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Re: [TR] Storing you Head!

To: Cosmo Kramer <tr4a2712@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Storing you Head!
From: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:52:34 -0500
Cosmo, we always have headds magnafluxed adn pressuretested.  Magnaflux 
only shows external cracks.  Pressure test shows internal.  Ted

Cosmo Kramer wrote:

>Hi List!
>I happen to have a spare TR4/A head lying around. I
>was thinging of getting it magna fluxed, to see if
>it's NOW worth rebuilding.
>The questions that I have are:
>
>Could a head 'warp' by lying around?
> 
>Is there a 'specif' way of storing a head? Like
>storing a Crank.
>
>I was thinking of taking a 1/4' or thicker steel plate
>& mount it to the cylinder side & tourquing the
>bolts/nuts to 105 ft #/inch to prevent it from warping
>after it's rebuilt.  Is this a god or bad idea?
>
>Fell free to answer to me or the TRIUMPH List, NOW
>that I'm back on line.  TIA,
>
>-Cosmo Kramer
>
>
> 
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