Hello, everybody,
Just want to mention a few things.
One, I have purchased a bunch of inner waist seals (door) for the
Triumphs (you know, those fuzzy strips that fit between the door edge and
the inside glass). I had forgotten I'd purchased them last fall, so now
have a surplus of eight... which is enough for four (4) complete cars.
Brand new, never been installed. I've no desire to do eBay, nor to sell
them at a severe loss. If anyone is due (or could use) new ones, please
feel free to contact me off list. If you're doing a restoration, or plan
to, or have original ones, then you'll be wanting these. Thanks.
Anyway, the main reason which I'm writing is this. I have a complete
spare transmission with overdrive ('J'), and plan on finishing it,
packing it in grease, and storing it away for ten or twenty years (or
until needed... maybe next summer? : ) So, taking the 'easy' and cheap
way out, decided to just purchase a new electrical harness for the shift
handle, rather than soldering one up myself. I've got it now and, damned
if I can figure out how to use it. See, the difficulty is that it's been
pre-assembled, so the connectors are attached at each end, thus
preventing it from being 'slid' into the shaft. As such, there's no way
in which I can see to use it, UNLESS I cut the wire, then fit it, then
solder it.
This appears rediculous. Why would I purchase (taking the easy way out),
only to then have to CUT it, and then repair it myself, anyway?
So, first is to ask if anyone ran into this difficulty, and found some
way to 'by-pass' the cutting. (help?)
Secondly is for the archive, to warn everyone else that there appears (at
present) no reason whatsoever to ever purchase a harness, but to rather,
make it yourself anyway.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Gary
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