- 1. TR6 sway bar on sale; ELP; DMV fun (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 21:18:34 PST
- The latest Whitney sale has sway bars on sale for $73. LBCs listed are AH, Jaguar, MG, Sunbeam, and TR. Claims "ALL" TR models, with a note re TR4A. Doesn't state the manufacturer, so am I to assume
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00058.html (7,967 bytes)
- 2. Whitney := AddCo (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 92 16:07:16 PST
- The consensus is that yes, the anti-sway bars Whitney offers are indeed the AddCo product. Best sticker offer was $5 from Missouri, hmpph. --ian
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00103.html (6,277 bytes)
- 3. TR6 tool kit? (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:29:44 PST
- I was talking to Robb at BTC again today. He shipped my ST317's, they might even be waiting for me at home today. Hasn't done the adapter yet, though. Anyway, he wants to know what goes in a TR6 tool
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00176.html (6,444 bytes)
- 4. S317's (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 19:59:17 PST
- They were waiting for me when I got home tonight, two S317 adjustment wrenches for the notorious TR6 rear hub. Beefier than the originals, and a perfect fit. I've got a workable holding fixture, too,
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00193.html (6,318 bytes)
- 5. Leaking tranny drain plug (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 12:37:52 PST
- I replaced the old tranny drain plug on my 6 with a brand new one, but the fit didn't seem very good. The new plug only threaded with about half the threads, the rest of the plug was poking out kinda
- /html/british-cars/1992-12/msg00204.html (7,498 bytes)
- 6. Rubber mold release (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 08:47:51 PST
- I use a stiff brush to get it off, which works fine since the rubber is new and resilient and won't be hurt. I use my file card's brush for lack of another choice with the right stiffness... I think
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00001.html (6,777 bytes)
- 7. Churchill as evil war profiteer? (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 09:08:55 PST
- Iraq Buildup": . . . "A classified 1989 document illustrates how much information about Saddam's military ambitions and methods was available as the administration was embarking on its policy of cou
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00010.html (7,014 bytes)
- 8. Churchill in Ohio? (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 09:15:33 PST
- I called Solon, Ohio information but they had no listing for a Matrix Churchill or any Churchill Corp. at all. More hmm..... --ian
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00011.html (6,272 bytes)
- 9. Churchill hub puller replacement (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 17:19:17 PST
- I was pondering the pulling arrangement provided by the $450 Churchill hub puller. My half-shaft is still kicking around the living room, so I glare at it all the time and wonder which of the N sucky
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00033.html (7,581 bytes)
- 10. British Tool Company (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 21:39:47 PST
- I got the catalogue from British Tool Co today. Turns out this place is more about original tool-kit tools than service tools. They have tool-kit tools for: Austin-Healey BN1267, BT7, 3000, Sprite Mk
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00065.html (8,406 bytes)
- 11. Churchill hub puller (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 09:38:28 PST
- The Churchill hub puller for TR6 is part# M86C. It is NOT hydraulic, just a normal screw-driven puller. Bell-shaped body whose flat flange base bolts to hub, bell part clears the shaft and such. Top
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00072.html (6,817 bytes)
- 12. TR6 rear hub tools (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:50:24 PST
- I just got off the phone with Robb at BTC. We have a plan: 1. I buy two SnapOn ST845's and send them to him along with my new adjustment nuts; he widens the wrenches by .05" to fit the nuts. 2. Given
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00116.html (6,627 bytes)
- 13. Riley, Magnette? (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 18:09:49 PST
- T.J. Higgins knew what these two were, I though the list might be "Magnette is the name given to many MG 4-door sedans/saloons from the 1940s to the 1960s. I tried to find a gif, but was unable. The
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00117.html (6,758 bytes)
- 14. TR6 rhpa (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 13:30:18 PST
- I sent off my care package to Robb@BTC today: two ST845's, two new adjuster nuts, and the plans for the rear hub puller adaptor. I almost mailed a compressed EPS of the rhpa plans to the list, but EP
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00204.html (6,413 bytes)
- 15. British nut/bolt sizes (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 22:28:12 PST
- I found the following useful table in the BTC catalogue: S O C K E T S & W R E N C H E S ( S P A N N E R S ) Key to Nut & Bolt Sizes nut size across flats British sizes -- -- decimal inch mm AF inch
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00213.html (9,464 bytes)
- 16. Re: British Wrench Sizes (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 21:58:12 PST
- People who have useful information should share with the whole list! Thanks George... and yeah, that's about the most useful chart for LBC work I've ever seen. I think I'll make a nice Frame version
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00237.html (7,549 bytes)
- 17. S318 (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 17:56:16 PST
- I made an S318 substitute today out of $20 worth of iron pipe and fittings, to be clamped in a vise for use like the original. Mostly 1" ID stuff with a 1-1.5 adaptor (sawn) for the cradles. Holds th
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00266.html (8,107 bytes)
- 18. TR6 sway-bar PO story (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 92 13:07:44 PST
- I'm finally getting around to putting the front sway bar on my '69. All that was left of the original stuff were the wishbone brackets and one snapped off ball joint. In poking at the general area, I
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00453.html (8,092 bytes)
- 19. OD switch (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 20:03:31 PDT
- Hey, those of you with OD TR6's, does the stalk of the switch angle in toward the driver? Mine does, too much, so that it ends up only an inch or so away from the turn signal stalk. Real easy to hit
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00020.html (6,272 bytes)
- 20. TR6 rear wheel bearing adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 23:48:50 PDT
- It's me again, working on the you-know-what. I finally got around to pulling off the rear wheels, ostensibly to reundercoat the wheel wells after the steam cleaning, but moreso just to have a look ar
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00121.html (7,810 bytes)
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