Well gang, I finally did it. After over two years of thinking,
talking, reading, and drooling, I finally put my money where my
mouth was and bought a British Car!
Its a '72 TR-6. It's in what I would term "partially restored / very
good original" condition. It's an early '72 unit (commission CC75128
for those who care) with a claimed ~65K miles. Unfortunately the
odometer is broke at ~64K and the title is stuck with the "odometer
discrepency" flag forever and ever. Has been repainted red (orig
was burgundy), has had top replaced, and has what seems to be
original tan interior. Engine has been rebuilt and seems to run
pretty well.
All is not roses though. While drivable, it needs some work of
course, and I have a few questions -- as might be expected.
Any help is appreciated.
1) Brakes - master cylinder
Car sat for about a year, and previous owner warned me of bad
seals in master cylinder. Braking is interesting now! My question
regards rebuild kits. TRF's catalog says rebuild kits are
rather expensive and that the unit often doesn't respond well
to rebuilding. The log with the car says a rebuild kit was
installed two owners back. What do you think of trying another
kit vs a complete new master cylinder? I'm sure the best analysis
would be to remove the current unit, and inspect it for (??) before
making that decision. Complete unit certainly would be easier, but
at $100+ difference I'm willing to do a bit more work!
2) U-Joints on axles
I read with casual interest the saga of changing U-joints posted
here a few weeks ago without thinking I'd have to tackle it myself
anytime soon. Could someone who saved this please mail me a
copy? Workshop manual makes it look simple enough, but any
helpful hints or gotchas would be great. Should replacing the
rubber coverings be standard procedure (they appear to be in
pretty good shape)?
3+) And on and on
But I'll save them for another time.
Thanks,
Joe Flake, N4BGQ
Joe.Flake@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
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