Maybe it's the luck of the draw. I had one TR6 that I put a grueling
152,000 miles on in the hot Texas sun as my sole transportation and never
had the head off of the engine, replaced the clutch and hydraulics only
twice, and never had the transmission or diff fail at all. Obviously, I had
to do other things like brake and suspension work during that time. It
really made me a believer in that bullet proof engine that traces its roots
to a tractor. Now, I've got another TR6 with only 50,000 miles on it and
I've had continuing leaks in the clutch hydraulics. But I suspect that its
because of lack of use. I probably put about 1,000 miles or less per year
on the car and its not uncommon for it to sit for up to three months at a
time. I think that is harder on a car than putting a lot of well
maintained miles on it.
Johnny Storm: International Racing car driver wrote:
> > Having rebuilt my TR6's clutch hydraulics 11 times in only
35,000 miles, I
> > can safely say that I've earned a degree in TR6 clutch
hydraulics
> > rebuilding!!
>
OK, if we're on this type of subject, in approx 90,000, I replaced
about 7-8
UJ's, 3 diff's, 5 O/D's,
3 gearboxes, 2 cylinder heads, 5 front verticle links(4 snapped, 1
bent), 3
bonnets, 1 softtop, 4 steering joints, 2 racks, 1 dizzy, god knows
how many
track rod ends/balls joints and wheel bearings, and 3 rear springs!
Who says
these things are cheap to run!!! :-) And no, these are NOT
exaggerated
figures!!!, although sometimes I replaced knackered parts with s/h
ones!!! :-)
Rich
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