Hi Mike
Sorry to hear about your little problem on your travels. If you do not want
to be doing the head gasket again soon, re-torque the head (tighten to the
specified torque without slackening off first) after it has been run to
operating temp. Then do it again after 500 - 1000 miles! As an aside, I
check it about once a year at full service time, when I will be setting the
tappets any way, so why not whip the rocker shaft off and make sure. It is
usually possible to get a slight movement before the wrench cracks, and yes
it is in calibration!
Graham,
1967 1300 FWD
1968 2000 Saloon
1972 2.5PI Saloon
1974 Sprinted Dolomite 1850
1975 Toledo in restoration!
http://www.triumph-iw.co.uk
http://www.mickdolphin.co.uk Spares Supplier.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hargreave Mawson
Subject: Re: Weekend travels
Clouds of white smoke
| poured out of the exhaust, and I was fairly sure I'd blown a head
| gasket. I nursed her along the motorway until I reached the next
| services (Watford Gap), called the RAC, who turned up within ten
| minutes, confirmed my diagnosis, and relayed us back to Bedford.
|
| Carly will be back on the road by Friday (with a bit of luck), with a
| brand-new head gasket, and I feel sure will be happy to do 200 miles at
| speeds in excess of 80 mph for the foreseeable future.
|
| ATB
| --
| Mike
| Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
| http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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