[TR] Removing my head

[Geo Hahn]

Paul -

I clamp down the liners with big washers, long sockets and head nuts:

[image: head3.JPG]

The cardboard covering the oil galleys is to keep parts from jumping in
there.

I used to just man-handle the head off of there but now that I am (much)
older I have fashioned a pulling set-up using a come-along hooked to a
ceiling joist.

[image: Head Puller 2.JPG]

Once the head is up & clear I slip a couple of 1x12s under there, lower it
and slide it to one side towards me.  The head isn;t terribly heavy but the
angle is such that you're leaning out and over if you try to lift it.

Geo


On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 3:55 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome, thanks! What would I need at the auto zone? Paul
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> On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 6:50 PM Tom Walling <pdqtr6 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> Wish me luck, Thanks
>>                          Paul Dorsey  60 TR3A
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