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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: Richard48Y on Monday,September 25, 2023, 11:43:26 PM
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Removing the steel spark plug wells from a cross-flow head?
Pretty certain they should be removable, has to be a way.
I expect them to be threaded in but they are not moving and I dare not damage them.
I know mine is not the only TS/Cross-flow here so someone must know the trick.
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A pure guess here because I've never owned a Renault engine of any sort, but could they be heat shrunk into place ?
The valve guides and seats on the original Lotus TC head are cast iron and to remove or fit those you have to soak the head in a furnace before driving them out. Fitting new ones is the same way, heat up the head, cool the inserts and press them in quickly before they heat up & expand.
Brian
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I should probably just ask Salv but I think he is still on vacation.
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Reading through my newly acquired shop manual for the engine there is no mention of removing and replacing the tubes.
All photos and drawings show the tubes in place. So I guess we'll have to work around them
Grant
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My TS head arrived at the rebuilders today.
If he finds them to be an issue I expect I will hear about it.