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RE: Bizarre TR6 steering problem

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Subject: RE: Bizarre TR6 steering problem
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:20:22 +0100
not that bizarre, happened to me in the middle of a roundabout, needless to
say that I ripped the thing out of the clamp as I wasn't prepared to go
straight...

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> From:         Peter Innocenti[SMTP:pinno@bigfoot.com]
> Reply To:     Peter Innocenti
> Sent:         Friday, July 02, 1999 8:11 AM
> To:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Bizarre TR6 steering problem
> 
> 
> Greetings All,
>     Just fixed the strangest problem with my TR6. I was pulling into 
> my driveway when suddenly I couldn't straighten out the wheel. I 
> ended up parking on the front lawn for the evening. At sunrise the 
> next day I opened the bonnet to do some investigating, expecting 
> the worst. To my surprise I discovered that the ground strap from 
> my battery was tangled in the u-joint on the steering shaft. I quickly 
> fixed the problem and twisted the cable connection at the battery 
> to prevent this from occurring in the future. I suggest other 6 
> owners check the location of their strap, would be an extreme 
> bummer if this happened in traffic..........
> 
> Peter Innocenti
> 1974 TR6
> Peter Innocenti
> pinno@bigfoot.com
> 

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