I have worked on wet sleeve engines for many years. what threw me a rear
curve was the alloy figure 8 gaskets I got from moss. on first start trying
to break in the cam water came out of everywhere! yuk! i shut it down and
found the crankcase full of water. yuk! never had this befor. retorqued and
tried again seepage till it got hot then ok. no water in the oil. surface
prep is key . I used a poduct in the past that was made as a sealant for
steal shim gskts from two mfg. ford and dodge both called it perfect seal it
came in an arisol can like copper coat. but this stuff was way better. i've
looked for it with no success. Does anyone know where to find it? are there
copper figure 8 gskts avalible?
Jeff
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Bill Babcock
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:33 PM
To: J.C. Hassall
Cc: FOT List
Subject: Re: [FOT] 4Cyl Tractor engine liner height
I assume you have Kas' new books. If you don't, buy them right now.
they saved me thousands of dollars and would have saved a lot more if
I had them a few years ago.
the copper wire trick is kind of a standard thing if you're using
shim steel gaskets. You could look at the digest and find lots of
discussions about it. works like a charm as long as your head has
enough beam strength. Of course a lot of milled heads don't, and that
brings up another standard Kas trick of pinning the cylinder head.
also in the books.
Basically, a triumph guy without those books is reinventing fire.
On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:56 PM, J.C. Hassall wrote:
> At 07:39 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
>> It doesn't sound that bad. the head might be bowed as well. I'd
>> certainly check that. I'd also use copper wire to o-ring the liners.
>> I've found that a cheap hot glue gun works better than crazy glue and
>> way better than solder. You want to use dead soft copper wire. I've
>> used a lot of different thicknesses but somethng about .010 to .020
>> should be fine.
> Bill,
>
> Does dead soft Cu provide sufficient sealing force against the
> head? I guess the obvious answer is yes, but I'm surprised. And
> also p.o.d that I didn't try this with my engine before spending $$
> $ to have the seats all bored to 'zactly the same depth, since they
> were all over the map before.
>
> Tnx
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Hassall
> Blacksburg VA
> jhassall@blacksburg.net
> '63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go
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