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121. Re: [TR] TR2/3 starter question (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:58:27 +0000; Angelo, I have a different "spin" (joke intended, just making it all the more pathetic) but the same advice as the others. When I brought my '59 TR3A restoration project home and tore it apart, I im; /html/triumphs/2008-06/msg00233.html (8,466 bytes)
122. Re: [TR] Ya gotta love it! (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:07:46 +0000; I had a hard time with initial install of the seat tracks myself, but was able to squeeze the studs into the holes in the new seat pans from Roadster Factory. Any chance your tracks have bent studs?; /html/triumphs/2008-06/msg00238.html (9,458 bytes)
123. Re: [TR] installing a u-joint (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:07:23 +0000; I did replace the u-joints in my TR3A when I rebuilt my driveshaft. Went fairly smoothly, got it right, but wanted to be sure about the balance. I do recommend taking the final product to a place tha; /html/triumphs/2008-06/msg00352.html (8,512 bytes)
124. Re: [TR] More on Smoking TR3 after replacing Head Gasket (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:01:57 +0000; Would like to say there's a simple solution, but it all depends on what your purpose for the car is. If you plan on a daily driver, I don't believe in shortcuts. Do everything right today, you can dr; /html/triumphs/2008-06/msg00376.html (10,455 bytes)
125. Re: [TR] Keeping cool in a TR3, Revised (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:16:48 +0000; May I interject that the issue with TR's overheating is not one I've experienced in NH. I think these cars have intuitive engine memory of New England winters.... No Triumph that hates cold as much a; /html/triumphs/2008-06/msg00454.html (8,715 bytes)
126. [TR] Electrical Gremlin (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:16:09 +0000; Hello everyone. The car is a '59 TR3A. Both brake lights and fuel gauge not working. Power to the brake switch. Wipers and Turn signals both work, so the connections to the fuse must be okay. So ques; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00013.html (7,144 bytes)
127. Re: [TR] Electrical Gremlin (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:21:55 +0000; Good coffee, good advice, and a fresh morning's perspective. Beautiful day without snow, flies or rain in New Hampshire. So, while my cheap multi-meter had been showing voltage out of the load side o; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00028.html (9,876 bytes)
128. [TR] (no subject) (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:26:47 +0000; Ahh. All is well in New Hampshire To defeat a corrupt hydraulic brake switch, I went to Autozone around noon, picked up a mechanical brake switch. Came home ready to do battle and fabricate some sort; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00032.html (8,738 bytes)
129. [TR] TR3A Fuel Guage (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:25:03 +0000; Although I had my fuel guage, along with all my others, rebuilt at MoMa's, I confess they came back unhappily shabby. The speedometer wobbles, none of the needles were touched because they're as rust; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00054.html (6,815 bytes)
130. Re: [TR] TR3A Fuel Guage (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:43:46 +0000; When it comes to creating strong electrical grounds, I'm a pretty down to earth Heh heh. Double checked the grounding to the fuel tank and to the guages. All my guages are grounded at the bracket, an; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00058.html (8,001 bytes)
131. Re: [TR] coil failure (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:42:43 +0000; Did not swap out what appears to be the original coil in my '59 TR3A when I restored everything else. Works fine. Does that 49 year old coil rank as the senior on the circuit??? ...Well, at least on; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00159.html (7,436 bytes)
132. [TR] TR3 Throttle linkage (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:23:54 +0000; This is so weird I'm almost reluctant to talk about it. Lately the throttle began to feel squishy. Idle would hang about 500 rpms higher, then slowly settle where it's supposed to be. Pedal felt soft; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00164.html (7,938 bytes)
133. [TR] TR6 For Sale: New Hampshire (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:13:37 +0000; At the local gas station this morning, a guy spotted my TR3A. Asked me if I knew anyone in the market for a '74 TR6. "Lots of new parts, including top, tires, brakes." $7500. Call Steve at (603) 568-; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00186.html (6,985 bytes)
134. Re: [TR] removing rust in block (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:51:06 +0000; If you have the block partially dismantled and on an engine stand, and it's in that kind of condition, I highly recommend completing the job. Take it all the way down, then drive it to a reputable m; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00217.html (7,915 bytes)
135. Re: [TR] removing rust in block (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:39:06 +0000; Randall is, of course, right. You can get away with a short cut. I would (stubbornly) <G> argue here that if you have the engine out, the engine on a stand, and the head off, you're a long way into a; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00230.html (10,295 bytes)
136. [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:09:24 +0000; I retrofitted my '59 3A restoration with an A overdrive. That to me is the best improvement on my car, which also includes a Pertrinox, the upgraded rear oil seal, a wood steering wheel, four tandem; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00330.html (6,917 bytes)
137. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:19:42 +0000; My biggest concern, and why I like the original 2 switch, is that I always check whether I've stupidly left the OD on when I'm ready to reverse. Tach won't help when I'm parked. ...and as all know, r; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00346.html (8,932 bytes)
138. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:52:49 +0000; Ah, Jim! You've lived in the Northeast long enough, you must know that the TR3 is not "primitive." Nay nay! New Hampshire is the "Live Free or Die State" so it's all about advanced civics! TR3's with; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00350.html (9,334 bytes)
139. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:19:19 +0000; Uh oh. Am I guilty of spreading false information? I thought I read here on the List that going into reverse with OD switched on would evenutally ruin the OD. Do I have that wrong? Terry ___________; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00387.html (8,679 bytes)
140. [TR] TR3 Oxygen Sensor (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:41:30 +0000; Shopping EBAY for a used TR3A OD switch and a working fuel guage that works with the replacement sending units (couldn't locate one, so if anyone has one for sale contact me off list?), I ran across; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00393.html (7,438 bytes)

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