- 181. Re: Voltage Stabilizer (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:01:46 EDT
- Sounds pretty obvious to me. Your 76 Spitfire is not a Browns fan. Imagine what would have happened if you tuned into the Rams game. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00378.html (7,711 bytes)
- 182. Re: TR3 mods? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:08:58 EDT
- I was thinking 2x4 myself. And some plywood for bracing. Dave P.S. I know, I know. Four wheel drive!
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00379.html (7,674 bytes)
- 183. Re: Sudden loss of power (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:15:34 EDT
- The fact that the symptom clear up when the choke was pulled is either a coincidence of indicative of a fuel problem. It could be vapour lock or it might be a premonition that your fuel pump diaghram
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00381.html (8,114 bytes)
- 184. Re: Voltage Stabilizer (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:56:16 EDT
- And then try to explain to the concours judges that it's original. ;-) Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00410.html (7,493 bytes)
- 185. Re: TR-6 Stromberg Leaking Gas Help?? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:07:04 EDT
- Gas coming out of the vacuum port. Is this when it is running or sitting still? And why is there not anything attached to the port? A little bit upon shut down should be expected since there is atomi
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00421.html (7,342 bytes)
- 186. Re: Voltage Stabilizer (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:24:01 EDT
- Definitely few deduct points than if you were listening to the Bills! Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00423.html (7,731 bytes)
- 187. Re: Coolant (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:28:41 EDT
- This is a shot from the hip, but I'll bet it is a premix with the water already added. They are starting to sell 50/50 premix here in the states. At about the same price as straight ethylene glycol.
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00454.html (7,692 bytes)
- 188. Re: Coolant (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:07:31 EDT
- That may be true but wouldn't you have to stain out the missing hikers and skiers from your melted snow? Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00463.html (7,223 bytes)
- 189. Re: Clutch Update (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:14:55 EDT
- Me too. I suspect that a good, healthy 30% of the clutch pins out there are broken. But they usually don't break cleanly and the broken pieces will bind up and cause the clutch to continue to operate
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00530.html (7,986 bytes)
- 190. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:44:36 EDT
- Going by the car's commission number, you don't have overdrive so draining is a bit simpler than if you did. There is a drain plug on the bottom of the transmission. The factory installed a plug with
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00533.html (9,974 bytes)
- 191. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:06:22 EDT
- Does your TR3 have the dipstick? TR2's and early TR3's had a dipstick and a fill port on the top of the transmission and a rubber plug in the transmission tunnel. At some point that was dropped for t
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00544.html (8,804 bytes)
- 192. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:08:50 EDT
- I broke my eight point socket trying to remove the plug on my TR6. Annoyed me greatly as it was one of the few tools I inherited from my grandfather. Moral: get a good one. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00545.html (8,170 bytes)
- 193. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:32:14 EDT
- Simpler than that, since it is a pipe thread, you can replace the plug with bushings and hose barb and fit the tube from your oil pump and pressure feed it from underneath. You'll have to guess as to
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00580.html (8,163 bytes)
- 194. Re: Gearbox oil change. (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:33:41 EDT
- Not me, too much coffee. ;-) Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00581.html (7,684 bytes)
- 195. TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:02:19 EDT
- Folks, what is the difference between TR3 doors and TR3A doors. The reason I am asking is because I am starting a tear down of my 57 TR3 and I found that I have TR3A doors with the hole for the outsi
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00618.html (7,572 bytes)
- 196. Re: TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:25:47 EDT
- I was looking at a some TR3A's at the local car show yesterday and thought I saw a slight boss on one of the doors at the handle but then thought it might have been a gasket that got some paint on it
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00639.html (8,407 bytes)
- 197. Re: TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:31:16 EDT
- Oops. I guess I left that part out. TS18010L. So it is later than your car but not quite to the TS22xxx numbers. Knowing the "restorer" the way I do it is quite likely that he swapped out some natty
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00641.html (8,562 bytes)
- 198. Re: TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:33:53 EDT
- OK. Thanks. I just dropped the car off at the shop for the replacement of floorboards and can't conveniently have a look. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00642.html (8,232 bytes)
- 199. Re: TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:46:55 EDT
- TS18010L is fitted with five rear lights, no boot handle (two carriage key latches), self parking wipers and the small mouth nose piece. It also has the dash panel light switch (no rheostat) and 10"
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00644.html (8,407 bytes)
- 200. Re: TR3 doors (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:07:40 EDT
- Not only is it possible but highly likely. If they had any doors without holes they would have drilled them. Adding bosses would require reworking the tooling which could wait until the old tool wore
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00645.html (8,476 bytes)
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