Herald Progress (longish)

For those following the saga of my little Herald restoration... The past two weeks have seen great things happen. I took last week off from work, and ended up in my garage for about 14 hours a day, putting the little car back together. I finished the drive shaft, the engine is in, despite the

Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] I don't believe it, gutted...

It was a payen head gasket (I think I've been calling it permatex, but meant payen). It has metal rings round the cylinders and should be a high quality one. I paid extra for it and swapped out the standard one in the decoke set. It came from TRGB. I'm going to pull the head in a bit and

Reasons for fuel overflow from HS4s

Hi Listers, Ive been playing around with my float chambers - opened the top of them - took the float off - took the valve out etc I replaced the right hand side valve (brass bit and plastic bit) - because I happened to have a replacement for it. I also found that the gasket on the right hand

Re: It's the head gasket!

At 07:31 AM 8/18/02 -0700, John Hobson wrote: I just pulled the head and it is the head gasket that had gone, in quite a major way! Take a look here: http://www.geocities.com/goalie_john/head_gasket/headgasket.html John, Great pictures. Definately no question about it being the head gasket.

It's the head gasket!

I just pulled the head and it is the head gasket that had gone, in quite a major way! Take a look here: http://www.geocities.com/goalie_john/head_gasket/headgasket.html It was petrol on the spark plugs and not oil as I first thought. I think I will first see if I can get the supplier to send

Alternators and miscellany

Greetings all, and condolences John Hobson on the gasket blowout! Hope all is rectified soon. Yesterday I completed the popular GM alternator swap. I was having some performance and general electrical problems which I was pretty sure were alternator related. In buying this and that for the

Re: Reasons for fuel overflow from HS4s - solved - doh!

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Re: Body off resto

Hah now that9s funny. I keep bushing my time lines back. I should out at a club event, but today I'm in the garage and doing stuff with my wife. Friends however are very important. A. on 8/18/02 12:11 PM, Jon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And don't let Andre kid ya'- he may be a po' bastid'

RE: Body off resto

Larry- As to length of time, I'm 8 months into the planned year on my frame-off, mine- through neglect (my own as well as the DPOs) is more of a total recon (last estimate, the left door handle will be original...) and am now tacking 6 more months onto the estimate, primarily because I've found

Re: It's the head gasket!

I just checked the head with a stright edge and it is not warped! So looks increasingly like I just got a bad head gasket (even tho it's quality brandname Payen) or that the head studs had stretched. Although when I undid the cylinder head nuts they were on very tight. One thing I am unsure on

Re: It's the head gasket!

Thanks for the sanity check Jeff! But yes, I did install it the right way up with the tab on the gasket lined up with the tab on the block. I also made sure that the block and head were very clean too. Only other thing I can think it would be is dirt in the recesses around the cylinders, I

Re: It's the head gasket!

Not only check the head for straightness but for a dip in the block between cylinders... Anyway, for new head studs I've been told to use ARP studs A HREF=http://www.arp-bolts.com;http://www.arp-bolts.com/A They don't list any for Triumphs on the website, but they are highly recommended by Ted

Just Saw A New Nissan Z-car

Dear Triumph Folks, Just saw my first new Nissan Z car cruising around Venice Beach. I have to admit it is pretty cool and a bit retro EXCEPT it doesn't look like an updated early Z-car, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A RETRO TRIUMPH GT6 From many angles, it really does. It also is funny that as the

Re: Alternators and miscellany

From: Ken St.John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday I completed the popular GM alternator swap. End result - Hesitation gone, power back. Dash lights bright - OK - bright as they've ever been. The other advantages of the GM conversion... I've been using my spitfire for some long trips (400 miles

Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] It's the head gasket!

You said you just replaced the head gasket? Did you use an early style gasket (flat block surface) on a later block with the recess cut in the block around the cylinders? I accidentally did that a long time ago and made it about a mile before it blew through. It looked just like your

Re: [triumph_herald] Herald Progress (longish)

Well, I didn't get my ride yet... Perhaps tomorrow or Tuesday... I tried starting her for the first time tonight. Spins over real well, but no start. Good Spark, Good air, leaves only fuel. Found the pressure was too high. So, I have to change the fuel pump gasket, as discussed at length