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Old 07-15-2019, 07:59 PM   #29
Bill Cilker
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Location: Milpitas, CA
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Default Re: What roadside repairs have you made to keep your A going

4 Model A’s and families left the San Jose CA. area in 2003 for Calgary, Canada and the North West Regional Meet. We had a great time at the meet and met some wonderful people. On the 3rd day of the return trip, one member blew a head gasket. We were in Simacous, British Colombia on a Sunday, when we stopped for lunch and decided to change the head gasket in the restaurant parking lot. We let the engine cool while we had lunch and changed the head gasket in 2 hours, with a small group of on lookers. The head stud between #3 & 4 cylinders got over heated and detempered by the blown head gasket. It would not hold more than 30 lbs. of torque. I was aware enough to figure out why and did not try for more torque in fear of breaking it.
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