- 301. Re: [TR] TR3B Compression Problem (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:09:51 -0400
- That car has been sitting in storage for decades now; sometime soon I hope to start restoring it. Maybe I'll check out the problem then.... ;-) What's the hurry? ==AM== No rush at all; it's only been
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00209.html (8,270 bytes)
- 302. Re: [TR] classic vs vintage (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:01:54 -0400
- Is there a difference btw classic and vintage cars? ==AM== Short answer: no, not like there used to be. However, many would (accurately) argue that there is or should be a difference. For example, th
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00227.html (8,412 bytes)
- 303. Re: [TR] 3B Head (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:51:59 -0400
- Were not 3B engines just TR4 engines? ==AM== Well, yes, the 2138cc. 3B engines ARE just (early) TR4 engines, with the occasional very slight detail difference...and different serial number prefix (TC
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00231.html (7,420 bytes)
- 304. Re: [TR] O/D switch connections (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:03:48 -0400
- I put in a nicely rebuilt J-type O/D transmission over the winter to replace my slippy non-functional A-type. Previously I just had a switch stuck under the dash for testing the unit. I bought an O/D
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00263.html (8,715 bytes)
- 305. Re: [TR] Pitted Tapppets (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:55:15 EDT
- I assume it would be dumb not to renew pitted tappets on the 3B. 2 of 8 show pits including the receded #1 exhaust. ==AM== I almost hesitate to ask this, but what do the camshaft lobes look like? --A
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00387.html (6,723 bytes)
- 306. Re: [TR] Fuel Line Blockage??? (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:04:16 -0400
- ...Just went out to run some errands and after about 20 minutes the car starts to miss and it keeps getting worse. I get home, pop the hood and notice that there's absolutely no fuel in the fuel filt
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00407.html (8,679 bytes)
- 307. Re: [TR] I love my Triumph but... (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:18:42 EDT
- ...if you have the time, space, money, etc. to add another car to your collection, what would it be?...I'm really more interested in the vast field of cars that can be bought for under 25k. ==AM== Wo
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00506.html (10,646 bytes)
- 308. Re: [TR] I love my Triumph but... (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:11:58 -0400
- A restorable Austin Healey 3000 MkIII. If over 25k...a '66 Corvette Stingray split-window 427. ==AM== I can't argue with the thought, but the only "split-window" Corvette Sting Rays were 1963 models.
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00516.html (8,491 bytes)
- 309. Re: [TR] so bizzare you will cry laughing (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:18:27 EDT
- Didn't the early TR2s have a zerk on the dust cap for exactly that reason? Or am I thinking of another car? == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00591.html (7,474 bytes)
- 310. Re: [TR] What's the WORST Car You've Ever Owned? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:24:50 EDT
- What is the worst car other listers have owned? ==AM== For me, a used, Belgian-assembled 1976 Saab 99. Actually, the basic car was ok and fairly reliable. But pretty much any part I ever needed to re
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00675.html (9,990 bytes)
- 311. Re: [TR] What's the WORST Car You've Ever Owned? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:06:27 EDT
- Hey Andy, At least it had some Triumph lineage. Wasn't Saab using the slant 4 block purchased from Triumph in that time frame? ==AM== Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, Tim, but I think Saab had s
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00711.html (9,118 bytes)
- 312. Re: [TR] What's the WORST Car You've Ever Owned? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:52:52 EDT
- Guess I'll get thrown off the list for my contribution (and upset Mr. Mace as well) - but it was a Herald 12/50.... I can't say it was unreliable, in fact the contrary. It was just incredibly uncomfo
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00713.html (9,189 bytes)
- 313. Re: [TR] Re: 236 mile brand new TR6? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:02:04 EDT
- How does vinyl do over a thirty year span of time, if it's not nourished? ==AM== Well.... My current "driver" Herald 1200, approximately 44.5 years old, still has original upholstery and apparently r
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00028.html (8,719 bytes)
- 314. Re: [TR] Worst cars owned comments (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:14:54 -0400
- The only other successful return of a classic model that I can think of offhand is the Dodge Charger. Anyone remember the thing they called the Charger back in the 80's? ==AM== Many folks might argue
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00116.html (8,401 bytes)
- 315. [TR] Lucas ignition problem? (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:52:39 -0400
- OK, it's not Triumph, but presumably a "generic" LBC situation. A friend's '57 MGA died on the road yesterday and would not restart. He'd told me he was experiencing some rough running when the car w
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00133.html (9,069 bytes)
- 316. Re: [TR] Lucas ignition problem? (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:34:28 -0400
- Are we supposed to ignore the particular choice of words? Are you a frequent distributor of these witticism? ==AM== Uh, Jim, how long have you been on this list? I'd have thought you would know me by
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00143.html (9,699 bytes)
- 317. Re: [TR] Lucas ignition problem? (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:42:51 EDT
- When you say the coil seems quite warm, how warm do you mean? My coil is always hot after running the car and I figure it's due to it being mounted to the engine block via a metal mount. To me it fee
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00217.html (8,854 bytes)
- 318. Re: [TR] Miatas (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:30:34 -0400
- They were a mismatch of Rover parts bin mentality favouring a 20 year old engine design. ... ==AM== Gee, Adrian, that description sounds a bit like most postwar Triumphs (substitute "Standard" for "R
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00233.html (8,438 bytes)
- 319. Re: [TR] lonely lbc (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:16:42 -0400
- I hate to admit it, but I haven't driven my TR250 in over a year. I bought a house in rural Va 1.5 miles away from the nearest paved road and can't bear the thought of all those stone chips on my new
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00238.html (8,839 bytes)
- 320. Re: [TR] GT6 Questions (score: 1)
- Author: zoboherald@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:03:48 -0400
- Could be. I think I seem to recall remembering vaguely that I've heard of '69 Mk1's too.... ==AM== Anything was possible, of course, but essentially the GT6+/Mk2 corresponded to the 1969 and 1970 MOD
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00281.html (7,974 bytes)
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