At 11:00 AM -0600 7/16/01, Brian Borgstede wrote:
> >> 135 135 25 135 Dry
Had the same problem on Casper (TR3) turned out to be broken rings,
after you get the head off, pour some Carb Cleaner on top of the
piston and see how long it takes to drain off (should stay there if
all is well)
>I just went down this road for the second time this weekend. I made a
>fitting from an old spark plug
>and some brass fittings to inject compressed air into the spark plug hole
>at TDC. Next, find out where
>the air is going. The first time, I had air comming out the exhaust. The
>valves were closed (wiggled the
>rockers) so I knew I had a bad exhaust valve. This last time I had a
>breeze comming out the engine breather.
>I bet it's a hole in #6 bucket. The head comes off this week.
Good Luck, I opted for a complete rebuild. :-(
--
Bill Pugh
1957 TR-3
aka Casper
TS16765L
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