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RE: TR3A Head

To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR3A Head
From: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:56:45 -0700
> More scarier, ugh, is the crack in the head.  Aha!  But, then again, this
> crack is in the very center of the head, running between what
> looks like two
> coolant holes between the 2nd and 3rd cylinders.  The holes would act like
> "stops," so the crack shouldn't spread.
>
> All in all, this looks like it would be a typically weak spot in
> the head, but
> not one subject to much in the way of stress, so might be welded
> without much
> interference with reliability or performance.

I'm wondering if it would even be necessary to fix it.  That's not a sealing
area, the head surface just hangs in space over the gap between the #2 and
#3 liners, and it looks like it's only purpose in life is to regulate water
flow.

Any thoughts on what I'm missing ?

Randall




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