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  1. Cylinder head to block studs, seized. Lessons learned…

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    8 hours ago, JohnD said:

    You might do better with any other organic acid, acetic or citric for instance

    Thanks John, I made an inventory of my chemicals and I found I two that contains mostly citric acid. I will try them and let them work for a couple of days. The CRC stuff is a concentrate with 40% phosphoric acid and it did seem to have some kind of effect on two of the studs. They had a small "cavity" or cracks between the head and the stud so I could clearly see how the acid poured down and dissapeared. The problem with the remaining studs is that what ever chemicals I try to use it stays on top of the cylinder head. But I have plenty of bottles left to experiment with, citrus acid next! 🙂

     

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  3. Cylinder head to block studs, seized. Lessons learned…

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    1 hour ago, Mathew said:

    I know you said too much around to weld but you can shield your welding as its a small area

    Yes, I could try to shield the welding area, but the problem is that my welding skills are “limited” (understatement) so I have to practice on other things first in order to find the proper settings and improve my skills a bit before I can weld good enough on a nut/stud. I did not mention the most embarrassing failure: I did drag out the engine in the snow (only minus 12 Celsius / 10 F then…) and I was hoping that by a miracle I would successfully weld on a nut on my very first attempt in a minute or two before freezing to death. At that temperature I did not spend a lot of time practicing welding outdoors, and the result was so ugly and weak that the nut fell of the stud almost just by poking at it. No, I will not upload a picure of that weld… I have seen two buildings burn down to the ground here in my town after welding on cars. I would have to sleep in the garage after welding or be worried sick that one small pice of red hot metal escaped my shield. I prefer to wait for better weather, better safe than sorry.

  4. Cylinder head to block studs, seized. Lessons learned…

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    I have a six pot ME-engine from a MK II saloon that has been outdoors for many years, and I started to do an autopsy so that I can see what parts I might be able to use. It is seized and I did not expect that the cylinder head would come of easy. But this one has really tested my patience so maybe someone on the forum doing the same job might find some useful tips here. There are at least plenty of embarrassing failures in this thread that you might find entertaining…

    I started with adding a few drops of phosforic acid around the studs and let the chemicals do some work for a couple of days, adding a few drops every day.

    My first option regarding tools is usually the “double nut” technique and a few studs actually came out that way (thanks to the acid actually penetrating all the way down to the block). Next plan was the “roller stud extractor” with ratchet (+extension) which successfully removed a few studs more. Then I tried to use an impact wrench on the “roller extractor” on the ones I could not remove with a ratchet. Bad idea. It broke and the stud was also severly damaged.

    The extractor recommended by uncle Pete is unforthunately not available in stores here and ordering online is a beauracratic battle with customs that can go on for weeks, so I bought a Bacho stud extractor instead. It cost an arm and a leg but it cracked and into pieces on my first attempt. Fortunately the store gave me a full refund. Very disappointing. Things made in Sweden or by a Swedish company usually have good quality. But this “Swedish” tool was clearly made of chinesium.

    Welding is not an option in my garage since it is way to crowded and filled with flammable stuff, and it was minus 15 degrees Celsius here (5 F) about a week ago which is a bit chilly even for me so no welding outdoor either. Now its raining, but welding a nut on the stud is probably my next move, weather permitting.

    Running out of options I tried to lift the cylinder head using a bar to spread the force. Someone said that a six cylinder Triumph engine has the same weight as a small planet so the thought was to leave it hanging one centimeter above the floor and hoping that gravity, fatigue and phosporic acid would do the work over time. Still waiting for the engine block to fall…

    Current status: 9 of 12 studs removed 3 now badly damaged studs remain. Waiting for spring and / or good weather so that I can try to weld nuts on the remaining studs or earth gravity to do the work for me. I Will make an attempt to order the praised extractor, it would be a great christmas present to myself, But I’m afraid it will not arrive to this remote island during this year.

    Suggestions, comments and moral support in general will be appreciated…

    Br Roger

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  5. Wonder cleaning product needed!

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    Since I live on a small island it is quite common that people have boats, many of them are made of aluminuim. There is plenty of chemicals available for cleaning them. The sea shells can be a pain to remove so they might have potential. At least they have plenty of colorful warning pictograms on the bottles which looks promising! The one I bought contains a lot of hydrochloric acid.

    I bought a bottle but I have not tested it yet, so I don't know if/how they work!! Just a thought...

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  6. Engine swap 2500 Vitesse Mk I

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    Hi all,

    There has not been any updates about my Vitesse project for a while, but I just found out that PO made a bodge I have never seen IRL before! Long story… I bought an engine (MB prefix) from a scrapyard in Sweden to replace the cracked engine block in my Vitesse. The chap at the scrapyard said that the engine “was a runner before it was removed from the car” and it looked indeed to be in good condition.

    It was a bit of a challenge to find the correct combination of flywheel and clutch in order to mate it with the original gearbox from my Vitesse but now it is finally back in my car (thanks to all the support on this forum).

    However, the engine refused to start despite many attempts and I checked everything twice. My approach was to change as little as possible of the settings since the engine was supposed to be a runner. If it ain’t broken, don’t try to fix it… I tried and I tried to start it, but no joy.

    Finally I had to “dig deeper” in my troble shooting and I used a USB connected “snake inspection camera” to inspect the inside of the cylinders. I was very surprised to find that the top of the pistons where shiny and no carbon deposit on them at all. Some gaskets and all core plugs also seemed to be new as if the engine had been taken apart recently. When I started to check ignition timing I had a lot of problems. There was a good spark but I could not find a proper setting no matter how much I turned the distributor to the left or to the right. This information added up to the fact that this engine was probably not a runner after all when the car was scrapped, and I decided to check if the PO had put the distributor 180 degrees wrong. So I turned it 180 degrees and hey presto! The engine started!

    The compression is excellent and it is hard work to turn the crank by hand, so I guess that PO took it apart and either had it re-bored or just cleaned it up and put new piston rings. AND he put the distributor 180 degrees out! He probably also tried to start the engine a hundred times and perhaps he just gave up and sent the car to the scrapyard in anger. I’m only guessing of course but I see no other explanation to the facts above.

    It has been extremely frustrating failing to start the engine over and over again (why didn't I think of this before!) but the positive thing is that I might have bought a renovated engine for peanuts! I paid less than 150 pounds for this engine, so it might have been worth driving a long distance to collect it after all. Happy days! 🙂

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  7. Rare LHD Bond in Sweden

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    14 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:

    Oh Lord.. imagine if they brought that in now

    The result was not so bad after all! Initially the accidents went down, but increased agian in 1969. From Wikipedia:

     

    "The relatively smooth changeover saw a temporary reduction in the number of accidents. On the day of the change, only 157 minor accidents were reported, of which only 32 involved personal injuries, with only a handful serious. On the Monday following Dagen H, there were 125 reported traffic accidents, compared to a range of 130 to 198 for previous Mondays, none of them fatal. Experts suggested that changing to driving on the right reduced accidents while overtaking, as people already drove left-hand drive vehicles, thereby having a better view of the road ahead; additionally, the change made a marked surge in perceived risk that exceeded the target level and thus was followed by very cautious behaviour that caused a major decrease in road fatalities. Indeed, fatal car-to-car and car-to-pedestrian accidents dropped sharply as a result, and the number of motor insurance claims went down by 40%.[citation needed]

    These initial improvements did not last, however. The number of motor insurance claims returned to "normal" over the next six weeks and, by 1969, the accident rates were back to the levels seen before the change.[14][15][16]

    Trams in central Stockholm, in Helsingborg and most lines in Malmö were withdrawn and replaced by buses, and over one thousand new buses were purchased with doors on the right-hand side. Some 8,000 older buses were retrofitted to provide doors on both sides, while Gothenburg and Malmö exported their right-hand drive (RHD) buses to Pakistan and Kenya.[17] The modification of buses, paid by the state, was the largest cost of the change".

     

  12. Vitesse Plumbing

    in Cooling System

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    I think I found a reason for my confusion! There are 7 pipes to connect so no matter how I do it one will be left... It turned out that the cylinder head on my old Vitesse HC engine is different. There is a water pipe on the cylinder head on the Mk I Saloon engine but the HC engine has a blanking plug in that place. I guess I will just put a plug where there is a pipe, then I have 6 pipes to connect which should be doable with 3 hoses... Anyone who knows why this is different on Vitesse HC engines and Saloon Mk I engines? (Picture from HC engine).

    BR Roger

     

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  13. Vitesse Plumbing

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    39 minutes ago, 68vitesse said:

    Någon hjälp?.

    Thanks a lot Paul, that was just what I was looking for, at least the matrix hoses are clear on that picture! I don't know if it was Firefox or if you have spent a lot of time in Sweden, but the answer in Swedish was appreciated 🙂

  14. Vitesse Plumbing

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    Progress has been slow on my Vitesse project but I have finally reached a point where I soon can try to start up my “new” engine for the first time. I usually take a lot of pictures before I take anything apart, but unfortunately I have no pictures of where the water hoses goes. I searched for pictures in WSM and by Google “Vitesse engine” but haven’t found a picture yet that shows which hose goes where. Do anyone here have a picture (or can explain) which hose goes where? There are too many of them! I could bypass the heater matrix for the moment, but I don’t want to stop or restrict the water flow in the engine in any way, so even that became a too complicated task for my brain. Thanks in advance! /Roger.

    Edit: I forgot to mention: The engine is from a Mk I 2000 Saloon, inlet manifold is from original Vitesse HC engine. I don't know if the 2000 Saloon had any different system for heater matrix.

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  16. Hockey Pucks

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    It will take a long time until the latest issue of the Courier reach The Åland Island so I tried without success to download it from the website (despite logged in as a member). But I noticed the latest number is 666 so I suspect that this is related to April the first...

  17. T.S.S.C. FORUM FURRY FRIENDS THREAD

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    11 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:

    I just love the angles cats get themselves into when they're really relaxed, upside down and all

    Cats are very vulnerable when they are upside down with their belly exposed to any possible enemy so it’s a good sign to see them in that position. Then you know for sure that they are in a good home feeling purfectly safe and relaxed. The picture doesn’t tell, but Nisse was snoring very loud when I found him on my desk. Never had a cat snoring that loud before. Priceless! Sixten lived for many years in a house with drug addicts and they did not treat him well. He was extremely scared and afraid of everything when we got him. It took two years before he trusted us, but now he is also upside down in the chair. I try (without success) to keep them away from my garage since they get oil on their paws and there are many sharp items on the floor.

  18. T.S.S.C. FORUM FURRY FRIENDS THREAD

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    Interesting thread! The white / grey one is Nisse as I found him on my desk this morning. A bit difficult to concentrate on work... The black one is Sixten which we rescued a few years ago. I attend a lot of Zoom meetings in my work and they are both a bit famous now within the company I work for. They often attend the meetings.

     

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  20. International Liaison

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    Thanks for your reports in the Courier John, interesting to read. Unfortunately I have no updates or photos to share at the moment. There are many Triumph clubs abroad, most of them very small compared to TSSC. A report about some of these clubs might be a subject in the future? Just a thought. The club "nearest" to me is Triumph Club of Sweden

    Im not active in TCS but I guess most countries in Europe has at least one small Triumph Club and there are several in the US.

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