[TR] Aluminum head?

[Paul Dorsey]

Thanks for the tip. Is there a total of eight nuts holding the manifolds
on?  I've only removed the top 4 so far.

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:38 PM Greg Lemon <grglmn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the manifold, not much concern about loosening the liners when you take
> the manifold off, manifold shouldn't be stuck with all the nuts off, a
> little leverage or soft pop with a lead hammer should take it right off.
>
> Your main concern RE the liners popping loose is turning the engine,
> pulling the head off or jockeying it around shouldn't loosen them up,
> friction from rings on liner sliding up might.
>
> Greg Lemon
> TR250
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 9:25 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why don't more cars have wet sleeve engines?  What was the weekness of
>> this idea?
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:19 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 9:18 PM Wbeech at flash.net <wbeech at flash.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, Moss carries an aluminum head, about $3,000.  I don’t worry about
>>>> any sequence for loosening, for tightening  use the sequence in the book,
>>>> after tightening to 50ftlbs tighten in steps of 20ftlbs through the
>>>> sequence until you get to the specified 105ftlbs.
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my IBM 8088
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Gotcha!  I may be dumb but   I I am dumb, but,I’m no dummy, I don’t
>>>> have an aluminum head on my motor. Do theymake aluminum heads for our motor
>>>> or do they? Anyway they’re out of my price range.
>>>>
>>>>   As I was loosening the bolts that hold the head on,  I got to
>>>> thinking, I wonder if there is a sequence for loosening these head nuts .
>>>>  Metal bends, You know. Perhaps that is more critical for something like
>>>> aluminum heads.
>>>>
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