Re: Re: 1955 Traction 11B “Barn Find” Project

So yesterday I started on the engine “properly” 😀

I received my new gaskets for the piston barrels and duly inserted them and measured the tolerances and all seems good. I then decided to fit the head in place before flipping over the engine. In the 15/6 English manual it says to do it this way and it makes more sense. Although I think I may have a job flipping it over with the extra weight 🙁

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So now I need to prepare the head. My new coolant tube arrived along with new core plugs. So with a little more cleaning I fitted the pip easily pointed the holes downwards and then sealing (glueing) each end with ultra blue. I also flared the end of the pipe at the water pump end, hoping it won’t move too much.

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And fitted all the new core plugs that I had to remove to get rid of the coolant pipe. Slightly easier than removing them 😆

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