[TR] Removing my head

Mon Sep 2 07:34:09 MDT 2019

Great suggestions all, just thought I would add the caution NOT to trim the motor over while the head is off.  Or at least until the liners are very secure. 

Bill B
TS30800L

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On Sep 1, 2019, at 9:13 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:

Paul -

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

<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.

<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:
>> 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
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