[TR] TR6 woes Part 1

[Greg Lemon]

I was looking at an e-type to restore earlier this year, XKs Unlimited sent 
me a huge fancy catalog for free.

So thanks Peter, actually I guess I should thank you twice, first for paying 
for my catalog, and second for letting me know not to deal with XKs 
Unlimited if I do ever get an E.

Greg Lemon
TR250

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From: "Peter Arakelian" <peterara at msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:27 PM
To: "Listers" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] TR6 woes Part 1

> Many of you know parts of what has happened with my TR6, but I need to 
> share
> the entire story.  It's long, but bear with me.
>
> It began last October on the way to Triumphest from Buellton up the coast
> highway, when my cockpit filled with smoke in Carmel.  Turns out the head
> gasket was blown - not between cylinders, not into the water jacket, but 
> out
> into the passageway where the push rods run.  After consulting with two 
> very
> helpful shops along the way, The Engine Room in Santa Cruz and Wright's in 
> San
> Rafael, I took it easy and made the drive home - car ran great, got 22 
> mpg!
>
> OK, pull the head.  This is a TR6 so of course it was a problem.  I could 
> not
> get four of the studs out.  In fear of breaking the studs off if I went to 
> the
> max on them, I e-mailed a friend at XK's Unlimited in San Luis Obispo for
> advice. To my surprise I got a reply from Jason Len, the owner, who 
> assured me
> that whatever problem I ran into they could solve.  They would even send a
> trailer down free of charge to take my car up there and make me a good 
> price
> on all the work to get the word out. I used everything I had, even a huge 
> pipe
> wrench, but only succeeded in wiping all the threads off of the studs.
>
>
>
> Peter Arakelian - '71 TR6, Daily Driver
>
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