defective Thomas head

[ronn]

just bought that defective Thomas head on ebay and stoked to get it.


top recommendation for epoxy or-to be used to smooth out the surface by the water pump?


thank you in advance.

[California Travieso]

Ronn,

A picture would help.

David Serrano

[ronn]

David, I tried my darndest to do just that. think ebay has made it difficult to copy photos from their site?


will try again.......... thx.

[Bruce of MN]

Try hitting Alt and Prt-Scr at the same time, then open Paint (if you still have it) or download https://www.getpaint.net/download.html, then Ctrl-V to paste it in. That can be saved as a file to download here on FordBarn. Sounds like a lot, but isn't too bad after a few tries.

[ronn]

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[ronn]

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[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by ronn

David, I tried my darndest to do just that. think ebay has made it difficult to copy photos from their site?


will try again.......... thx.

I didn't have any trouble....

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[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by ronn

top recommendation for epoxy or-to be used to smooth out the surface by the water pump?

If it were mine, I would measure the height from the two gasket surfaces (water neck gasket down to the head gasket surface) and then set it it up on the mill and flycut it until all porosity is gone and it is flat. Re-measure those two references to know how much material has been machined away. I would then use an aftermarket aluminum water neck and add aluminum filler rod to the gasket surface to build the surface thickness of the outlet. Then level it using the stud's nut clamping surface to indicate from and flycut the gasket flange surface until the added thickness is equal to the amount removed from the head. The trickiest part of this will be the set-up on clamping the water neck where it is parallel to the head's gasket surface. If this is not a good option, maybe check with that company that makes the aftermarket necks that have the built-in thermostat provision and see if they can machine you one with that extra material already added.

My reasoning for not using epoxy (-or even multiple gaskets) is the thermal expansion/contraction in that area where the clamping force of the front two studs needs to remain under the same tension as the remaining studs so that you do not develop a leak either of coolant or compression.

[ronn]

thank you Brent- never had a problem of extracting a photo before- but couldnt this time.


also thank you for the insite on what to do. was looking for the easy method, but what you say makes more sense. I will have to visit a machine shop.........

[BillCNC]

Originally Posted by ronn

David, I tried my darndest to do just that. think ebay has made it difficult to copy photos from their site?


will try again.......... thx.

Screen Grab, then edit out what you don't want.

Regards
Bill