At 07:07 PM 5/9/2009, you wrote:
>A few weeks ago a friend blew the head gasket on their TR4. The head
>was pulled
>and sent to a machinist where they did a slight resurface and a valve job. Now
>the head is ready to go on the block and we find that the web that is cast in
>the block from right to left and located between cylinders 2 and 3 has a crack
>in it! I have seen a lot of Triumph 4 cylinder engines without their
>heads, but
>I don't believe I have ever seen this particular type of crack. I have seen
>plenty of heads cracked between the water ports between cylinders 2 and 3, but
>not the block!
>
>Has anyone on the list seen a crack as described? If so what did they do? Weld
>it up? Ignore it? Or what?
Jim, mine had the same problem. I had it welded (don't remember the
name of the technique, but it involved heating the block in an oven,
then plasma spraying some $$$ stuff in the crack). It worked really
well. I can find out the technique name if you need it.
jim
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J.C. Hassall
Blacksburg VA
'63 TR4 in autox preparation
96% finished, 90% to go
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