- 61. Re: Old Horns (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 12:10:26 -0900 (PDT)
- Scott, if you can find part numbers on them, I'll check my Lucas catalogue and see what they actually were intended for originally. Yes, I always thought the sound was comparable to the horns of, say
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00184.html (7,204 bytes)
- 62. Triumph Stag list just started! (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 10:13:59 -0900 (PDT)
- Forwarded on behalf of Clark Nicholls (welcome to the .Net, Clark!): Anyone interested in subscribing to a Triumph Stag list: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00201.html (7,078 bytes)
- 63. RE: Dan's excellent TR6 prices guide (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 16:53:29 -0900 (PDT)
- [rest of "guide" deleted] Funny, that's the same exact guide I've used over the years for Triumph 10s, Heralds, Vitesses and Spitfires, except the decimal point was usually over one place to the left
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00207.html (7,468 bytes)
- 64. Re: TR6 oil press indication (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:30:13 -0900 (PDT)
- Perhaps not for scientific measurement, but otherwise YES. Don't know about that, but I'm sure it's possible. I'm not sure about TR6s, but that is often the case, usually with a "T" fitting. Maybe it
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00214.html (8,019 bytes)
- 65. TR6 taillamp info needed (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:36:14 -0900 (PDT)
- Fellow Scions of the six-cylinder persuasion: My mighty Lucas master catalogue, one of my favorite tomes, only covers up through 1960, leaving me hopelessly clueless in identifying later parts. I hav
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00222.html (7,574 bytes)
- 66. Re: RHD '66 TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:20:32 -0900 (PDT)
- Items such as the steering rack assembly also are likely to be different for RHD as well. But Dan is right, differences were not that great. It's just slightly possible that someone at some state DMV
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00236.html (9,098 bytes)
- 67. Re: RHD '66 TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 16:26:39 -0900 (PDT)
- I think you're probably right, so far as U.S. standards go. But some states, such as New York, did have standards that preceded those for the U.S. For example, New York, for 1966 cars, did require 4-
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00240.html (8,261 bytes)
- 68. Re: Spitfire rear axle u-joints (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:48:45 -0900 (PDT)
- If the yoke is bent, I'd also be VERY suspicious of the axle shaft itself! I'd check that carefully. IMHO, it would not be worth the effort (and perhaps the risk?) to straighten out something that sh
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00246.html (8,298 bytes)
- 69. directions to British Motorfest '95, 7/23/95 (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:37:30 -0900 (PDT)
- Apologies to those of you NOT in the Northeastern U.S. ...In response to several requests: The Sixth Annual Celebration of British Motoring - proudly presented by ADIRONDACK TRIUMPH ASSOCIATION JULY
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00254.html (7,710 bytes)
- 70. Re: Heral Indicators (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:13:40 -0900 (PDT)
- Every Lucas flasher unit I've ever seen on a Herald (or other Triumph) mounts directly to the bulkhead or other metal panel. Sounds to me as if the wiring was incorrect to the flasher. Unfortunately,
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00257.html (7,952 bytes)
- 71. "No more 'ring around the piston' "? (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 09:35:54 -0900 (PDT)
- OK, fellow Stanpart Scions, especially you who revel in the hallowed traditions of Triumph motorsport, this one has me stumped. Background: 1964 Spitfire 4, built, as best we can tell, as an SCCA-leg
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00296.html (9,975 bytes)
- 72. The "Ring" thing (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 17:11:54 -0900 (PDT)
- Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly to my questions about missing piston rings and nylon piston pin buttons. General consensus seems to be that the "Ring" thing is a trick used to lessen fric
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00318.html (7,710 bytes)
- 73. Robbins phone/fax number? (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 14:11:05 -0900 (PDT)
- I haven't heard yet from the main list, so maybe someone here will know. Anyone got a phone (or preferably fax) number for the Robbins Top folks? I need to get in touch with them directly, and (surpr
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00019.html (6,677 bytes)
- 74. Re: Robbins phone/fax number; snaps on tops (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 16:08:31 -0900 (PDT)
- Sharon, THANKS MUCH! Y'all might wonder (maybe not?) why I was looking for the phone number. Funny, really. I happened to be home late yesterday afternoon. I answered the telephone, only to find myse
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00025.html (9,579 bytes)
- 75. Re: Robbins phone/fax number; snaps on tops (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 16:47:51 -0900 (PDT)
- FYI, I called Robbins and got their fax number (I hope they don't mind me giving it out): (310) 452-0563. I'm copying Tim Dziechowski on this as well for the Monster List. Thanks again, Sharon! Andre
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00026.html (7,411 bytes)
- 76. Post Mortem: no more "ring around the piston" (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 09:33:09 -0900 (PDT)
- In a recent post, yours truly asked of the Scions of both Triumph and Vintage-Race: And: Thanks to the following -- Arthur K, Scott W. Paisley, Richard Jackson, Clark Nicholls, Chad Jester, Michael B
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00038.html (8,392 bytes)
- 77. Re: Nuts and bolts, TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:26:36 -0900 (PDT)
- I don't have them in front of me at the moment, but as I recall the Official Factory Workshop Manual does have references to sizes, lengths, types, etc., of fasteners. The factory spares books might
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00071.html (8,373 bytes)
- 78. New, improved (?) "ring(s) around the piston" (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 13:47:14 -0900 (PDT)
- I called them (Phoenix, AZ; 602-678-4977). They do indeed convert the "second" ring of a piston ring set to a two-piece ring. [Of course, now it makes sense -- someone was going to do this on my moto
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00101.html (9,192 bytes)
- 79. Re: New, improved (?) "ring(s) around the piston" (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 16:09:37 -0900 (PDT)
- Scotty, et. al.: The 2% number is what the Total Seal folks quoted me over the phone (as well as what Chris told me) for their ring. They do only the second compression ring; one assumes you'd contin
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00103.html (9,372 bytes)
- 80. Fibreglass Spitfire bonnets (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 09:27:13 -0400 (EDT)
- I was glancing through some old (1988) issues of TSSC's Courier last night and came across an ad for Honeybourne Mouldings. The ad showed Spitfire LeMans and Racing Style bonnets in fibreglass. Does
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00149.html (6,598 bytes)
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