- 21. RE: TR6 clutch problem (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:04:00 PDT
- Phil, I recently let a couple of non-Triumph friends drive my TR-6. They both mentioned that the clutch engagement seemed VERY sudden. There isn't anything wrong it, it's just like my previous TR-6 a
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00326.html (7,667 bytes)
- 22. RE: '74 Spit Saga, LONG! (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 07:50:00 PDT
- Tom O'Malley, Thanks, you brought a smile to my face this morning. Congratulations!! There's no turning back now ;^)
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00351.html (6,550 bytes)
- 23. Re: Winterization (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 14:16:00 PDT
- the this markets Other advanced features include intermittent windshield wipers, and jacking holes in the floors which double as drains in the event of a leaking hood. Tom Gentry 72 TR-6 OD Rockford
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00366.html (7,242 bytes)
- 24. RE: driving lights and alternators (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 13:30:00 PDT
- <<(I like Cibie Z beams a lot, love Marchal "flat face" but can't <<afford them, and am now experimenting with a cheap flat face lamp from JC <<Whitney) I use a pair of Carello H4s that I got from TR
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00395.html (7,143 bytes)
- 25. Re: Electronic ignitions (was ignition coil questions) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 16:04:00 PDT
- replacements... Will this ignition work with the Crane or Lumedyne points replacement systems (optical)? I really want something like the HI-6, but would like to do away with points as well. Tom Gen
- /html/triumphs/1995-10/msg00449.html (7,297 bytes)
- 26. RE: Triumph GT6+ hardtop? T-top? (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Nov 95 07:46:00 PST
- <<Okay, Okay, so I should have said TR250. Please accept my appologies for <<the momentary lapse of stupidity>. <<Tony R. Try again, Tony. The TR-250 still had the 2.5 litre with all the other goodie
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00060.html (7,514 bytes)
- 27. RE: "Design" contest (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Nov 95 07:48:00 PST
- <<even changing spark plugs on some american v-8s must beat most things on a <<triumph That's why I have been abstaining from this discussion. One reason I own a TR-6 is the relative EASE of maintena
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00061.html (8,258 bytes)
- 28. RE: Triumph and Beatles (Scream!!) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 95 08:06:00 PST
- <<Wow, I'm very nearly famous! Wasn't it Peter Max that said everyone deserves 15 seconds of fame? I think you're still owed 5 seconds! ;^) Tom Gentry 72 TR-6 OD Rockford, IL TGENTR@WGC.WOODWARD.COM
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00114.html (7,549 bytes)
- 29. RE: Triumph and Beatles (Scream!!) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 95 12:42:00 PST
- Right you are. I obviously had a minor brain glitch this morning. Tom Gentry 72 TR-6 OD Rockford, IL TGENTR@WGC.WOODWARD.COM
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00127.html (7,590 bytes)
- 30. RE: Carb dashpots (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 95 16:02:00 PST
- That is the correct fill level as stated in my TR-6 Bentley, Autobook and Haynes shop manuals. Perhaps in the manuals for early cars the wording was a bit ambiguous? Tom (you can never have too many
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00134.html (7,032 bytes)
- 31. re: GT6 racing heritage (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 95 16:16:00 PST
- You could check with Bob Tullius and Kas Kastner ;^) I have also read that Kas had a vibration analysis done on the TR-6 crank and actually ended up ADDING weight to cancel out some of the vibration
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00135.html (7,884 bytes)
- 32. FW: GT6 racing heritage (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 95 16:18:00 PST
- You could check with Bob Tullius and Kas Kastner ;^) I have also read that Kas had a vibration analysis done on the TR-6 crank and actually ended up ADDING weight to cancel out some of the vibration
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00136.html (7,995 bytes)
- 33. RE: TR6 Timing - Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 95 15:16:00 PST
- Yes, that's the ticket. That's how I generally adjust mine. I usually prefer to set my engine timing statically (not running), but dynamic (running) with a good timing light is fine. If you loosen th
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00207.html (7,302 bytes)
- 34. RE: Using the UNISYN (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 95 15:12:00 PST
- You must rotate the adjuster to close off some of the flow through the Uni-Syn. The adjuster is the round thing in the middle of the ring that fits against the carb. (ascii graphics not attempted) If
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00216.html (7,102 bytes)
- 35. RE: '74 TR-6 Soft-top (Reflective Stripe?) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 95 09:47:00 PST
- Ed, The top with reflective stripe is the correct top. The tops without are the aftermarket creations. Tom Gentry 72 TR-6 OD Rockford, IL TGENTR@WGC.WOODWARD.COM
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00238.html (7,367 bytes)
- 36. Re: '74 TR-6 Soft-top (Reflective Stripe?) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 95 15:49:00 PST
- send it out. To my knowledge, you could have a TR-6 top in any color you liked... as long as it was BLACK. I have heard unsubstantiated reports of White tops, but I've never seen one. Even in a pict
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00252.html (7,594 bytes)
- 37. RE: First tune up update (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Nov 95 08:05:00 PST
- -- Sure, just put the car in gear and roll it a bit by hand, or while the plugs are out you can turn it by hand. If you use the in gear method just remember that the higher the gear the easier it wil
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00274.html (7,336 bytes)
- 38. RE: Setting points gap--(was first tuneup update) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Nov 95 16:07:00 PST
- I'll bet you're right about the slack, but in this case it just doesn't matter. When setting point gap all you need is for the points to be at their max opening, i.e. on the distributor cam lobe. Th
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00291.html (7,351 bytes)
- 39. RE: Fwd: TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 95 13:17:00 PST
- OOPS =:-O I sent the message to Triumphs-Owner by mistake. Here it is: Grace, When doing static timing I do away with the bulb entirely. I simply connect the #1 plug and lay it on top of my (unpainte
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00320.html (7,268 bytes)
- 40. RE: first posting (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Gentry <TGENTR@wgc.woodward.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 95 16:19:00 PST
- Hi Bill, You'll here good and bad stories about rebuilt master cylinders here. I did mine (both brake and clutch) about 6 years/30,000 miles ago and it's been good as gold. Others ended up buying a n
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00325.html (7,931 bytes)
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