"Dreaded" and "Dumb" were certainly not strong enough to describe my
reaction to finding that my DPO had "fixed" the leaking right rear brake
cylinder by crimping the brake line off before it got there. I guess it
saved on fluid at least.
Dave Moag
62 TR3B
La Canada, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Randall Young
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:16 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: DPOs
> Not "dumb" but "dreaded". The latter is much more appropriate when you
> consider some of things previous owners have done to keep their cars on
> the road. My Spitfire came with the rear spring snapped in two places,
> and held together with duct tape...
"Dreaded" was not exactly the epithet I had in mind, when I discovered that
the DPO of my TR3A had compensated for extremely worn wire wheel splines by
overtightening the knockoffs !
Bad enough ruining a lead hammer and the knockoff just to change a tire, but
the loud ZZZZ as I tried to drive away was one of the more sickening sounds
I've heard from a TR.
Randall
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