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HI Stripping the heads after disaster with dropping a washer in to piston when replacing inlet manifold The heads were completely rebuilt about ten years ago and only 10k since. How much side play is...
View ArticleRe: [stag] valve guides
Remember the metal heats up so a cold test is not valid.B Heat the valve in your oven until it is B 100 Celsius then leave in guide for ten minutes. How much play now? If your heads didn't burn oil...
View ArticleRe: [stag] valve guides
The valves in a Stag are pretty well "looked after" in that there is NO side loading on them. What I mean is that with a conventional valve with a rocker or tappet - any sideways movement as the...
View ArticleRe: [stag] valve guides
Thanks for info All makes sense, all of the valve guides are same play so onwards and upwards. Many thnaks for info John
View Article[stag] Follow up on valve cover install
Dear Stag Listers: Just a quick follow up on my valve cover install. I got a tube of Hylomar from Moss, and I coated the underside of the valve cover gaskets (and the little rubber cam plugs) with it....
View Article[stag] What are these knobs buttons and lights for?
Hi All Im slowly getting to know my stag a little better. Its an Australian car and therefore a federal spec car with quite a few small features and controls that Im not familiar with. Down to the...
View ArticleRe: [stag] What are these knobs buttons and lights for?
The small green light is for the hard top rear demister - turn it on - that comes on........It is an LED so quite dim - you'll only see it at night. My car is a circa 42xxx number car (late 76)...
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John, if you pull the valve out of the guide and hear a pop the guide should be fine bit hard to explain but unless you have a set of hole gauges and a od mic then you are just guessing Stuart
View ArticleRe: [stag] What are these knobs buttons and lights for?
Alistair, my car is a 71 Federal all stock it runs about 185 to 190 I have a new digital gauge fitted does not like to sit at traffic lights or in traffic temp starts to creep upwards 198 to 205 then...
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I had a 4 core radiator since about 95 - 16 inch pusher elec fan AND engine fan. Get the decent elec fan = pricey, but worth it. Draws 20 amps. Lots of cheaper ones that draw about 7 amps - waste of...
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Oh - and I have a bosch 60 amp alternator - because they are so common (Holden/Falcon) they are virtually free here. Original is useless here. I mean - get a Lucas alt; upgrade it to 43 amps with...
View Article[stag] Seized bolt thread. Head to block.
A stag owning friend with strong skills as a mechanic has an unusual problem He is removing a head that is bolted down. Bolts were used all round instead of studs. On the left head all the bolts have...
View ArticleRe: [stag] Seized bolt thread. Head to block.
Why not arrange a jig to keep constant pressure on the bolt via a breaker bar and apply heat? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Peter Howells <peter@ldpart.co.uk> wrote: >...
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View ArticleRe: [stag] Seized bolt thread. Head to block.
Yes he has - I am afraid it just rattles at every torque setting. This bolt end thread is well and truly stuck. As you say so much for bolts. But why 1 out of 40 I have suggested that the leaking head...
View Article[stag] Re: Stag head seized
Hello Tony and thanks for such comprehensive reply.B However this is a high tensile bolt - not a stud. As the breaker bar twists the bolt hex head (about 30B0 so far) and the weakest part of the bolt...
View ArticleRe: [stag] Re: Stag head seized
Peter and all perhaps the bolt head could be cut off (if heating the bits fails) and the head puller used. You could temporarily install a set of studs where bolts were removed. Without the bolt head...
View ArticleRe: [stag] Re: Stag head seized
Thanks Bert That is the next probable course of action but we don't know how to remove the left over stud as applying wrenching force to the shank still twist the shank off the threads, although it...
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