| >external bonnet catches operated with a removable T-handle like those on
| >Triumph TR-2 and early TR-3 cars
|
| Does anyone know what the dimensions of the business end of one of these
| T-handles is (I mean the ones for TR-2 & 3s). My snake came with one
| but it disappeared shortly after I bought the car and I've been using a
| screwdriver ever since. Does TRF carry them?
|
Roland
I have several. The configuration of the handle varies a lot. The square
cross section of the 'working' end is tapered so it is bound to fit, dispite
some variation in actual size. You should be able to get them from TRF, Moss,
or etc. I dont remember who I bought my last one from, but I remember I had
to dress it a little on a grinder befor it fit just the way I liked.
|
| >all-synchro gearbox, as well as a change-over to negative-earth electrics
| >with an alternator rather than a generator.
|
| Well, maybe this explain why a Jag dealer tried to charge the battery up
| backwards on my friend's new '65 'E' type when he took it in for
| servicing a few months after he buying it. I never understood how
| someone supposedly familiar with his car could have made such a dumb
| mistake. Eventually every component in the charging system had to be
| replaced. At my friends expense, of course.
|
| Roland Dudley
A couple months ago I went over to Fresno to look at a car. The guy who was
selling it claimed to export 150 cars a year to Europe. He had about a dozen
on hand that I saw. Mostly MGAs, TR3s, Buggeyes. HE HAD THE BATTERY BACKWARDS
IN EVERY ONE OF THEM. This bozo had no idea that most old BRIT cars (pre
alternater)
were pos-ground. (So were a lot of American cars in the old days)
regards, dickn
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