- 1. Re: convertible top leaks (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 16:20:00 +0000
- Ian Macky <imacky@us.oracle.com> asked: My TR7 had five different rain leaks when I bought it at age 15 months, so I have become very experienced at fixing leaks.... One fix was to replace the OEM to
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00185.html (8,009 bytes)
- 2. Re: TR7 Convertible Leaks (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 17:27:00 +0000
- Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca> asks: The Robbins top is close to the original in terms of how the top attaches to the car in the front corners. As Jody described, there is a piece of the top
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00316.html (9,057 bytes)
- 3. Security Tabs/Locking TR7/8 Convertibles (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 15:20:00 +0000
- James A. TenCate (jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu) asked about the pieces of the original convertible top that I called "security tabs." His, apparently, do not do what I recall mine did. The TR7/8 top is unu
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00415.html (8,269 bytes)
- 4. Sandpaper > 600 grit (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 20:04:00 +0000
- I have seen mention here often in the last month (from Scott Fisher, Ray Gibbons, and Jim TenCate) of 1200, 1500, even 2000 grit sandpaper. I have also been to the best paint store in town, an automo
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00427.html (6,627 bytes)
- 5. TR7 Front Bumper Shapes (2?) (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 93 22:21:00 +0000
- Have any of you TR7/8 owners noticed that there seem to be two different shapes of front bumpers produced? Parts suppliers have different part numbers for convertible/fixed-head applications, but I t
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00023.html (7,456 bytes)
- 6. TR7 Cannister Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 18:38:00 +0000
- The TR7 comes with a cannister-style oil filter. It is both inconvenient to use and difficult to keep from leaking. I find that mine does not include all the parts inside, so that the filter is not w
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00294.html (7,530 bytes)
- 7. Brit Car Reliability/TR7 Example (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 93 14:51:00 +0000
- There has been discussion of reliability on the list, and Kenneth Streeter asked about fuel-injected TR7s specifically, so I thought I'd tell my story. First, to my knowledge, fuel-injected TR7s are
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00608.html (10,794 bytes)
- 8. TR7 FI (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 22:36:00 +0000
- Timothy J. Drabik asks about Fuel Injected TR7s and whether they are Bosch L-Jetronic-type. I have a fuel-injected TR7. The previous owner told me it was a Bosch FI computer, but I don't have any oth
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00911.html (7,171 bytes)
- 9. Acid in Silicon Sealer (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 18:52:00 +0000
- Larry Snyder asks: Normal RTV silicone rubber is made with acetic (spelling uncertain) acid, as evidenced by the strong vinegary odor. I don't know much chemistry, but I do know that that acid attack
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00956.html (7,209 bytes)
- 10. Gas Gauge Sender Float (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 18:51:00 +0000
- This sounds like the float in my TR7 gas gauge sender--it is a sort of beige translucent color. The barrel has raised ends, like a bobbin of thread. The float is attached to the potentiometer with a
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00957.html (32,268 bytes)
- 11. Oops! (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 93 18:56:00 +0000
- Please accept my apologies.... I just misused an editor and ended up sending most of the last digest back out to the list with my note about gas gauge senders. It won't happen again, I hope.... --Joe
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00959.html (6,413 bytes)
- 12. TR7 Windows/Regulators (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 15:34:00 +0000
- Jody Levine is having problems with the windows on her TR7 convertible, and wonders whether they all do that, or if there is a fix. My experience is that, when the channels are optimally adjusted, th
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00190.html (8,493 bytes)
- 13. Re: Squeaky TR7 Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 16:51:00 +0000
- Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca> asks: I send a similar question to the list a couple of months ago. Here is what I learned: 1. The shims that you see in the TRF and other catalogs, that don't
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00382.html (8,363 bytes)
- 14. TR7/8 5-Speed Gearbox Oil (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 14:44:00 +0000
- In "TR7 and TR8 5-Speed Gearbox Overhaul" in the Vintage Triumph Register By the way, these gearboxes do not run on standard gearbox oil. At one time it was recommended that you use TQX automatic tra
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00410.html (8,134 bytes)
- 15. TR7/8 Turn Signal Cancelling (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 93 21:41:00 +0000
- In my TR7, the turn signals (direction indicators) due not turn off (cancel) unless the turn radius is unusually small--smaller than normally seen in even residential driving. I was able to get a pea
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00484.html (7,067 bytes)
- 16. Re: I need a new TR7 top (score: 1)
- Author: GORIN_JOE/HP5300_A0@opnmail2.corp.hp.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 17:19:00 +0000
- Jody Levine asks: You missed it. I did, too, at first. In fact, I purchased the owner's manual for my used TR7, and I even read the how-to-put-upthe-hood (roof) instructions, and I still missed it. B
- /html/british-cars/1993-06/msg00512.html (7,203 bytes)
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