- 1. Ting ting tingle tingle ting tingle (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:40:05 -0400
- Okay, for the second time, I've had to tighten my alternator's pulley nut to stop the little fan from playing irritating tunes on the alternator case front. In dealing with this minor problem, I not
- /html/6pack/2005-06/msg00124.html (6,705 bytes)
- 2. Speedo Berzerkosity (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 18:23:13 -0400
- Under 60 mph (I think), the speedo varies about 10mph with a period of about 1sec. Around 70 mph, it varies 30mph. This started yesterday after about 200 miles of highway driving. It's worked flawles
- /html/6pack/2005-05/msg00123.html (6,900 bytes)
- 3. Heater Valve (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:50:13 -0500
- Okay, the heater-valve diaphragm thingy finally failed and slowly drained enough coolant to induce the steaming-bonnet syndrome (after dark and miles from home, but only 100 yds from an open service
- /html/6pack/2004-12/msg00022.html (6,936 bytes)
- 4. Re: Runoffs Coverage (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:56:00 -0500
- Hey, you wanna hear how neat a TRs' racing exhaust sounds? Join the SCCA, wash an ol' white shirt, and go to a race. The Flag Chief will send you out to a corner station where you'll learn by doing..
- /html/6pack/2004-12/msg00069.html (7,154 bytes)
- 5. RE: Accelerator Bushing (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:09:49 -0500
- I'm lazy. I used a brass tubing fitting from the hardware store. You know, the threaded, hex-head thing with a smooth hole through the center. Find one that fits the rod and the hole (they don't have
- /html/6pack/2004-11/msg00250.html (6,527 bytes)
- 6. Bell Housing Inspection Port (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:06:43 -0400
- Has anyone ever added an inspection port in the bell housing to help see what the condition of the fork, bearing, fingers, etc. are? Doug Morris, NC '76 CF18kUO Check out the new British Cars Forum:
- /html/6pack/2004-08/msg00259.html (6,523 bytes)
- 7. RE: Roll Bar (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:25:24 -0400
- I've heard that the roll bars interfere with seat-back position. Since I'm a long-legged, long-armed fat ape over 6', I'm concerned that I won't be able to keep the seat slid back and reclined a bit.
- /html/6pack/2004-08/msg00310.html (7,177 bytes)
- 8. Fuse Blowing (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:50:16 -0400
- I've had one fuse blow three times in about 5Kmi, twice in 50mi. It's the White-to-Green one (stock 17.5A blow at 35A) that feeds the OD solenoid, fuel & temp gauges, turn signal, fan, etc. Before I
- /html/6pack/2004-08/msg00423.html (6,987 bytes)
- 9. Rear End Play (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:29:59 -0400
- I have the beastie up on stands for a series of projects. When running through the gears at fast idle, the throw-out bearing noise I was listening for didn't materialize, but I noticed a clunk in the
- /html/6pack/2004-07/msg00108.html (7,013 bytes)
- 10. Tire Pressures for Different Sizes (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:58:57 -0400
- Okay, what's the word on appropriate tire pressures for tire sizes different from stock? e.g. do 205/70s require different pressures from those required in the owners' manual? DougMorris '74 TR6 CF18
- /html/6pack/2004-06/msg00176.html (6,771 bytes)
- 11. Re: Tire Pressures for Different Sizes (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:42:23 -0400
- Yeah, I unnerstan' the pressure/patch-size relationship. What I'm trying to get my brain around is the effect of the wider-shorter patch profile, lower aspect-ratio tire wall, and more modern constru
- /html/6pack/2004-06/msg00193.html (7,518 bytes)
- 12. Re: GL4 Substitute? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:06:17 -0400
- I found a gallon jug of Sta-Lube Hypoid SAE 85W90 API/GL-4 (label says it's compatible with copper, bronze and other non-ferrous metals) for $11.50 at my local backwater, rear-of-the-hardware-store N
- /html/6pack/2004-04/msg00111.html (6,932 bytes)
- 13. Re: removing steering wheel lock on 71 TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:17:34 -0400
- I hated reaching for the key between my knees, too, but I didn't want to remove the steering-wheel lock capability. I wasn't so much about theft for money as theft for joyriding. I posted an alternat
- /html/6pack/2004-04/msg00112.html (7,877 bytes)
- 14. Thermostatic Vacuum Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:46:20 -0500
- Okay okay okay (deep breath, shift cigar, blow ashes off keyboard)... as far as I can make out, the entire purpose of the thermostatic vacuum switch in the upper radiator hose is to provide a vacuum
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00020.html (8,049 bytes)
- 15. Re: Thermostatic Vacuum Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:33:03 -0500
- I've now disconnected the dagnabbed thing, removed the associated plumbing, plugged the front carb's manifold vac port and both bypass ports, reset the timing to 10-deg BTDC, and installed a one-piec
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00047.html (7,808 bytes)
- 16. Now they tell me... (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 22:32:36 -0500
- Sure, this forum is informative and all that, but I just ran across a webpage that is truly useful: <http://www.ncrscca.com/Funny_manuals.htm> Doug Morris '74 TR6 NC (by now, only the rust is origina
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00131.html (6,575 bytes)
- 17. Saving Clutch and Brake Wear (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:41:26 -0500
- Does anyone have a tip for keeping the horn button from rotating off the contact? Maybe I'm missing some kind of alignment part. Seems that ever' hunnert honks or so, I hafta adjust the dagnabbed thi
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00366.html (6,736 bytes)
- 18. Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:30:38 -0500
- Where can a feller get some straight skinny on the various insurance companies' options for a TR6? In particular, I'd like to get some idea of the options for mileage limits, club rally and autocross
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00074.html (6,361 bytes)
- 19. RE: Wet TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 13:34:27 -0500
- Personally, I'd love to have the problem of how to get water out of the cockpit. My problem is getting the cockpit to *hold* water. Doug Morris '74 TR6 CF18kUO, NC
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00208.html (6,558 bytes)
- 20. Need Valve Spring Keeper (cotter, split cone) (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Morris <dcmdcm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:25:25 -0500
- My machinist lost a valve-spring keeper. (cotter, split cone: Moss Catalog p.8 #60) If anyone has a good-enough one gatherin' dust in your spares bin, I'd appreciate having one dropped in the mail to
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00300.html (6,807 bytes)
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