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Re: [TR] hardened valve seats - do I need them?

To: tr3driver@ca.rr.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] hardened valve seats - do I need them?
From: BearTranserv@aol.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:19:36 EST
In a message dated 1/11/2007 5:40:56 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
tr3driver@ca.rr.com writes:

>  Just wondering if I should follow the if its not broke don't fix it
>  rule  or tear the head off this winter and have it  done.

Definitely don't fix it, IMO.  Odds are high you'll never  have a problem ...



I have to concur here.  On the Spridget list, concerning BMC A  series 
engines, a bit more high strung than the TRactor engines, there was a lot  of 
concern a few years ago, but several years of no-lead had no real results so  
far as 
wear or damage.  
 
Robert B.  Houston
Texan in New Mexico

63 TR4

As he stared at her ample  bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg
carburetors in his vintage  Triumph, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, 
perched prominently on top of  the intake manifold, aching for experienced 
hands, the small knurled caps of the  oil dampeners begging to be inspected and 
adjusted as
described in chapter  seven of the shop manual.
Dan McKay


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