My seemingly endless stream of questions continues....
1) Are there any "official" jackpoints on a TR-6?
The first few times I jacked up the car I did it a side at a
time, placing the jack on the frame just forward of where the
rear trailing arms connect. This worked (sorta), except that
my jackstands are tall enough that I really had to torque the
frame to get them under the car.
Recently I've been lifting from the center of the car where the
frame members come to within 6" of each other and a corrugated
plate bridges the gap. This lifts the car without the side-to-
side torquing, but the plate deflects more than I'd like under
load.
Once I've got the car in the air I've been putting the jackstands
under the frame just forward of the rear wheels. This is stable
enough to make me happy, but it puts an "unnatural" load on the
frame (i.e., a lifting force at the center of the car as opposed
to the usual gravitational downward force).
Anyways, I'm not entirely happy with the approaches I've been
using to date, and I'd really rather not trash the frame in the
process of putting it in the air. Neither the owners manual
nor the two service manuals I have access to address the subject,
so I'm left in the dark. Any more experienced Triumph owners
care to enlighten me?
2) Is it typical for cars using Lucas electrics to "melt down"
various (expensive) components?
I've had to replace the dimmer switch because the high-beam
contacts got so hot that they softened the body of the switch
and recessed themselves to the point of inoperability. During
the replacement I found that the wires feeding the switch had
also melted, but not to where I couldn't reuse them.
While investigating the lack of panel lights I found that the
panel light rheostat had also been fried. I don't think it
actually caught fire, but it was literally cooked black.
I don't know the history of these failures, but I do have to
wonder what the fuses were doing at the time. Also, I'm a bit
reluctant to start replacing parts when the standard price for
anything from Lucas seems to be in the $40 to $50 range. Any
clues as to what is going on here?
3) Finally, as I've been playing electrician I've found that the
entire center portion of the backside of the dash is coated
with oil. I don't know if the previous owner was in the habit
of adding oil via the ash tray or what, but it is a real mess.
Where'd it all come from?
Thanks for the help.
Ron
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Ronald C. Hood U S WEST Advanced Technologies
hood@uswest.com Boulder, Colorado
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