1970 Triumph TR6 PI, Engine Disassembly and Inspection

[@martinburtt7243]

Great video Tush! I’ll have to remember to watch it again if I ever get around to rebuilding my engine.

[@graemelliott3942]

Now that’s a complete tear down! Keep going on this PI journey!

[@cheftush]

Thank you! Will do!

[@angeloapa1596]

Compelling watching as ever Dave & Elin. Thank you so much for sharing! Top marks to Rusty for his supervision skills 👏

[@cheftush]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nicktomasi392]

It's great when having a first rate team!! Especially when Rusty is watching the process to make sure you guys keep pace! Thank you for showing why I need mechanics to work on my cars. Love watching the show.

[@cheftush]

Hey Nick! Hope you are well. Thanks for watching. PS, I’m only a pretend mechanic 😉

[@jamcdona]

@@cheftush You're still better than most 'real' mechanics in local shops!

[@nicktomasi392]

@@cheftush Still well, thank you.

[@jeffbaran6121]

Great Video. Noticed that the PI version of the 70 uses a dual valve spring set-up. My carb version had a single spring set-up.

[@cheftush]

Might have to do with the PI Camshaft. Cheers, Tush

[@ottovonbisquick]

That's a slick way to remove the cylinder head. Good news on the thrust washers, I had to replace the crank and block in my '69 because of previous thrust washer damage. I ended up doing the same kind of later crank & flywheel swap you did on your 250.

[@cheftush]

Hopefully this crank can be rescued since it measured so well…I’m concerned about that ridge at the end though.

[@T101cyberdynesystems]

Enjoyable video, the only thing is the weird camera shake between edits, that freaks me out!

[@cheftush]

Yeah, agreed. Won’t be using that transition anymore. Sorry.

[@T101cyberdynesystems]

@@cheftush that's good to know, I kept thinking the camera is falling over 😆

[@mikehoroho8453]

It's great to watch you two working together like this. Seems like you took my advice.

[@indyme2]

Enjoyed the video, boys. Keep them coming.

[@cheftush]

Thanks! Will do!

[@cheftush]

You done any more work on yours?

[@indyme2]

@@cheftush No work on anything, Tush, I blew out my shoulder and had to have surgery. Doc says I can't do much of anything until June and won't be back full charge until Christmas. Sux.

[@cheftush]

@@indyme2 that does suck. I know what it’s like to have bad shoulders…

[@markaluge]

Great demonstration of how to disassemble a TR6 engine, but back to the TR3A now please.

[@cheftush]

Soon. Needs to be a bit warmer…..

[@tomneeb5474]

Nice work gentlemen.. You two make a good team!

[@cheftush]

Thanks Tom, just waiting for Spring to bring in the 59 from the side of the house…don’t worry 😉

[@BruceBoschek]

Thanks for this blow-by-blow description of the tear down! I really feel like I know that engine just from watching this. It looks to be quite solid and should turn out well. I was reminded of my first tear down of my XK120 many, many years ago.

[@cheftush]

I think it looks pretty good Bruce. I guess much will depend on how much I want to spend on the rebuild….I’m thinking of cleaning things up, homing the cylinders, re ringing the pistons, machine/ polish the crank, an put new bearings in it. Of course I could get it bored out and get new pistons etc…we shall see!

[@richardwhatton1249]

A great video and looks like you may have got lucky with the engine. Kind regards, Richard.

[@cheftush]

Yes Richard. Not much wear. I think it originally had somewhere around 85000 km on it but no way of knowing to be sure

[@tomhughes9107]

Very nice. More Tim's breaks for Rusty though.

[@cheftush]

He loves Timbits!

[@JohnCarey1963Jag]

I watched it in fast mode, but I always enjoy the tear downs. It's like archeology

[@cheftush]

Yeah, it’s pretty long John…I figured people could fast forward to the parts they want to watch…like what the bearings/cam/bores look like etc….

[@artfiberglass9239]

Looks like a builder ! Good job. The shaking between scenes was a bit dizzy on a big screen

[@cheftush]

Agreed! Won’t be using that transition again. Thanks for watching.

[@bobbytr6pack762]

Very nice gentleman and thank you for posting this video. This is very helpful to many of us who have never done this. As always very excited about the new project…❤

[@barry6274]

Great job fellows, that's a nice days work and all in all it looks pretty darn good.

[@cheftush]

I think it will clean up pretty well Barry…just the crank to check out

[@philipavery8465]

Brilliant video teamwork at it's best!

[@cheftush]

Thank You Phillip.

[@corylwillrise]

Yeah the flywheel uses a different bronze-manganese bush behind it for input shaft of transmission to ride on depending on the crankshaft I think. I think the bush is longer. On earlier models.

[@kevinblume2976]

Great video you two. Tush, I think you should have brought Mica over to keep Rusty company. Couldn't believe how easy that head came off! Also, If I didn't know any better, I'd bet the P.O. ran some type of oil additive and that's why the rocker shaft & bottom end looked greyish or cloudy. Cheers!

[@cheftush]

Agreed, someone else mentioned the additive as well…cheers, Tush

[@MrMikeyspfx]

A long video but a lot of good footage. Thanks guys.

[@asicerik]

That silver color was so weird! I have never seen that. Maybe some additive like Slick 50 or something.

[@mikeg5877]

You two make a well oiled machine... no pun intended.🤣

[@cheftush]

Thanks Mike!

[@crasbee]

The sludge could come from "Oil Leak Stop" additives. If you put too much of that in, the oil becomes slimy like you saw. But it wasn't exactly fresh oil to begin with either 😅

[@bernardsavoy5269]

Good work or fun!!!

[@wtbm123]

Cool

[@jamcdona]

Wow, that was really interesting to watch! I feel someone ran it low on oil, way back when. She's ugly right now but in good shape over all...

[@cheftush]

Yeah, pretty sure it’s never been touched. We will get it back to looking better !

[@jamcdona]

@@cheftush Regarding the clutch parts...what will you go with? I used to see lots of debate in the late 90's and early 2000's about some magic setup...I think the TO bearing was from Koyo, rest from somewhere else. Can you easily order all from Moss or somewhere, or do you still have to cherry pick components?

[@RustyBeauties]

1st Grabbing a big mug of coffee

[@cheftush]

I’ve reached my uploading minute quota for the year already 😉

[@corylwillrise]

Oceania was probably invading when he parked it. “War is peace.” Idk, George Orwell.

[@Yaabbly]

Good job I'm in the UK Elin or I'd have to charge you for my medical bills having been it on my nose by your bar🤭🤣

[@cheftush]

That could have been devastating for both of us…my brand new iPhone was at the top of the tripod😉

[@corylwillrise]

You need plastic gauge

[@cheftush]

Not necessarily….

[@iceman9678]

"Bag it Cheftush!"

[@leo2caf594]

don't you hate it when you discover the guy at the oil change place used vice grips on your oil drain plug 🙂