10 Jun 2026
10 Jun 2026 Bright and early, I borrowed a nice original Minor 1000 and went into town to pick up the only single can of Hylomar available (well that I could track down anyway) then back to get the job done again. Absolutely no idea what happened the night before, as to why it didn't seal and coolant flowed everywhere, but it was time to fix that for a second go around. Off came the head again and even though there was coolant flowing all around the permimiter of the head last night, there was not a drop in any of the cylinders. As I was lifting the new copper head gasket off I noticed that four of the head studs were only finger tight in the block. Now I would expect that they probably came loose when the head nuts were loosened to remove the head, but who knows. I have never encountered loose head studs before. I tightened them down as best I could and with the mating surfaces all cleaned up again, just in case we missed something last night, it was time for the gasket, re...
