<div><p class="p1" style="margin:0px 0px 3px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:26px;line-height:normal;font-family:".SF UI Display";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span class="s1" style="font-family:".SFUIDisplay-Black";font-weight:bold;font-size:26pt">Since I have loosened both manifolds and head nuts can I now tap on the Manifold with a cold chisel but do so in a gentle manner so that they’ll come off the block? Paul </span></p></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 3:15 PM DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div> <font size="3">The Stag and TR7 are problematic for a couple of reasons. One is you have an aluminum head on a cast iron block. Another is that there are steel studs running though holes in the aluminum head and the reaction of dis-similar metals can be ugly. The third problem is that the studs don't all run parallel and the head does not just lift off of them as does the heads on earlier TR's.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">The Triumph Wedge club has a loaner head puller designed for TR7's which may work on both sides on the Stag. <br>
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<div><font size="3">Furthermore, these engines have overhead cams and unless you remove the cam before trying the Rope Trick Thingy you run the chance of bending a valve if it happens to be open at the time. <br>
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<div><font size="3">Another day of living the dream.</font><br>
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From: Randall <<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com" target="_blank">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>><br>
To: Paul Dorsey <<a href="mailto:dorpaul1@gmail.com" target="_blank">dorpaul1@gmail.com</a>>; Triumph list Team. net <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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<div class="m_6301901507367272828yiv8329242614MsoNormal">The “rope trick” is for emergencies, when you just can’t get the head off any other way. In that case, chances are good that the liners are so stuck they don’t need to be retained. But also, IMO, if it’s that bad, it’s time to pull the liners anyway (in which case they don’t need to be retained either).</div>
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<div class="m_6301901507367272828yiv8329242614MsoNormal">I’ve taken apart some pretty sad TR3 motors, and never had to resort to the “rope trick”. Getting the head off a Stag or TR7 can be a real challenge, but the TR3 has never been a problem for me.</div>
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<div class="m_6301901507367272828yiv8329242614MsoNormal">Is the rope trick the thing where you put the rope in the cylinder down the spark plug hole and then turn the engine so that the piston breaks the head gasket seal? I thought someone said not to turn over the engine?</div>
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