Just joined the club and new to owning a classic car. My late Uncle restored a Triumph Stag in the 90s and it was in use until 2002. It's been garaged ever since and I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to restore it. Any advice on the order of steps to take, would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi Donal, You Stag looks good and the engine bay looks clean and rust free after all those years hibernating. Hopefully a good soaking in WD40 over a day or so will do the trick on the sparkplugs ! Great advice below.
Cheers for the advice and comments. Finally got it into my own garage at the weekend. I tried loosening the spark plugs to pour oil down the cylinders. However the plugs will not budge. Anyone faced this before, any ideas on loosening them. I've tried WD40.
100% agree with Niall, get a good squirt of WD in there and let it sit then make sure the plug socket is fully on and use a bar or sturdy metal tube on the end of the rachet for leverage. You could also try an impact gun if you have one and access permits.
Hi Donal, there's nothing terribly clever here, its a cast iron head and a coated steel thread on the plug so they really should come out. In the case of plugs in aluminium heads then real problems can occur particularly with older softer heads but with a cast iron head it is usually straightforward enough and down to enough force. Your car has been well enough stored theres no massive corrosion, the silver coating on spark plugs is actually anti seize so I would bet that you just arent getting enough force here. You dont outline what tools you are using but assuming you are using a plug socket, a short extension and a ratchet or TEE bar I would replace the ratchet/TEE bar with a breaker bar, it may help to get someone to help you to ensure that the plug socket stays on straight on the plug, once you have that then start flexing the breaker bar, increasingly more forceful flexs against the plugs until the joints "break". In theory there is a possibilty that you can shear a plug but in my experience that has never happened and I've never seen it happen on many older engines in cars a lot rustier than yours, others may say different I'm just telling you what works for me and what has been my experience.
That engine bay is not at all rusty so its hugely unlikely those plugs are anything other than a bit tighter than ideal. Could be someone cross threaded one but thats not that easy to do and if you've tried them all then what are the chances? As the rowers say, ears back and pull like a dog!
Niall
Niall
Looks good Donal.
Looks great Donal, body looks good so hopefully only mechanicals to sort.
Thanks Stephen, I hope your right and there isnt any major rust hidden away!
Welcome to the club Donal . Another Z Stag in the club with a straight 6. Hopefully you will have it on the road soon . 😉
D.C.
Cheers Derek, Just wondering for oil filters etc for the Stag. Is there a particular place you get them in Ireland? Just making an inventory of what I need at the moment.
Donal you will need to find out what type of filter it's using. It's either a cartridge or spin on type. Both can be sourced locally easily enough as can 20/50 oil plugs air filter etc.
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