- 1. Re: [6pack] Electric cooling fan: pusher or puller? (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:03:11 -0800
- Part of my TR250 resto included the fan eliminator kit and a Hayden 15" pusher. My local LBC didn't want the puller because of the increased operating noise of the thinner fans. We used the wire typi
- /html/6pack/2009-01/msg00046.html (11,335 bytes)
- 2. [6pack] Rear trim pieces (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:06:24 -0800
- Hi everyone I took the rear wheel well trim pieces I was graciously sent by a list member (paying it forward) to the auto upholstery shop today. He was able to match my color and texture perfectly
- /html/6pack/2009-01/msg00199.html (7,332 bytes)
- 3. [6pack] Interior shots (score: 1)
- Author: apackard68@att.net
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:09:49 -0800 (PST)
- I normally don't have the patience for the "pretty" parts of my restoration, but I think my interior work turned out pretty well. I used the "How To Restore" interior chapter quite a bit for B-post a
- /html/6pack/2009-02/msg00091.html (9,087 bytes)
- 4. Re: [6pack] Interior shots (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:13:55 -0800
- Yes. I got it a couple years ago. I like having a place to rest my arm and it has a car charger and speaker as part of it, too. That reminds me that I have to hook up the power to the charger before
- /html/6pack/2009-02/msg00094.html (10,158 bytes)
- 5. Re: [6pack] Under carpet treatment (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:21:38 -0800
- I also used Damplifier (not the Pro version) on my TR250. Pretty easy to install with patience and a gasket-hole making set to make nice round access holes for seat rails, floor snaps, etc. I glued t
- /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00050.html (9,583 bytes)
- 6. [6pack] Surrey top (backlight) side window seals (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:17:24 -0800
- Hi everyone: Straight up from the B-pillar on the surrey top backlight, there is supposed to be a strip of rubber trim to help seal the rear of the door windows when closed. The rubber strip is to be
- /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00071.html (7,354 bytes)
- 7. Re: [6pack] Surrey top retainer (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew Packard" <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:30:05 -0800
- Hi everyone: I received a couple responses from the list about my surrey top sealing issue. Randy below provided the best answer and I ordered two pieces from TRF on Thursday. I let the group know ho
- /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00093.html (7,241 bytes)
- 8. [6pack] Changing out springs (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:02:58 -0700 (PDT)
- When I was getting my TR250 aligned for the first time, the body was sitting very high above the tops of the tires. I decided to swap out my stock-height uprated springs for shorter ones. Unfortunate
- /html/6pack/2009-03/msg00153.html (7,837 bytes)
- 9. [6pack] Link to "8 stages of restoration" article (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:38:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks Dick Taylor for pointing this out to the group. I'm attaching the link to make it easy to find. This made me laugh out loud a couple times, especially having just finished mine. I would add a
- /html/6pack/2009-04/msg00101.html (7,472 bytes)
- 10. [6pack] Richard Good hubs (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:14:16 -0700
- Anyone out there having good experience with Richard Good's rear hubs? I was thinking of upgrading to the hub unit only that then attaches to the stock splined insert via the u-joint. Andy CD6746L __
- /html/6pack/2009-04/msg00139.html (6,263 bytes)
- 11. Re: [6pack] Richard Good hubs (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:52:51 -0700 (PDT)
- I understood his CVJ's to require some enlarging of the hole in the trailing arm. After reading your website, I'm going to go with the CVJ's. Thanks for documenting all that work! Andy _____________
- /html/6pack/2009-04/msg00141.html (8,550 bytes)
- 12. Re: [6pack] Carpet Installation (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
- I put blue masking tape on the back of the carpet in the approximate location of the holes. Then, with the capet in position, use a straight pick up from underneath the car through the mounting holes
- /html/6pack/2009-04/msg00155.html (8,595 bytes)
- 13. [6pack] Catalog fame for the TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:34:06 -0700
- Hey everyone: Follow the link below to the Summer 2009 catalog for Nicole Miller cosmetics (Melaleuca). If you look at pages 20 and 36 you'll see the familiar car shape of my TR250 (looking prettier
- /html/6pack/2009-06/msg00054.html (6,694 bytes)
- 14. Re: [6pack] Catalog fame for the TR250 (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:28:45 -0700
- Back in the winter here in Northern California, a production company from Utah contacted our local club, Triumph Travelers, looking for a Triumph, specifically a TR4 or Spitfire, for a photo shoot. I
- /html/6pack/2009-06/msg00060.html (9,499 bytes)
- 15. Re: [6pack] Nissan Differential conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:50:26 -0700
- I have an extra 3.92 unit no longer offered by Richard. It worked well but I chose to go back to the 3.69 version to make the most of my 5-speed on the freeway. Contact me off list if it's something
- /html/6pack/2009-07/msg00102.html (10,934 bytes)
- 16. [6pack] height of accelerator pedal (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:38:07 -0700
- Hi everyone: What is the height of your accelerator pedal relative to your brake pedal height? Right now mine are about even, but my modern MINI's pedal is significantly lower than the brake. If I se
- /html/6pack/2009-08/msg00041.html (7,330 bytes)
- 17. [6pack] Left hand turn stutter (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello listers: I completed the rebuild of my stock carb set up on Saturday night, had a successful test drive that night, and then autocrossed on Sunday. I gave the car a "B" for overall performance
- /html/6pack/2009-08/msg00129.html (7,881 bytes)
- 18. Re: [6pack] Left hand turn stutter (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:28:13 -0700 (PDT)
- Interesting that you see this as too much fuel rather than not enough. I would think the holes in the brass plug into which the fuel is drawn and then pulled up the tubes to the throttle chamber cou
- /html/6pack/2009-08/msg00135.html (8,545 bytes)
- 19. Re: [6pack] VTR/Triumphest 2009 (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:22:42 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks, Dick. Help from you and the rest of the list all contributed to getting my car to where it is. I put this link on Forums, but here it is for the listers. It's my wife's digital camera video o
- /html/6pack/2009-10/msg00045.html (7,555 bytes)
- 20. [6pack] Suspension adjustments/Ride height (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Packard <apackard68@att.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello list: Even before my Rat-co frame-off restoration, my car sat slightly lower (3/4") on the driver's side than the passenger side. Spring swapping did not solve this. Currently, I have shortened
- /html/6pack/2009-10/msg00130.html (7,684 bytes)
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