- 41. Paint codes? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:30:33 -0000
- Can anyone help with manufacturers aint codes for Triumph Monaco Blue? This would have been current around 1959-61, though other than Heralds I don't know what cars might have worn it, Cheers, Bill.
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00188.html (6,567 bytes)
- 42. RE: Must be the prince of darkness (NO LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:45:39 -0000
- Hi Barry, Is the radio fed from the same fuse as the turn signals? A dirty contact here or somewhere else downline would limit current flow. In normal use the radio circuit will draw less current th
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00555.html (8,710 bytes)
- 43. RE: master cylinder bores? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:31:18 -0000
- Hi Jack, master cylinders. What I have is as follows: GT6 Clutch master - 5/8" bore TR250, TR6 to CC52952/CP50911 Clutch master - 0.75" bore TR250, TR6 from CC52953/CP50912 Clutch master - 0.70" bor
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00031.html (7,511 bytes)
- 44. RE: Drive shaft flange bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:38:58 -0000
- I use a 1994 Volkswagen Passat Estate for the business, I do most of the maintenance myself. Having recently changed rear discs and bearings, a CV joint and now the clutch (an ongoing saga), I can't
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00265.html (7,675 bytes)
- 45. RE: TR4/4A/250 Hardtop Rear Chrome Trim (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:09:13 -0000
- Hi Jeff, I'm not familiar with this application, but it sounds like the same profile as the windscreen finisher on the Spitfire MkIV & 1500 (stainless on the early cars, plastic later) and on most H
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00571.html (7,899 bytes)
- 46. RE: stainless exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:33:23 -0000
- Hi Bob, No experience of the TR systems, but I fitted their Spitfire MkIV system without any problems. They have been supplying exhaust systems to the TSSC for as long as I can remember, 15+ years.
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00818.html (7,415 bytes)
- 47. RE: Plates (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:22:55 -0000
- Hi John, The vandals in our area are too thick and inbred to work this one out - we are in the heart of the UK's six fingered banjo player country. We regularly find boot prints over the roof of our
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00860.html (8,114 bytes)
- 48. RE: TR4A Choke Cable (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:23:45 -0000
- Hi Jeff, Have you tried turning the knob a quarter turn clockwise to lock it? I'm sure there's more than one aftermarket type, but generally they work OK and look reasonably appropriate to the other
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00126.html (7,952 bytes)
- 49. Heater Motor ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:31:24 -0000
- I've found a couple of NOS Smiths Heater Motors whilst sorting through some Triumph parts. They came from an old Triumph dealership, but they may well be for other vehicles in the Leyland group. The
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00239.html (7,839 bytes)
- 50. RE: Heater Motor ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:12:14 -0000
- Hi Graham, They look so much like the Herald motors, but the fan depth is much shallower. I don't have a Spitfire heater here anymore to compare against. They're probably designed for something comp
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00277.html (7,426 bytes)
- 51. RE: Opinion Poll - Shop Manuals (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:49:52 -0000
- John, I can provide two possible explanations of "closeting" the gearbox. It most likely refers to an owner's denial that his or her gearbox does not work as others do. "Coming out of the closet" wo
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00313.html (9,365 bytes)
- 52. RE: [triumph_herald] US Made Herald / Vitesse Outriggers (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:03:39 -0000
- Hi Chad, I am surprised that a specialist provided you with these, this is the kind of panel supplied by the general motor factors, Triumph Specialists should all have access to good quality outrigg
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00410.html (7,435 bytes)
- 53. RE: Original Color Steel Wheels - TR4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:15:30 -0000
- Hi Jim/Lou, Probably not much help as I am based in the UK, but I sell "Triumph Road-Wheel White" in 400ml aerosol cans at #9.00 each. This is Spa White repackaged under another name, few people see
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00455.html (8,267 bytes)
- 54. Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:39:17 -0000
- I have a customer who's asked if I can obtain a water pump for his Series 3 Standard Vanguard. To those of you who don't know this model, it uses the familiar 4 cylinder wet liner engine with a 2088c
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00528.html (8,270 bytes)
- 55. RE: Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:43:39 -0000
- Thanks Andy, The Atlas Major list shows the pulley, 101048, being common to the Vanguard 1-3, Sportsman, Ensign and TR2, but it won't be the first time that I've found an incorrect cross reference i
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00533.html (8,325 bytes)
- 56. RE: Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:37:23 -0000
- Thanks Randall, That may be a help, though I'm not sure how to go about finding details on the Morgan pump. I had always assumed the engine as supplied to Morgan was a fully finished TR unit, Cheers
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00543.html (8,121 bytes)
- 57. RE: What Triumph other than the Stag had a clock? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:09:19 -0000
- Most cars in the 2000 family have clocks, as do certain Dolomites. The clock in our 1968 2000 Saloon works fine - gains a little time but there is a trimming adjustment which would take care of this
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00786.html (7,731 bytes)
- 58. RE: [TR] alloy alloy? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:14:28 -0000
- Sounds like you need to have a chat with our friends at Canley Classics: http://www.canleyclassics.com/blog/ Early days yet, but they're coming... Cheers, Bill. Rarebits4classics .......just what yo
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00744.html (7,612 bytes)
- 59. RE: [TR] Which is creamier? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:15:21 +0100
- Spa White is quite creamy. Sebring is a very bright, almost translucent white, when used in two-tone schemes it picks up the hue of the predominant colour. Cheers, Bill. Rarebits4classics .......jus
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00898.html (7,321 bytes)
- 60. RE: [TR] Green & Delphi clutch quality? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rarebits" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:28:51 +0100
- Hi Andy, I've no issue with the quality as such, but I have found that some Delphi clutch components bear little resemblance to the original designs. In the case of the diaphragm clutch of the later
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00922.html (8,669 bytes)
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