Having been a MG person most of my life I can tell you the first time I
drove a TR8 I fell in love and I knew I had to have one. My very lovely MGB
went up for sale and was sold in three days and I purchased my 81 TR8.
Regrets, absolutely none. The TR8 is more comfortable, better handling and
a lot faster than my MGB. The TR7 doesn't have the power but certainly has
all the other elements.
MG people (lots of Triumph as well) may turn their noses up and say the car
isn't a classic but these are the people that have never driven one.
Mark Ascherl
1981 TR8 DHC FI
Raleigh, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E.A.Rich" <jear@rmi.net>
To: <Eganb@aol.com>; <Triumphs@autox.team.net>;
<british-cars@autox.team.net>; <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: TR7 BFH#33
> Bruce,
>
> As an M.G. person I find it difficult to understand why anyboby would even
> buy, let alone attempt to fix, a Triumph younger than a TR-6 but I truly
> admire your courage in writing of all your trials and tribulations. All of
> us who have been sitting back and reading of your misfortunes know that
> similar things have happened to us but we're seldom prepared to discuss
> them.
>
> Good luck in the days to come and tell us when the your book is about to
hit
> the market. It'll be a best seller.
>
> Cheers, "Bob".
> --
> Remember that some days you may be the pigeon, but other days you will be
> the statue.
>
>
> > From: Eganb@aol.com
> > Reply-To: Eganb@aol.com
> > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:48:02 EST
> > To: Triumphs@autox.team.net, british-cars@autox.team.net,
> > tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> > Subject: TR7 BFH#33
> >
> > Do you have any idea how much I hate learning valuable lessons these
days? I
> > was so smug at having gotten the transmission/engine back into the car
this
> > weekend that I was unbearable.
> >
> > Well, it caught up with me. Tonight I discovered that the slave
cylinder
> > push rod that acutates the clutch lever was jammed against the rear
engine
> > plate when we reassembled engine/transmission, and like an idiot I
didn't
> > check to make sure it was free before dropping said engine/transmission
back
> > into the car.
> >
> > I finally managed to pop it loose, and of course the whole clutch lever
> > assembly popped off the fulcrum pin inside the bell housing....
> >
> > Stifling a tremendous urge to either throw up or set the car on fire, I
am
> > attempting to calmly determine my next course of action. Needless to
say the
> > transmission will have to come back out to see if anything was damaged,
and
> > to reset the clutch lever. Surprisingly the push rod doesn't appear
bent of
> > damaged.
> >
> > I'm thinking that taking out the transmission by itself is preferable
over
> > pulling engine/transmission back out again. I have a floor jack that I
can
> > support the transmission with, and jack stands I can use to lift the
rear of
> > the car up high.
> >
> > All in all a terribly disappointing evening. And to think that all I
was
> > going to do tonight was re-attach the speedometer cable.
> >
> > Suggestions for proceeding, and locations of discount liquor stores most
> > welcome at this point.
> >
> >
> > Bruce
> > 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> > Chapel Hill, NC
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