Hi,
[regarding your continuing O/D saga...]
I don't wish to beat a dead horse, as it were... but you've just learned a
very important lesson in Triumph ownership:
Never, ever start a major project during the driving season unless you
have 100% (plus a factor of 10%) of all the parts and knowledge to pull
off the repair in a few nights _BEFORE_ you start the project.
Ignoring this axiom is asking for trouble in the biggest way.
I know this lesson all too well and re-learn it every Spring (where the
TR6 is on jackstands in the garage waiting for a "frammel clip" that is
NLS.)
I'll also put in my semi-regular plug in for having / knowing friends to
help you solve your problems - but don't forget to reciprocate the
efforts! This is crucial to ownership of old cars - especially if your
mechanical familiarity with these cars is fuzzy or non-existant!
We can never forget that we're driving cars that are twenty to 50 years
old at this point. This is _waaaaay_ past the likely designed service life
of these things and the fact that some of us drive them regularly really
is sort of miraculous.
Bye,
rml
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