After reading this (and wiping the tears from my eyes !) I too feel the same
way. I have had the offer of tools being mailed to me plus the odd part.
I'd also like to thank you all for all the help I have received, and I also
feel like we have a "Family" of sorts.
Pat
Victoria BC
----- Original Message -----
From: ronald babbitt <rbtr3a@flintemc.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 7:41 PM
Subject: What a tool!!!
>
> Hi Listers
> It's been about a year now since I enrolled to this list, each day I
can't
> wait until I get home to be able to log into this wonderful resources we
> have before us. I have owned my tr3a for about 17 years, I live in middle
> Georgia and here we just don't have many LBC's or have a network of
owners
> to share parts , knowledge or comrade with. No matter how excited I
become
> about something related to my LBC my wonderful spouse just does not share
in
> my enthusiasm. I'm sure many of you can relate. I have learned more from
> these daily posts in ONE year than all 17 years combined. At my current
> rate I will probably be needing a new hard drive in this CPU, devoted only
> to my saved post.
> Now the reason for this post. I would like to take this opportunity to
> publicly thank Fred Thomas And Randall Young, for all the assistance I
have
> received from them these past few weeks. Fred thank you for being there on
> those late nights when I would call you at home, for I would have
exhausted
> all my knowledge and resources to what ever problem I was faced with.
> On two separate occasions I have received a postal package from Fred
> enclosed would be something which would aid in solving a current problem.
> In both instance's I had no prior knowledge that a parcel was forth
coming.
> Randall thanks for sharing your incredible mechanical knowledge, and for
all
> the information you have sent me regarding the timing and carburetion
> problems I has having earlier this week. I look forward to reading your
> responses to what ever LBC problem is posted. One thing I have learned
from
> the two of them is that a Throttle butterfly in an SU carb has a front and
> back and that it is beveled. If you install them in backwards you can't
> adjust idle. My brother is entrenched in the PORSCHE world and has
> mentioned to me how envious he is because our community is so much more
> willing. Willing to help each other with parts, knowledge,muscle and in
> some cases even lodging. I'm looking foward to putting some faces to
these
> names some day.
> Man is this a great tool or what. Who would have ever believed the best
tool
> for problem solving a LBC would me a mouse!!
> Thanks again
> Sincerely
> Ronnie Babbitt
> 1960 tr3a
> ts71887L
>
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