[TR] Removing my head

Paul Dorsey dorpaul1 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 1 16:55:31 MDT 2019


Awesome, thanks! What would I need at the auto zone? Paul

On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 6:50 PM Tom Walling <pdqtr6 at comcast.net> wrote:

> You can't secure the liners until you get the head off. Then the manual
> shows large washers sitting on the liners with tubes to get the nuts up to
> the threads of the head studs. I would think stout fender washers and some
> steel tubing would do the trick. You're trying to keep the liners from
> moving (thus breaking the seal of the "figure-eight" gaskets). This looks
> like a quick trip to your local hardware store and a few minutes measuring
> the non-treaded part of the studs and you've got it!
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> On September 1, 2019 at 6:33 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Tomorrow I'd like to remove the head of my TR3 and I don't think I've done
> it before.  I've been looking amongst my clutter for my long lost Workshop
> Manual, but I can't find it anywhere. ISTR one might need to first brace
> the sleeves; how is that done?  If that's the case, I ought to post phone
> removing the head, because I hadn't familiarized myself with this process,
> and I don't want to rush things (it's only been 20 years!) Anything else I
> need to know like what's the sequence for removing the headbolts (from the
> middle out or visa versa?
>
> Wish me luck, Thanks
>                          Paul Dorsey  60 TR3A
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