- 1. My TR7s are gone! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 12:51:55 EDT
- Yup. I traded them in on an '87 Corvette. Blasphemy?! Nope. I like it. :-) I just picked it up last night, and it sure is fun to drive. I'll be at Lars Anderson on Sunday (albeit with a decidedly non
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00095.html (6,403 bytes)
- 2. Re: At wits end (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 90 17:05:57 EDT
- I work in Chelmsford, the next city over from Lowell. Perhaps I (and maybe a few other Apollo SOL'ers) can help you out. What seems to be the problem? 'Rob rimbold@apollo.hp.com Work: 508-256-0176 x4
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00112.html (6,656 bytes)
- 3. Emissions testing in NH (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 90 11:23:32 EDT
- NH does emissions testing on a town by town basis. Plaistow NH, where I live doesn't test emissions, but Nashua NH (another MA border town) does. Just wanted to straighten that out.. :-) 'Rob
- /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00174.html (6,856 bytes)
- 4. DOT3 or DOT4 - the age matters! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 3 May 90 09:42:16 EDT
- As an anecdote, the manual for my '76 TR7 says to use Castrol LMA DOT4 fluid. On my roommate's (at least '86) Jeep Cherokee Girling system, the cap says to use only DOT3 fluid. It looks as though Gir
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00079.html (6,598 bytes)
- 5. The whole fleet works! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 7 May 90 13:13:36 EDT
- My entire fleet of cars is operational! This hasn't been true in a *very* long time. This weekend was very productive. Saturday morning Bob Leger stopped by with his Colortune and some performance tu
- /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00139.html (9,840 bytes)
- 6. NE SOL meet this Saturday! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 11:14:15 EDT
- Reminder: The not-so-often meeting of the NE SOL will be this Saturday, April 28 at my house in Plaistow, NH. Swing on by anytime. I'll have a couple gas grills at your disposal (burgers, chips and s
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00253.html (7,392 bytes)
- 7. Wait! More cars for sale :-) (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 11:35:50 EDT
- Don't get hooked on all those other TR7's recently posted for sale! Here are a couple more :-) 1976 TR7 Coupe. Great shifting automatic, runs great, rust mostly only on the left front wing. 87K miles
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00254.html (7,060 bytes)
- 8. The quest is dead. :-( (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 90 15:53:42 EDT
- Well, I tried. I called every place I could think of, and nobody has a road-dyno anymore. At the bi-ennial URC SOL meeting, Bob Leger suggested a place called DynaTune in Manchester, NH. I just calle
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00379.html (6,968 bytes)
- 9. Pulling a TR7 water pump.. (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 90 11:32:21 EST
- I'm in the process of pulling the water pump on my TR7 coupe (and adjusting the valves on the convertible). The valves are easy.. I wish that I could say as much about the water pump. In my Haynes, i
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00004.html (7,509 bytes)
- 10. New England SOL meet - April 21 - Plaistow NH (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 90 09:44:11 EST
- Hmm.. It looks as though not everyone received my first message. Here it goes again.. :-) Please let me know if will or will not be able to make it. If not, suggest another date or even another place
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00061.html (7,098 bytes)
- 11. Protecting a TR7 plastic dash (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 11:27:19 EST
- Keeping it clean is the best way I've found. The plastic is really thick and I've never seen a cracked or discolored one - not in a junkyard, not anywhere. My '76 TR7 Coupe has seen *hot* (and *cold
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00128.html (7,329 bytes)
- 12. TR8 Seat interlock switch (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 13:17:28 EST
- The seat interlock is to prevent someone from starting the car while not sitting in the seat. Rather a silly thing to bother with, since it's a bit awkward to start it when not sitting in the seat. T
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00129.html (6,467 bytes)
- 13. New date for NE SOL meeting (one week later than originally) (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 90 11:09:00 EST
- Ok.. I think that a sufficient waiting period has elapsed, and votes on the tentative date for our NE SOL meeting are closed. I'd originally proposed Saturday, April 21st and asked for suggestions on
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00268.html (8,258 bytes)
- 14. Let's meet! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 17:53:05 EST
- I'm all for a New England SOL gathering, too... Spring's coming! Now, last year (or was that two years ago) we waited until summer was almost over. This year, I propose we gather in the mid-Spring se
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00184.html (6,829 bytes)
- 15. My TR7 is back! (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 89 14:21:32 EST
- Last week, I got the head back from the machine shop (it had bent a valve and destroyed some of the aluminum head). That same night, the head went on and I started it up (a bit later :-). I had to mo
- /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00181.html (7,863 bytes)
- 16. Head bolt stud kit. (score: 1)
- Author: apollo!rimbold@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 89 10:45:26 EST
- I've seen something that, I suppose, could be called a new stud kit. It looked like a long bar of metal with holes cut in it, and there was one for each side of the head. The person who showed it to
- /html/british-cars/1989-11/msg00026.html (7,255 bytes)
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