RE: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

Looks like maybe the head may just have been loose, or studs pulling from
the case/  Interesting looking cylinder fins!

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Taylor [mailto:scottbtaylor@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 2:14 PM
To: T3 List
Subject: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul

Hey everyone,

I'm stripping down an early '62 engine for an overhaul and thought I'd 
post my progress so far. This is a high mileage engine that I think was 
last rebuilt about 30 years ago. I pulled the right head expecting to 
find a dropped valve or something (it had no compression in #2), but 
things don't look as bad as I thought they would:

http://home.earthlink.net/~scottbtaylor/head1&2.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~scottbtaylor/p&c1&2.jpg

#2 sure is oily! I'm now thinking a ring may be the culprit. It turns 
over smoothly and I haven't found any metal shavings yet. I really hope 
the heads are salvageable -- these '62 heads with the 90¡ intake ports 
are pretty scarce. I'm going to let a professional take it from here. 
I'll let you know what he finds.

Scott
62 343

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