[TR] TR6 woes Part 1

[George Richardson]

Ditto. I've just started a 1960 Jaguar MK2 restoration. I won't be 
buying anything from XKs Unlimited.

George Richardson
Key Men - Keys for Classics
www.key-men.com

1957 Triumph TR3
1961 Jaguar Mark 2
1975 Triumph TR6
1997 Land Rover Discovery

On 2/22/2014 9:50 AM, Greg Lemon wrote:
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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