Pulling Triple Cylinder Wet Liners

Someone else did this using that method , here on this forum.
I think they were stripping the engine completely down. Would be really difficult to do from a partial strip and refurbish without some contamination of the lower workings I'd say...

 

Suggestion.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Taskar-N...256356?hash=item365b9d19a4:g:YwoAAOSwqphfd0aT

 

Wow Stuart T595, I didn't think you were going down that route, the tool you show in my view will not remove the liner, don't forget that in all probability the original Three Bond 1207B or 1360 used by the Triumph Factory in assembly will be the one in place. It will take a fair bit of pressure to break the seal, this may be further aggravated if water had leaked from the liner sealant (rust), this is especially true if a liner has been disturbed previously. Your reply (some time back now) indicated water had not contaminated the oil, hence members had mentioned they wouldn't lift the liners, I guess you just wanted a "belt and braces check". From memory I recall posting a list of currently available parts, those on back order, and those no longer available (discontinued), depending on what you find further in the strip down may impact on availability of replacement parts. I know hindsight is wonderful, given what you have been through already it would have been easier to remove the engine altogether. I have made tools in the past for just such jobs i.e. Stainless round bar to fit internally in a liner, then machined flats in the centre to take a spanner, threaded the ends with a right and left thread, valve lapping rubbers for each end, machined a hole in the flats centre, then a threaded bar with a C shaped flat bar on top (it sits on the block) then just wind it out and out pops the liner. The tool sounds complicated to make, it's not, it only took an hour on the lathe to make. I know you don't have these facilities, however a similar tool may be available to buy. As mentioned some liners take a huge amount of ft lbs pressure to lift, others just pop out very easy, one never knows it's a little bit of a lottery to be honest. Good luck with it though.

 

Hi StuarT595, I take it all the water had been drained prior to lifting the head, you'd have nothing to lose by filling the block with water and (some anti freeze) to the top of the block, leave it a couple of days and monitor if the level drops, the same with the oil level as this will obviously increase as well, given water will have found its way in and contaminated it. I know it would not be under pressure, however if the seal has been disturbed the water will find its way out. If you think of a joint in a copper pipe in a central heating system that leaks, it may be minuscule when the boiler is off, once pressurised it will leak a lot worse, the analogy is the same, if a leak is present it will leak no matter what, be it drop by drop or more pronounced, but sure as day follows night it will leak, you could always use crack detection fluid instead of anti freeze, you'd soon see the tell tale colour in the oil, the anti freeze does the same job in essence. Good luck with whatever you decide.