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Fwd: Valve cover gasket

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Fwd: Valve cover gasket
From: a Wallace <wallaces@superaje.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:33:13 -0700
>Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:32:43 -0700
>To: wtrrtw@yahoo.com
>From: a Wallace <wallaces@superaje.com>
>Subject: Valve cover gasket
>Cc: triumphtr2@direcway.com
>
>Russ wrote:
>"I removed the valve cover to set valves and the gasket is junk.  I seem 
>to recall from many years and two TR4s ago that a particular Ford tractor 
>gasket set would fit 4s.  I know the story of the supposed tractor 
>herritage of the 3/4 engine but not sure about the gaskets.  So can I run 
>to the local generic auto parts store and pick up a gasket for an ???? or 
>do I need to order one from a TR specific dealer?
>>Anyone have a part number?"
>===================================
>First it was Ferguson, not a Ford! This is very important, like having 
>someone say to you "Nice MG Mister!", it kind of, well, you know....
>a) As "FT" mentions the best solution is available from Justin Wagner.
>b) You could get the gasket from a Massey Ferguson dealer; the one you 
>need is for a Ferguson TEA20.
>c) Depending where you are, it may be hard to get as tractors with that 
>engine were imported to the US for only a very short time, after which 
>they started making them in a US factory with a different engine. The one 
>with the engine similar to a TR continued to be imported to Canada.
>d) You would be a lot farther ahead to get the gasket from a LBC supplier; 
>M-F parts are expensive.
>e) As most TEA20 owners are asking "I know the TEA engine is the same as 
>on a TR; where can I get parts?" I made the following page on my tractor 
>website:
>
>www.geocities.com/wallaces_23/fergie_TR
>
>Best regards,
>Jim Wallace
>'60 TR3a
>'51 TEA20
>'52 TEA20
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