- 1. TR250 vibration (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:31:27 +0100
- Hi All Many apologies to people on the list that received "replies" from me with no body text, during last week. I was in fact away on our summer holidays last week, and had asked our internal IT bod
- /html/6pack/2003-08/msg00041.html (7,237 bytes)
- 2. RE: soft top latches (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:15:30 +0100
- When I first bought my six, I had a problem with the top sealing - turned out some silly bugger had previously unscrewed the handles from the post-with-pegs, on both sides, and put then back 90 degre
- /html/6pack/2003-06/msg00047.html (8,904 bytes)
- 3. RE: Shadetree TR6 EFI (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:09:34 -0000
- I was having similar thoughts a while back about getting a Bosch Motronic EFI system from a knackered oldb BMW onto my six, and while I'm not sure about the Nissan system, the motronic and others uti
- /html/6pack/2003-03/msg00165.html (7,534 bytes)
- 4. RE: What is this stuff (see picture)? (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:04:41 -0000
- That'll be "dum dum" or something similar (flexible bituminous putty/sealant). Some guys I know swear by it to stop water/crud getting in when the paint cracks in those joints. Regards, Neil '70 TR6
- /html/6pack/2003-03/msg00497.html (7,574 bytes)
- 5. RE: Towing my LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 17:37:04 -0000
- As far as I understand it, its as straightforward as you say - torque convertors are designed to tolerate slip by their nature, and clutch friction linings can only take small amounts without the hea
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00002.html (11,049 bytes)
- 6. Water in ignition coil (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:28:30 -0000
- I've looked through the mail headers and these repeated emails look like they're stuck in the MTA queue on the 6pack list server, 42dbca82.dsl.aros.net (66.219.202.130).. only one message ID was ever
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00264.html (7,271 bytes)
- 7. RE: Replacing front calipers with Wilwood Superlite II (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:06:23 -0000
- Not totally sure, but that looks very like the four pot caliper upgrade kit that Rimmers sell. Wonder what the reserve is - the Rimmer kit retails at around #600 over here ($850 ?) Neil
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00420.html (12,042 bytes)
- 8. RE: Poor dash lighting (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:36:51 -0000
- It's also worth remembering that filling bulbs with halogen gas just allows a brighter filament to be used without it completely burning up, for any given power rating - but that means it'll also pro
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00178.html (10,286 bytes)
- 9. RE: PI vs dual ZS vs triple ZS -- dumb questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:25:07 -0000
- Um, agreed except for point 5 - as a result of the 3.45:1 diff ratio the overall gearing is higher on the PI cars than US spec cars. Acceleration improvement is just down to the increases in power an
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00209.html (13,494 bytes)
- 10. RE: TR250/4A side markers (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:21:19 -0000
- Yes that's right. And the rear light clusters are also different on non-North American spec cars - the side marker lenses are yellow instead of red, as well as flashing. Regards, Neil
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00273.html (8,301 bytes)
- 11. RE: Lower Trunions (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:51:47 -0000
- Yes, that's what you're meant to do. Oil, apparently, because grease doesn't penetrate all the way through the trunnion's thread - though I believe some have tried heating up the trunnion and/or grea
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00441.html (8,126 bytes)
- 12. RE: VAT on UK orders (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:36:16 -0000
- No - you shouldn't have to pay VAT unless the shipping address is within Britain or the European Union. Cheers, Neil
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00695.html (7,276 bytes)
- 13. RE: PI on 5 cylinders (rough running on start up) (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:47:00 -0000
- Hi Glen Which number plug was sooty ? If its 2 or 5 then it could be a banjo bolt non-return valve, well, returning... I had problems like this and replacing the #2 banjo and seals worked. (I'd agree
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00407.html (9,868 bytes)
- 14. RE: over-steer, under-steer, neutral steer...thoughts, (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 11:43:34 -0000
- I'd say that's about right, in my experience, though obviously anti-roll bars are only one part of the overall picture: the transition from straight line suspension-attitude to the point where its fu
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00572.html (10,833 bytes)
- 15. RE: Swar Bar Rubbers (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:42:42 -0000
- When I fitted my uprated front bar, the poly bushes it came with were just cut, straight, along the back (the part that's flush against the body crossmember). There's nowhere for the rubber to go wh
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00573.html (8,716 bytes)
- 16. RE: over-steer, under-steer, neutral steer...thoughts, (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:46:22 -0000
- That's what he originally said, wasn't it ? Or is the Christmas spirit getting to me ? :-) IMHO rather than neutral handling I'd always aim for slight understeer, with slight power-on/off oversteer;
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00586.html (12,138 bytes)
- 17. RE: Swar Bar Rubbers (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk> (by way of Brian
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:11:45 -0600
- I don't know if ths is more work than moving the rad. I added a sway bar to my 250. I had parted out a TR6 and had all the front end bits around. I didn't want to drill the 250 skid pan, so I took i
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00617.html (7,424 bytes)
- 18. RE: LBC content; no Triumphs (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:49:39 -0000
- Old Speckled Hen is pretty popular over here among ale drinkers, though personally I don't like it (is that psychological I wonder ?) BUT Greene King Ltd do brew a beer called "Triumph" - the referen
- /html/6pack/2002-11/msg00177.html (8,690 bytes)
- 19. RE: Frame metal thickess (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:56:13 -0000
- According to original triumph TR4-6 its 15 swg (0.072") though thankfully I've not had to test that (yet). Neil '70 TR6 PI
- /html/6pack/2002-11/msg00255.html (7,146 bytes)
- 20. RE: GM Alternator Conversion Pics? (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Beesley" <Neil.Beesley@securesult.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:16:23 -0000
- Ah, glad this subject came up - I'm thinking about making this switch, but (I think) I remember there was some discussion a while back regarding whether the 1980 Fiesta in question was a US or UK/Eur
- /html/6pack/2002-11/msg00302.html (9,129 bytes)
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