[Public-List] White smoke - valves cyl heads rebuilding and what nots

[John Birch]

I had my cyl. head redone on Wind Rose KC544 (A4). It was a one day job and 
a double head gasket was used. A torque wrench is an absolute must as to is 
a steel straight edge to confirm the head is not warped.

I am of two minds on doing the valves without doing the rings.

Unless the valves are absolutely toast (resembling finishing nails I would 
not recommend doing them. In my experience engines which only have the top 
end done soon blow their rings due to the improved compression caused by a 
top end job.

Do the whole rebuild including rings, sleeves, bearings, wrist pins and 
grinding the crank and all new seals or do nothing more than the head 
gasket.

Otherwise you will likely soon create a new headache down the road.

My experiences with engines anyway.

I personally rebuilt a 3.4 ltr Mk IX jag engine in my youth.

Anyway, the head gasket replacement is fairly straight forward. Be careful 
not to over torque those studs as it is a pain to break 40 year old studs 
and replace them.

Good luck Gordo

Best

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey" <fongemie at gmail.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] White smoke


>I have nothing to add to this conversation except how nice it is to
> see so many others contribute information and support.
>
> Good luck Gord.
>
> -Jeff
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Thomas Moffatt <tmoffatt at xplornet.com> 
> wrote:
>> Long ago when I had my Alberg 30 (in St. Andrews, NB), head gasket went
>> (white smoke and all). Replaced the head gasket with the Atomic4 "in 
>> situ".
>>
>> Not easy, but could be done. Great fun scraping away the last of the old
>> head gasket, and was very careful to correctly use a torque wrench on the
>> bolts when tightening them up afterwards.
>>
>> Tom Moffatt
>>
>>
>>
>>
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