- 21. Brake fluid everywhere (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:57:36 -0600
- This weekend I went out to do some work on my car and while I had my head under the dashboard I noticed that the paint on the firewall behind the pedals was wrinkled as if brake fluid had gotten on i
- /html/6pack/2003-11/msg00252.html (8,829 bytes)
- 22. Do I need a new starter? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:12:49 -0500
- I'm having a problem with the starter on my 73 TR6. Of late, any time the car sits for a day or more, I have to whack the starter with a wrench a few times before it will operate. The wrench whacking
- /html/6pack/2003-09/msg00157.html (7,155 bytes)
- 23. Rebuilding my heater (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:12:15 -0500
- Last spring I discovered that over the winter, a mouse seems to have decided that the inside of my heater would be a great place to store corn and other assorted stuff. My plan is to take a spare he
- /html/6pack/2003-08/msg00004.html (7,319 bytes)
- 24. My car learns a new trick (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:00:48 -0500
- Every year in spring I spend about 45 minutes wrestling with the old fashioned canister type oil filter on my 73 TR6. I keep threatening to give in and by a spin-on adapter but never manage to do it.
- /html/6pack/2002-04/msg00259.html (7,377 bytes)
- 25. RE: New Aqusition... (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:15:56 -0500
- I remember very well when my car was in that state. My car's even the same color as yours. When I restored my car I remember looking at all the boxes and boxes of carefully labeled parts and thinkin
- /html/6pack/2001-09/msg00218.html (9,260 bytes)
- 26. RE: Important Special Notice... (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:31:46 -0500
- I wrote the perl to do the job last time and I might still have it sitting around somewhere. Do you recall when we did this the first time? A date might help me locate my previous work. If I can't f
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00003.html (7,838 bytes)
- 27. Driving from Chicago to Cincinnatti (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:29:11 -0500
- I'm heading from Chicago to Cincinnati and back this weekend and thinking of driving the TR6. Wondering if there are any people along the way I can call on if I break down along the way. I'm plannin
- /html/6pack/2001-07/msg00164.html (8,042 bytes)
- 28. RE: Driving from Chicago to Cincinnatti (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:55:18 -0500
- Thanks to all for your comments and encouragement. Unless something convinces me otherwise by tomorrow morning I'll definitely take the TR6. Its in fine shape, I've done a complete frame-off restorat
- /html/6pack/2001-07/msg00172.html (9,207 bytes)
- 29. Chicago-Cincinnati and back (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:56:53 -0500
- OK, so I'm back in Chicago. Drove the TR6 from Libertyville, IL, to Dayton, OH to Wilmington, OH to Cincinnati, OH and back to Libertyville. I tended to keep the car at around 70 MPH but there were
- /html/6pack/2001-07/msg00193.html (11,709 bytes)
- 30. RE: Chicago-Cincinnati and back (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:29:14 -0500
- I'm running 20W-50 in the engine these days so that's not an issue. Also, about 4 years ago I replaced all the crank and rod bearings. Before I did that work, the oil pressure was WAY low, after the
- /html/6pack/2001-07/msg00197.html (8,844 bytes)
- 31. RE: Re-assembly (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:07:50 -0500
- That's exactly what I did when I rebuilt my car 7 years ago. I built a rolling chassis including engine, exhaust, brakes, etc. Then I plopped just the tub onto the frame, hooked up enough stuff to g
- /html/6pack/2001-07/msg00210.html (7,581 bytes)
- 32. RE: Oil Pressure and Inner Drive Shafts Lube (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:07:42 -0500
- Years ago when I first put my car back on the road I had a similar problem. At the time I found an an excellent article in one of the old 6-Pack newsletters that describes how to replace all the bear
- /html/6pack/2000-08/msg00134.html (8,963 bytes)
- 33. Starter problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Beckman" <phil@opentext.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:42:21 -0400
- I'm having an intermittent problem with the starter on my TR6. It seems that it periodically gets "stuck". The majority of the time, I get in the car, flick the key and the cars starts right up. Howe
- /html/6pack/2006-04/msg00232.html (7,519 bytes)
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