Count me in too. With enough of us it shouldn't be too big a chunk. Any one
have Dan's address?
Rob Robertson
One good turn deserves another!
-----Original Message-----
From: Gano, Ken <kengano@advant.com>
To: Tom O'Malley <tomomalley@hey.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: My car has been recovered, and is now at home
>
>Absolutely. Count me in.
>
>Ken Gano
>kengano@advant.com
>
>Tom O'Malley wrote:
>>
>> Dan writes...
>> >
>> >Greetings, listers,
>> >
>> >I have retrieved my car, and it is now sitting in my garage. I was able
to get
>> >the hood open (after rather draconion measures - of which more later),
and I
>> >drove it home.
>> Snip...
>>
>> >ITEM 6: when the car left here, each cylinder had between 150 and 170
psi
>> >compression. Now, the compression checks as follows:
>> >
>> >#1 = 155
>> >#2 = 50
>> >#3 = 25
>> >#4 = 145
>> >#5 = 170
>> >#6 = 35
>> >
>> >Putting oil in the cylinders raised the compression around 5 - 10 psi
each. A
>> >check of the valve clearances showed zero on the exhaust valves for the
low
>> >cylinders, and very little or zero on most of the others as well. I
haven't
>> >done a thorough check yet, but it appears that somehow the valve
clearance has
>> >decreased across the board. Any one have any ideas as to why this
happened?
>> >How much damage do you think I am looking at?
>>
>> Snip...
>>
>> >One thing did upset me quite a bit, though, about the hood episode:
someone
>> >tried to use a screw driver to pry the hood open. In the process, they
scarred
>> >up the scuttle and the right fender, and the screwdriver slipped and
carved a
>> >4 inch gouge in the top of the hood, clear to bare metal. That's going
to cost
>> >me a quite bit to get repaired, hoping I can get the paint to match
without
>> >having to do the entire front end.
>>
>> Snip...
>>
>> It certainly was incredibly generous of Dan Masters to loan out his
>> TR6 for Leon's east coast tour. Given all the free help that Dan
>> provides to this list, perhaps we could set up a fund to help him
>> defray some of the repair costs.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Tom O'Malley in Southbridge Massachusetts
>> '74, '77 Spits
>
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