Quick question while talking about heads and crankshafts and since Ted
Schumacher seems to be online.
How does one correctly store both items prior to an engine rebuild.
Head - flat?
Crank - vertical in crated wooded box?
On 1/12/07, Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@bright.net> wrote:
>
> 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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