Re: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul

[Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>On Jul 3, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> One thing in your photo strikes me as strange: It looks like
> there's a "step" in the cylinder head where the cylinder seats. Did
> these cylinders use a sealing ring there like the 36 hp heads, or
> have these heads been cut afterwards (or were they cut this way at
> the factory?)

I don't know, but there is a cutaway view of an early engine in the '61 
Workshop Manual that appears to show the same step:

http://home.earthlink.net/~scottbtaylor/cutaway.jpg

There wasn't a seal there when I removed the head.

Scott
62 343

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