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41. Fwd: fender vents (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:17:06 -0500; uncle jack; /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00898.html (8,228 bytes)
42. horn help needed (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:25:06 -0500; The horn on a friend's TR6 suddenly stopped working. He needs it for self defense while driving his car to work in in Chicago. My Bentley manual (which has taught me several new ways to cuss) does no; /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00899.html (6,833 bytes)
43. horn help (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 16:23:07 -0500; Thanks to all who responded with suggestions on the horn. A special thanks to Dave Massey and Chris Kantarjiev, both of whom I nominate to the TR Hall of Fame, for suggesting that I check the wire th; /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00939.html (6,572 bytes)
44. Next weekend Triumphs! (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:30:37 -0500; Want to see a lot of Triumphs racing? Consider going to the vintage races at Virginia International Raceway next weekend, June 12 - 13. Triumphs are the featured marque -- with, get this -- TEN Spitf; /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg01073.html (6,950 bytes)
45. Big Hallett Racing Event (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:23:22 -0600; For all the folks not in racing but interested in it, there's going to be a BIG to-do at the Hallett racecourse just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma the weekend of 1 April (no, this is not an April Fool joke; /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00246.html (7,771 bytes)
46. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:55:03 -0600; Your comments about BMW's are hitting close to home with me. I thought I was the only one who had this experience. I purchased a BMW 525 from a friend, one owner, 60,000 miles, not one mar on the bod; /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00247.html (10,137 bytes)
47. RE: TR3A Headlights (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:07:12 -0600; -- comments on message from Randall The best comment I ever heard about the TR lighting system was at the end of a night-time visit with me in the TR6, outside son Tony's garage, starting it up and; /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00503.html (7,986 bytes)
48. winterizing (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:30:29 -0600; I've found rust in the cylinders of several engines that had not sat very long. On the other hand, Ive taken apart some engines that sat for some time but had clean cylinder walls. Just to make sure,; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00237.html (6,942 bytes)
49. reproduction car? (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:40:58 -0600; Think of the possibility of purchasing a new frame, mating it with a new TR6 Heritage body. No rust, good body, could be the start of something great. And after several restorations, I know that buyi; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00238.html (7,950 bytes)
50. TR6 hard starting (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:23:15 -0600; My 71 TR6 is very hard to start after being run at high speed and then shut off. It always has been. Cold starting is no problem. I'm out of ideas. Anybody got an idea I haven't tried? Here's what ha; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00257.html (7,000 bytes)
51. Aluminum hub soon available (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:47:55 -0600; For those who are interested in the Southwick aluminum hubs -- good news! They are being machined as you read this! You should be able to take delivery about the first of December, if not sooner. The; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00373.html (7,580 bytes)
52. Hard starting (when hot) TR6 (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:05:15 -0600; Thanks to everyone who responded to my recent plea for ideas on my hard starting (when hot) TR6. In the end, I found that I had one float valve sticking sometimes but not all the time. Why it was mor; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00447.html (7,324 bytes)
53. TR3 calipers? (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:31:23 -0600; Okay, you guys who really know your stuff on originality -- Did the TR3 ever use a front brake caliper that did not have an external bridge pipe? uncle jack == This list supported in part by The Vint; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00462.html (6,480 bytes)
54. TR6 high rpm performance (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:20:26 -0600; I converted my 1971 TR6 to SU carbs. The car ran wonderfully for six months and then began to falter. It finally got to the point that instead of a high speed miss, it would buck and jump and was und; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00551.html (8,252 bytes)
55. RE: tappets out of order (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:10:12 -0600; This is a really interesting subject to me. We all have opinions on this subject, but I doubt that any of us have real life experience designing cams / lifters, evaluating failures, dealing with the; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00676.html (8,674 bytes)
56. cams, lifters, etc (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:42:58 -0600; I sent a list of questions about cams and lifters to a friend who works in engine engineering at a major diesel engine manufacturing company. He talked this over with his friends and following are th; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00709.html (9,759 bytes)
57. good article on overdrives (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:49:57 -0600; For those of us who have overdrives, this month's article on Quantumechanics' website is a "must read". It's written by John Esposito, who makes his living rebuilding transmissions and overdrive, and; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00719.html (6,758 bytes)
58. Re: Head bolts (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:00:46 -0600; When you further tighten a bolt or nut that is already tight, like a head nut, there are two things that take place. First, the nut has to start to move -- and oftentimes this takes more torque than; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00721.html (7,836 bytes)
59. Re: Garage Floor Paint (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:09:22 -0500; I painted my floors with a very expensive epoxy paint. It has stood the test of lots of mechanical work over eight years and still looks good. The couple of people I know who have used lower priced,; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00056.html (7,712 bytes)
60. Re: Preparing to Remove TR3A Head (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:32:29 -0500; The stock gasket works just fine. It takes a lot of work to make the solid gaskets truly seal, and if a stock gasket has leaked this soon, the chance that a solid gasket of any type will leak is very; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00201.html (9,562 bytes)

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