That's what that thing is! We have a TR4 in the local club with just such a
device and I never could explain it's presence.
Bob Kramer
Hill Country Triumph Club
rgk@flash.net
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> From: R. KASTNER <kaskas@earthlink.net>
> To: Malaboge@AOL.COM
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net; vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
> Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 9:44 AM
>
> About the gearbox casing. The early cases did NOT have heavy ribs along
the left
> side. The later parts DID have very heavy ( wide ) ribs running along the
side. If
> you can find the later heavy ribbed type you have a winner. We had
incredible
> trouble with the early types breaking. We finished a couple races with
about an 1"
> gap between the bellhousing and the gearbox case itself and oil leaking
from
> everwhere.. To help this until the new parts arrived the factory
installed a thing
> we called the "Gong" under the rear portion of the early types to help
with the
> vibration problems. If you have one with the "Gong" don't just throw it
away put
> that darn thing on it does help.) This "gong" is a weight about 3" in
diamter
> and fitted under the gearbox. Probably everyone knows this, but it just
came to
> mind. Kas Kastner
>
> Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Brothers in Grease-
> >
> > Can there be such a thing as negative progress ?
> >
> > I just know you're all dying to hear of my findings and advancements
with the
> > Duke of Oil, my recently acquired TR4A.
> > Well, I've about stripped it bare and most everything I've found says
that the
> > car is a "keeper", everything is there and mostly in good shape (Good).
> > However, there have been a few problems encountered. The trans is
cracked
> > about 180 degrees around between the bell housing and trans case (Bad).
Found
> > another trans case locally and will be switching the gears over,
hopefully
> > they are OK. That rear end that I thought was welded...it wasn't it has
a
> > Detroit Locker in it (Good) and a 4.55 ring and pinion (Good).
Unfortunately,
> > the pinion gear is cracked in half (Ugly). I pulled the rear end and
took it
> > to Hardy Prentice, my local rear end guru...no wait, better make that
my local
> > differential guru. With his know how, a new set of bearings and another
ring
> > and pinion, he should be able to make it "ratchet" again...
> > If I wasn't most ill this weekend, I would be puttin a new roll bar in,
then
> > its off to the paint shop, and then I have to try to remember how it
all goes
> > back together.
> >
> > Still shootin for a June completion date...
> >
> > Who's an optimist....
> > Nick in Nor Cal
>
>
>
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