same time. 

 

Bill

Sent from mobile Bill


On Dec 3, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net> wrote:

Someone else mentioned that if it is the headgasket I should see bubbles in
the radiator with the cap off.  Would that be true for the type of problem
Bill mentioned?  I don't, but i didn't let the motor get hot enough to open
the themostat.

i am hoping it isn't the head.  I had it magnafluxed about 700 miles ago,
they found cracks and welded them before rebuilding it

Jeremiah


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From: Joe Curry
Sent: 12/3/2011 12:21 PM
To: 'Wbeech'; 'Jeremiah Curry'
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil?

Could also be a cracked head.

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From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wbeech
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:06 PM
To: Jeremiah Curry
Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] blown headgasket without milky coolant or oil?

Sure is, sounds like the break is just allowing coolant to be sucked into
the
combustion chamber. DTDT.

Sent from mobile Bill

On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:34 PM, "Jeremiah Curry" <jeremiah at curryclan.net>
wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
>
>
> I while back I had some card trouble on a long drive to my new house.  The
> consensus was the my headgasket was blown.  Usual symptons: overhating,
> white smoke, steam or smoke coming from valve cover vent, etc.
>
>
>
> I had to park it while I got moved in and the other day I decided to take
a
> look at it, I drove it around the block and then looked at the oil and
> coolant.  I expected both to be cloudy, but they aren't.  The oil is dark,
> but not cloudy and the coolant looks clear.  Is it possible to have a
blown
> headgasked and not have those symptoms?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremiah
>
>
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