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RE: removing the motor head

To: "Linda Long (IM)" <LLong@kollmorgen.com>
Subject: RE: removing the motor head
From: "Andy" <amdixon@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:48:13 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "rick" <rbacon@netcom.ca>, "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
OK Linda,,,I mean Tom.
Andy

On 01/18/98 09:41 PM Linda Long (IM) said...
>
>
>Listers,
>This thread could add new meaning to the scene in the old Spagetti
>Westerns where someone in the mob yells out..."would somebody go get 
a
>rope."  And all Clint can do a snarl!
>
>Tom (don't call me Linda) Long
>
>>
>>Rick,
>>I'd be interested in the answer too as I'm having the same problem.  
>>There's the rope trick that has been used with some success. Nylon rope 
is 
>>fed into 2 of the cylinders and then the engine is turned over with a 
breaker
>>bar and socket on the fan extension bolt.  Would the person who posted 
that 
>>give the particulars again, I forget the cylinders the rope is fed into
>>(can't 
>>remember if it's 1 & 6 or 2 & 4). I halfheartedly tried it the other day but
>>the 
>>rope was too thick.  I have some new rope and I'm itching to try.
>>
>>
>>
>>On 01/18/98 08:27 PM rick said...
>>>Huh... Any tips on removing the head from the TR6's motor?
>>>Would a sharp blow from a 20 pound hammer help the %&#! thing???
>>>
>>>rick
>>
>>Andy
>>'74 TR6 -- currently small pieces of metal held together with rust.
>>

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