In a message dated 96-09-18 08:23:20 EDT, you write:
<< I had an almost new 63TR3B(5kmiles) in 1963 and lived here in the sunny
south and I never had any overheating problems with the car, or any
other problems with it for that matter. >>
Ditto, almost....
I had a '63 TR-3B which I bought in the summer of '65, with about 23,000
miles on it. I had vague notions that the engine occasionally got a bit too
warm, but never did it boil, even in traffic, and not even on a 4,900 mile
trip my buddy & I took through the west including mountains and 100MPH
highway jaunts That was a fun trip -- we even went on a couple of double
dates in the TR (top up -- the car I mean ;-) while on the trip, with girls
we met in Yellowstone.
I would have removed the radiator & had it boiled out, but I never could
nicely remove the front valance -- the nuts held captive by small welded-on
steel cages spun in those cages, and since it wasn't urgent, I tried all
sorts of penetrants rather than tear the "cages" off and use a wrench. If
memory serves, the real problem was hex nuts in there rather than square ones
which would be less likely to spin... Maybe the stories of leftover parts
and some questionable quality issues aren't entirely untrue!
-Karl
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