- 1. Re: Palo Alto (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 90 09:49:41 PDT
- We'll be there, probably with our '70 Triumph GT6 in it's embarrassingly rough BRG paint-job. The TR6 is still awaiting attention for its brake problems. We'll try to bring my copy of the SOL identif
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00033.html (8,293 bytes)
- 2. Traffic (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 90 10:19:57 PDT
- True words! We took the TR6 up to Santa Rosa from Livermore this weekend --via SF (Bay Bridge and Golden Gate) because it was SO HOT! We wanted to cool off, and the weather on the Golden Gate was spe
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00065.html (7,361 bytes)
- 3. Re: Rotoflex on GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 09:37:16 PDT
- Mitch ended up making his own hub-puller outta four feet of metal rod and a u-clamp type thing. It worked fine, but now both ends of the metal rod have twenty degree bends in them. Strong back sprin
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00110.html (8,033 bytes)
- 4. TR6 brake problems (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 11:40:35 PDT
- This from Mitch: The puzzle is getting better. Why are my TR6 front brakes seizing when they get warm? Here are the things I've done to try to alleviate the problem: -bled the brakes (slight air bubb
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00114.html (8,209 bytes)
- 5. Okay... the Interop Tease (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 90 10:51:20 PDT
- It's about time you guys stop teasing us here in the Bay Area about meeting during the Interop convention. First of all, *when* is the Interop convention???? Or are only those "in the know" going to
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00129.html (7,997 bytes)
- 6. Re: TR6 brake problems (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 90 14:23:17 PDT
- Thanks to all who replied! Our next step is to rebuild the master cylinder. Mitch says all the lines in the TR6 are metal lines, no rubber hoses to (easily) replace. Rats. We'll check for corrosion a
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00140.html (7,617 bytes)
- 7. Re: TR6 Brake Problems (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 10:01:03 PDT
- Hold that on the brake master cylinder rebuild... Hmmm. We called the Roadster Factory and they said it's almost certain it's the calipers! We're gonna have someone check them for roundness then see
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00142.html (7,913 bytes)
- 8. Oct 9 SOL pizza get-together (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 10:40:57 PDT
- All right, does anyone know SJ well enough to suggest a better pizza place that's within walking distance of the Fairmont and the Red Lion Inn? Or wait, isn't the spaghetti factory somewhere around
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00143.html (8,683 bytes)
- 9. Re: Oct 9 SOL pizza get-together...Spaghetti Factory, good idea (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 13:40:18 PDT
- Okay, how 'bout it? Send me your name, how many other people you might bring with you (Significant Others for locals, lonely fellow convention-attendees for the rest), and what kind of car you have
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00148.html (9,231 bytes)
- 10. Spaghetti Factory Gathering (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 90 09:20:25 PDT
- Spaghetti Factory SOL Gathering 7pm, Tues, Oct 9th, 1990 Meet in front of the restaurant So far, so good! Chris Kent said we-who-live-here can probably pick up those-who-are-visiting at their hotels,
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00187.html (7,956 bytes)
- 11. Re: TR-6 questions (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 90 09:45:01 PDT
- These don't sound like factory wheels. As far as Mitch knows, there were only two kinds: spokes and (I forget what he called them) normal. Maybe someone did it right when they bought aftermarket whe
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00233.html (10,899 bytes)
- 12. Re: stuck GT6 overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 90 13:48:57 PDT
- If you have the Bentley's manual on GT6's, see page 211, 212 (I think) for a description of how to "unstick" your overdrive. (Basically, they recommend a rawhide mallet, believe it or not!) -- indi (
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00234.html (6,885 bytes)
- 13. Rotoflex coupling for GT6+ (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!ssiwest!young@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Indi)
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 90 10:15:21 PDT
- Is there a way to replace the rotoflex couplings on a GT6+ without removing the outer driveshaft??????? In other words, is there any easy way to replace these couplings without special tools???? (i.
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00338.html (8,463 bytes)
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