VANDECARR@aol.com wrote:
>
> I need the aluminum plugs that seal up each end of the oil galley on the TR 4
> block. The machine shop had to distroy them to remove them to clean the
> block. It seems to be a piece of threaded stock that is screwed into the
> block and them cut off. It is some where between a 3/8" and 1/2" pipe
> thread. I made a few phone calls to suppliers and they know of it but don't
> have it. Does anyone have such a thing or know of a source?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dean VanDeCarr
>
> 64 TR 4 Half way done (belongs to my 15 year old son)
> 73 TR 6 (should be done this summer)
I ran into this problem with my first engine rebuild in the late 70's...
I didn't discover they were missing until I had the engine on a hoist,
and I was lowering it into the engine compartment... that's when I
noticed this hole in the back... UGH!! I must have been blind when I
had installed the timing chain and flywheel... etc...
My fix was a bolt... I found the right thread... cut it off... and
ground a slot for a flat screwdriver... it worked great... If you have
a band saw... you can use the bandsaw to make the slot... after you've
cut the bolt... It's actually not that big of a deal... any nuts/bolts
specialty hardware should have the right threads...
which by the way... when I run into problems like that... I take two
pieces of clay... one piece I cram enough in to get a VERY good
impression of the threads... (i.e. I just stick in a little bit so that
I can squish it against ONE side of the hole... thereby assuring that I
get a good section of thread represented...) THEN, after removing my
thread impression... I take another wad of clay... and squish it into
the hole... which gives me a good example of the hole size... with
these two things in hand... I can easily pick out the right bolt.
(I didn't own calipers back then... nor thread guages... OKAY? I was
just a teenager...)
Maybe this info helps?
Justin
jmwagner@hotmail.com
Los Angeles
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/1486
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