- 221. Re: TR6 front suspension on TR3 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:59:12 EDT
- Yep. The trunion threads for right and left are different. One is right hand thread and the other is left. And the caster angle is built into the trunion (or the vert link). My TR6 came to me with tw
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00757.html (8,692 bytes)
- 222. Re: TR6 front suspension on TR3 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:03:09 EDT
- And the parts are available through the usual sources. It is certainly doable by someone handy with a welder and grinder and will give you the adjustability lacking in the TR2-4. But, as Randall poin
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00758.html (8,846 bytes)
- 223. Re: Locked Keys in Car? NO SWEAT! (not very LBC) (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:06:59 EDT
- Why do you blame the engineer? He was only fulfilling a request from marketing. And I'll bet he feels the same way about it as you do. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00760.html (7,429 bytes)
- 224. Re: TR6 front suspension on TR3 (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:09:37 EDT
- Since there is no adjustment they better be pretty close because your stuck with the results. At least with the 4A-6 brackets you can adjust out the inaccuracies from welding. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00761.html (8,208 bytes)
- 225. Re: Lucas Vs. Clear Hooters (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:13:32 EDT
- I must admit that it surprises me to see them go from relay to no relay to relay. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00762.html (7,538 bytes)
- 226. Re: TR3 Overdrive Switch - Up or Down? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:24:32 EDT
- It is, after all arbitrary. The important thing is one position is ON and the other is OFF. But an important thing to remember here is that in England the light switches are down for ON and up for OF
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00783.html (8,507 bytes)
- 227. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:55:46 EDT
- Not all battery charges are regulated. Certainly not the cheap ones. Those will put out more than 14.6 volts and will overcharge a battery. But any charger that regulates to 14.6 (or preferably 14.25
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00809.html (9,235 bytes)
- 228. Re: Heater valve (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:00:09 EDT
- Are we talking about a TR6? If so the steel cover was plated to a gold-ish color that has a rust resistant property. This remains like this for about a year and then starts to cloud up and then you g
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00810.html (6,960 bytes)
- 229. Re: TR3 Overdrive Switch - Up or Down? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:01:47 EDT
- We yanks seem to do everything backwards, don't we? Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00812.html (7,965 bytes)
- 230. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:04:45 EDT
- And an ordinary battery charger will exceed 14.6 volts on a fully charged battery. Actually, the value I've heard is 14.25. You can apply 14.25 volts to an automotive battery indefinitely without har
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00813.html (8,821 bytes)
- 231. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:57:01 EDT
- There are chargers that use a three step charge cycle more or less covered in this text. The first step is a constant current charge which produces the fastest recharge within the capabilities of the
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00864.html (10,242 bytes)
- 232. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:59:22 EDT
- The better ones have full wave rectification. The cheaper ones have half wave. A single diode is less expensive than two (or four). Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00865.html (8,462 bytes)
- 233. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:03:33 EDT
- Sorry to hear that. There are two charger companies we use with three step chargers and the chargers are way less than $250 - $300. So is a pair of group 8U batteries. Who was selling you those? Oh w
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00867.html (8,560 bytes)
- 234. Re: trickle charge optima battery (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:13:18 EDT
- Quite the contrary, the major concern about fast charging a lead-acid battery is the breakdown of water into oxygen and hydrogen. On the road these gasses will be swept away by the breeze passing thr
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00869.html (8,454 bytes)
- 235. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:00:11 EDT
- May be so. The last one I took apart had half wave but it was old. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00877.html (8,529 bytes)
- 236. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:21:10 EDT
- I doubt that. They were specially designed for this application. They can only put out half an amp so they can't do much damage very fast. You can put one on and let it run for a few hours and then m
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00887.html (8,116 bytes)
- 237. Re: Used tonneau (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:34:55 EDT
- Depends on how much you are going to pay for this tonneau. At some point the snap locations solidified and you can buy tops and tonneaux with the snaps already installed. This may have happened by th
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00889.html (7,748 bytes)
- 238. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:44:34 EDT
- I've never used it on a completely dead battery but the radio in the TR6 will deplete the charge significantly in only a month. The maintainer recharged it nicely although it took it a few days. Dave
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00897.html (7,777 bytes)
- 239. Re: Fuel tank felt (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:48:26 EDT
- I've been told that woll has the unique property of wicking water away from the body (in cloathing applications) whereas cotton wicks it to the body. Maybe it's an old wive's tale but if it is so wol
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00951.html (7,872 bytes)
- 240. Re: Emission Control Information (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:03:07 EDT
- This means disconnect the large hose. Then plug the line to the exhaust manifold so that exhaust gas will not back up into the system that is not designed for those temperatures. Then you adjust the
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00952.html (7,503 bytes)
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