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1. [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:28:27 +0000 (UTC); OK, I have not added up all the fuel bills, but I do have total mileages. Official mileage on the rental motorhome: 5917 miles. And just in case anyone thinks the TR4 is a trailer queen, we put 693 m; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00451.html (9,888 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:06:02 -0700; Should definitely be a check valve in there somewhere! Otherwise, when you floor the throttle, the partial vacuum in the crankcase is going to suck fuel/air mixture out of the manifold. But the info; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00453.html (10,764 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:09:07 -0400; The TR6 registered 5,400 and something miles. I didn't keep accurate records but I think it averaged about 27 MPG and 1,500 MPQ*. The TR8 stopped just shy of 5,000. And Kansas is not as flat as reput; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00454.html (8,148 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:15 -0700; If it is moonshine it might work. I've heard the bacon rind story before and suspect it is at least a country legend if not true. Best regards, Tom ___________________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00455.html (9,111 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:45:04 -0600; Yes. Roll the diaghram over your fingers and look for splits or cuts. Anything big enough to cause problems will be readily visible. Dave _______________________________________________ Support Team.; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00457.html (7,841 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:44:20 -0400; My dumbest move yet - and that's saying a lot. Some may remember that when investigating my engine bang, I discovered a burr on the connecting rod bearing seat on the crankshaft, which had ground a g; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00458.html (7,821 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:53:03 -0600; Methinks heat transfer may become an issue. With less mass on one side of the liner, the other side would experience a greater degree of heat. Don't really know if it would be enough to cause problem; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00459.html (7,881 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:20:25 -0400; I did the same dumb thing when bringing mine "out of the barn". I had replaced the rings and big end bearings and then it happened. I didn't know how the engine was going to hold up anyway, so I deci; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00460.html (8,138 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:56:58 -0600; I have a spare 87mm piston and liner, you can have for shipping cost. -- "Thinking is the hardest work there is. That's why so few people undertake it." - Henry Ford Bill Pugh 1957 TR3 "Casper" TS167; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00461.html (8,119 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:54:48 -0400; Thanks for your good advice, and overall encouragement. I can detect no crack above the break so plan to button up and go for a drive. This was the car I wanted to drive to SLO but no such luck. Oh w; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00462.html (8,647 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:21:32 EDT; Does anyone have a close up photo of the area under/behind the battery they can email to me? I need to rebuild the area and only have a rust hole for a pattern. Thanks y'all. ________________________; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00463.html (9,039 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:03:10 -0600; Cause you have a full charge going on! Joe Last year I installed a Dan Masters electrical system and an alternator. Following Dan's advice I recently installed a voltmeter instead of the old 30 Amp a; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00466.html (7,967 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:27:49 -0600; Although the nominal battery voltage is 12.6 volts when it's not being charged, it takes somewhat more than that to recharge the battery. Some alternators do put out as much as 15 volts after startu; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00467.html (8,102 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:29:25 -0400; John...........welcome to a Triumph wire harness that handles all your electrical loads. I've got pretty much what you have in my TR6 and it puts out a steady 14.x volts. Go for a drive with your hig; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00469.html (8,158 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] Car Myths (score: 1): Author: tom white <tswhitez123@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:26 +0000; Hi Todd, Not sure if you are interested, but I have been using a really neat tool to remove dents from my TR4A body work. It is called a shrinking disk. I could do a demo on how it works during the T; /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00472.html (8,257 bytes)

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