Dan,
Welcome to the honored and hollowed halls of the "Dumb TR Mechanic" club.
I am a charter member.
Thanks for sharing... I got a big smile from reading it and feel much
better about my dumb moves.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Triumph.html (under construction)
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: DANMAS@aol.com <DANMAS@aol.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>;
triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 7:44 PM
Subject: Duh! stupid, stupid, stupid!
>
>Listers,
>
>I got the engine in my TR6 back together just in time for the May 1st
>Townsend show. It didn't seem to have the power it used to have, although
it
>was still quite peppy. More like a stock TR6 than the slightly modified
>version it used to be. Time kept me from doing anything about it prior to
the
>trip to Illinois last week. All the way up and back, it just didn't seem
>right -- running strong at partial throttle, but just a tad slow at WOT. I
>was a little bit disappointed (well, a lot disappointed) with the times I
>turned in on the dragstrip -- 73 mph, equal to a stock TR6. I thought it
was
>just me, and I just wasn't remembering correctly. You know the routine -
the
>older I get, the better I was.
>
>Well, this afternoon, I was going back over the engine, retorquing
headbolts,
>etc, when I decided to take a look at the throttle linkage. DUH! It was
out
>of adjustment so that I was getting significantly less than full throttle
>opening. I'll let you know tomorrow how it feels with full throttle.
>
>Dan Masters (with a red face),
>Alcoa, TN
>
>'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
>'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion -
see:
> http://members.aol.com/danmas/
>'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8
soon
>'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
>
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