- 1. Convertible Top Fit Question (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:31:51 -0600
- I have the same problem. I love to blame Robbins for a top that does not fit. On the other hand, there was no gap behind the window until I replaced the window channels. But I enjoy Robbins bashing
- /html/6pack/2003-11/msg00084.html (7,160 bytes)
- 2. Vibration (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:34:28 -0500
- I had the same symptom in my 76 until I swapped differentials. I had a very low mileage dif from a 72 parts car so I changed the seals and installed it. My vibration went away along with a bad whine
- /html/6pack/2003-09/msg00193.html (7,458 bytes)
- 3. anyone replaced steering column bushings? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:08:40 -0500
- Replacing these bushings is just time consuming because of how far down you have to tear the column down to do it, but it is not hard. On the other hand, before you do the bushings, check two other
- /html/6pack/2003-05/msg00120.html (7,679 bytes)
- 4. TR6 1-HR "TERMINAL RIDES" (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:01:17 -0500
- One thing you can check is the vapor line from the tank to the carbon canister. A few inches from the canister there is an inline limiter with a very small hole. When this hole gets plugged it creat
- /html/6pack/2003-05/msg00248.html (7,597 bytes)
- 5. Tim & Larry (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 13:16:45 -0500
- Well this week end we were going to redo the rear suspension and rear hub assemblies and rear brakes and trailing arm bushings on Tim's 72 Sapphire blue TR6. British Parts Northwest stopped the compl
- /html/6pack/2003-05/msg00372.html (7,885 bytes)
- 6. RE: Tim & Larry (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 15:59:34 -0500
- It did not take long for the folks at BPN to call me after my first E-mail. Suffice to say the conversation did not start out very friendly. We both had an opportunity to state our positions and ther
- /html/6pack/2003-05/msg00374.html (9,484 bytes)
- 7. Seats (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 08:13:04 -0500
- I just helped one of our members move his seats as far rearward as possible and we did it this way. At the point where the seat bolts to the track we made an extension that pushed the seat back furth
- /html/6pack/2003-04/msg00260.html (7,432 bytes)
- 8. Chasing a short (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:07:01 -0500
- Dwayne Cooper, here is a pretty simple, logical way to trouble shoot a short. Place a simple voltage tester between the grounding strap and the negative battery post. Turn everything off. If the ligh
- /html/6pack/2003-04/msg00382.html (7,885 bytes)
- 9. Auto Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:59:05 -0600
- I have been with Hagerty for several years. Only requirement is the TR6 cannot be your primary transportation. No mileage limit and not threats to cancel if I drive it to work. In Oklahoma the annual
- /html/6pack/2003-03/msg00803.html (6,633 bytes)
- 10. Hard Top Blues (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:32:39 -0600
- I have a fiberglass top and the best used factory top anywhere. Don't want either of them. $100 bucks buys the fiberglass one. It needs some cleanup and some rubber seals. Your problem is I live in
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00039.html (6,419 bytes)
- 11. ballast resistor (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:28:44 -0600
- The 73 does have a ballast resister wire in the harness built in. If the coil you are using has a built in ballast resister you need to wire around the harness. Just run a wire from the fuse block a
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00064.html (6,622 bytes)
- 12. wiring harness question (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:28:43 -0600
- The red / white runs from the ignition switch to the starter. The white / orange runs from the relay (W1) to the starter. The white / orange also runs from the seatbelt module to the starter. The tw
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00065.html (7,139 bytes)
- 13. Coil Spring Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:03:42 -0600
- Everyone says I'm crazy but the process documented in the Bentley manual works too. I've rebuilt suspensions on about 4 TR6s and a TR3 and never used a compressor. Just a jack. Works fine for me. An
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00155.html (6,968 bytes)
- 14. Validation (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:49:27 -0600
- Green Country Triumphs works on lots of member's cars at the Greasy Hands Garage. This weeks project was getting the head off one member's 76 TR6 for a rebuild. We tried the rope trick (sticking a pi
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00553.html (6,936 bytes)
- 15. Can you explain these holes? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:02:51 -0600
- Could they have been used to flow undercoating into the doors? I saw some of these in Red Wing MN. at the VTR National Convention while judging late TR6 class. John Phillips, Claremore, OK Green Coun
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00790.html (6,903 bytes)
- 16. Clunk (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:57:25 -0500
- Hey Dick, we were right. It was the dif. John Phillips, Claremore, OK Green Country Triumphs 76 TR6 CF51655 http://www.greencountrytriumphs.com/
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00113.html (6,224 bytes)
- 17. Rear End Clunk (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:06:00 -0500
- Could be slop in the differential, cracked diff mount, U-joint(s), bad splines, bad shock links, bad trailing arm bushings. My money is on the slop in the differential. John Phillips, Claremore, OK G
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00259.html (6,599 bytes)
- 18. Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:05:59 -0500
- A method that has worked well for me is that after a serious repacking with grease, tighten the bearing with a wrench to 'set' the bearing, or get all the slop out of the adjustment. The set should b
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00260.html (6,816 bytes)
- 19. Center Console (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 09:59:10 -0500
- I would like to purchase a black center console for a TR6. I understand they were originally produced by AMCO. Any out there? John Phillips, Claremore, OK Green Country Triumphs 76 TR6 CF51655 http:/
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00497.html (6,918 bytes)
- 20. Rear Hub Inspection For Dummies (like me) (score: 1)
- Author: "John Phillips" <TR6@vigoris.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:20:36 -0500
- Here is a simple way to check your rear hubs. Honest. The Bentley manual shows how much play is acceptable if you evaluate the hub only using special tools. If you project the two planes out to the a
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00578.html (7,119 bytes)
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