One note on the ground wire on the pinion oil plug; if you have a very early
TR-4 (such as a 1962) with a solidly mounted rack (no rubber mountings that
is) then you won't have originally had this extra ground cable and
technically you don't need it. Later cars with rubber mounted racks must
have it. This is not to say that you won't benefit from it in the event
that your aluminum rack mounts are all corroded up or something.
Just my 2c worth.
Doug Daverne
1961 TR-4
1963 TR-4 parts car.
>Yes, ISTR a ground wire & eyelet that attach under the plug where you
>add oil to the pinion gear -- the plug that's often replaced with a
>grease (OIL!) fitting after tapping it out to a pipe thread. Was this
>improvement done on this car ? You might look for this slight `improve-
>ment' and see if the PO remembered the ground wire.
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>Best regards,
>Tom Tweed
>SW Ohio
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