George,
Re: your comment on your missing seal in the TR3 radiator cap used with a
recovery system.
The seal is definitely required in order to have a functioning recovery
system. I use an appropriately large, thin rubber gasket in my "stock"
radiator cap. Luckily, I just happened to have a gasket that fit and it
works great. The recovery bottle does help the cooling system performance,
as it allows the cooling system to be completely "full" and no air in the
filler neck.
Of course YMMV, but mine works great!!
Jim Bauder
'58 TR3
Scottsdale, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Geo Hahn
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:17 PM
To: TR
Subject: Re: 60 TR3 Question
John A. Wise wrote:
> Well my 60 TR3 showed up last week...
[apologies for an slow response, my ISP has been off-line]
Congrats on you new arrival. The temp you quote (at speed) seems a bit
high but not necessarily a big problem... however the quest for cool in
a TR3 in AZ will be an interesting journey. In my case I go with...
Original TR3A fan replaced with a TR4 fan.
Addition of an electric pusher fan, manually switched (for long traffic
light stops or slow traffic).
Air dam to throw air at the lower third of the radiator.
Blocked bypass hose (some say good idea, some say bad).
Water Wetter.
Be sure cardboard radiator ductwork is in place.
That seems to be enough to keep the car cool in 100+ temps though the
driver may overheat.
In the past I have used an overflow bottle to catch coolant -- it lets
you fill the neck a bit more but the TR3 cap doesn't draw the coolant
back in so all this does is catch it for you if it pukes. Some may have
modified the cap to seal and draw coolant back -- I haven't tried that.
Interesting that your TR3A has a celsius temp gauge -- perhaps it was
originally shipped to the continent, or is it actually a (electric) TR4
gauge?
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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