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1. Re: [TR] New Radiator (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:45:29 -0700; Don't forget brass freeze plugs; scratch the paint and check the color underneath.... Skip Gurnee 64 TR4, 66 TR4A, 67 TR4A and others.... == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Registe; /html/triumphs/2006-07/msg00316.html (7,248 bytes)
2. [TR] Rear Springs (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:51:22 -0700; Hi JimQuick lesson in handling: stiffen front end of car and get plow in front end. Stiffen rear end of car and get oversteer (back end wants to step out and overtake front end in the turns). In othe; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00462.html (7,255 bytes)
3. [TR] Timing Chain Noise (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:44:08 -0700; TerryYou can isolate the noise with a LONG screwdriver which you hold (preferably the handle end) on the bone near your ear, and the other end on the timing chain cover. You'll hear the noise get lo; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00484.html (7,128 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] TR6 Clutch Frustrations (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:36:33 -0700; Hi SteveHere's a couple of thoughts, assuming the TR6 has similar philosophy, if not actual parts, from the TR4/4A: cross-shaft bushings. The factory manual for the TR4A belleville spring specifies m; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00523.html (9,023 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] NonTR -- help with Maine trip (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:38:32 -0700; a good Within Hi TomMy parents lived just across the bay in Winter Harbor for many years, and I got to visit them, once by car from Texas. It's a long ride, but rewarding. Bar Harbor is a great plac; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00546.html (7,732 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] TR6 Clutch Frustrations (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:04:51 -0700; Hi BudThere are no springs within the hydraulic system that affect the travel of the clutch release bearing. The springs you find in the system act only to ensure pressure is maintained, or to help t; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00572.html (9,532 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Baffling clutch issues (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:35:54 -0700; Was it grinding at all before the rebuild? I can't think of anything that would grind within the hydraulic system. Such a noise would normally come from metal-to-metal contact of two parts moving at; /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00611.html (8,467 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] TR4A Restoration Update (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:39:37 -0700; to replace major to Rather than replacing two pulleys from the Triumph to suit one pulley on the alternator, maybe you could replace the pulley on the alternator. With the old TR generator pulley ma; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00410.html (7,759 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Bezel Seal Material in TR4A Gauges (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:50:52 -0700; what My experience has been that old black crumbly stuff on old Triumphs is in fact rubber that has weathered. Being an inveterate utilitarian, I can't answer for the purists who must put exactly th; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00419.html (7,961 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Bezel Seal Material in TR4A Gauges (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:17:17 -0700; You're absolutely right. The stuff is as easy to find as O-rings and would serve better, as shock absorbers for the gauges. Thanks for the slap. I'm awake now. Best, Skip I had gauges restored by MoM; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00435.html (7,591 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Big End Tap/ HPOF Preservation Class (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:23:28 -0700; Hi DarrellSome info from my memory of keeping engines going with not enough money to do it right.... on say that In my experience, TAPPING is usually from the top end of the engine, and KNOCKING is f; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00645.html (9,799 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] NPT Fittings (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:54:02 -0800; Hi BobMerry Thanksgiving! seems leaks. NPT stands for "national pipe thread". Look closely at the threads, you'll find they are slightly tapered. The diameter of the threads cause the joint to get ti; /html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00529.html (7,134 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] New Year's Day (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:00:28 -0800; And the media have all of them beat hands down. Shall we get back to Triumphs? Skip Gurnee 64 TR4 65 TR4A == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00072.html (7,816 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] Tight Steering (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:40:09 -0700; Two turns lock-to-lock is pretty quick steering, which means your mechanical advantage is less than your average american car with, well, I only own one american car, a Jeep, with about 3-1/2 turns.; /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00593.html (7,923 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] TR4 Cutting Out Under Load (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:35:01 -0700; more about I agree with Randall. Ignition is more likely the culprit from the symptoms described, and the coil is a possible offender. Coils don't like heat or vibration, and so Triumph put them rig; /html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00181.html (8,568 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] Re: [Spits] Recalls & Smart Laws (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:46 -0700; fine, you Interesting reaction. I, on the other hand, can't help thinking of the cop hiding near a street corner assessing a draconian penalty when there's only the one car on the road and nobody el; /html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00559.html (7,395 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] OT: TVR 2500M (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:47:23 -0700; I reply: Buy it! My list of why you should is VERY long, based on 37 years of owning a Vixen S2. The drivetrain and brakes in yours are well known to many of us, and should offer few problems. In fac; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00134.html (7,804 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] Oil and Water (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:33:07 -0700; Hi JohnFor a discussion of water and electrolysis, go to http://www.griffinradiator.com and then go to the tab marked "help", under which is a tab marked electrolysis. They're the experts, and they g; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00178.html (8,595 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] MIG WELDERS: please read (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:57:26 -0700; Hi PaulWire feed speed usually depends on what you're welding. Does your welder have variable speeds? Lotsa variables; in general, the thicker the metal, the higher the speed. Wire diameter makes a d; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00330.html (8,124 bytes)
20. Re: [TR] Inflating Tires w/ Nitrogen? (score: 1): Author: "Skip Gurnee" <skip47@powernet.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:00:45 -0700; Hasn't anybody been watching "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel? They picked up on a scientific article that said the Hindenburg burned because it was painted with thermite! (Well, half painted;; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00625.html (9,358 bytes)

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