- 141. RE: 1973 horn questions (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:05:55 -0400
- Hi Valerie. I've been tracking down horn problems myself lately and had the horn button off last weekend. If it's the clip I'm thinking of, it goes on the edge of the horn button and holds it in plac
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00019.html (8,143 bytes)
- 142. eBay Window Stickers (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 11:59:16 -0400
- Hope somebody hasn't taken the recently posted reproduction and put it up on eBay! Take a look: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1848357212 - Hugh Fader
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00059.html (6,703 bytes)
- 143. Window Rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 17:43:19 -0400
- Just finished rebuilding the window channels and replacing the winders on my TR6 this afternoon. It all went pretty well. Only a couple of complications. I bent up one of the brackets removing its ru
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00064.html (6,782 bytes)
- 144. Horn Repair (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 21:13:04 -0400
- I have determined that one of my two horns is faulty. When removed, the other horn works fine. When in place, the horn intermittently fails. My guess it that the coil inside is energizing, but not op
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00075.html (6,729 bytes)
- 145. RE: eBay Window Stickers (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 21:42:59 -0400
- Thanks Corey. Glad to hear it was this way rather than the other way around. - Hugh 1848357212 - Hugh Fader
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00106.html (7,883 bytes)
- 146. Shims for Brake Squeal (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:08:38 -0400
- I did a complete brake job last winter. When I did this, I installed those stick on cardboard anti-squeal shims on the backs of the brake pads. After a few runs, the brakes began squealing. Then the
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00155.html (7,359 bytes)
- 147. RE: TR6 Handling (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:31:15 -0400
- Thanks Graham. I have been contemplating suspension work on my TR6. I plan to do this over the winter. There seem to be a lot of different options. There are many different kits one can purchase: sto
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00172.html (8,090 bytes)
- 148. RE: Gas Pedal and Linkage Adjustment...? (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 16:14:27 -0400
- Hi James. I made some postings on this recently. Is there something in particular you are trying to achieve with your adjustment? Maybe I can help. - Hugh Fader
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00177.html (8,892 bytes)
- 149. RE: carb adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 16:21:44 -0400
- Hi Walt. My non-expert opinion is that if you have no vacuum leaks you don't need to re-bush. There was some question about the orientation of the seals when I rebuilt my carbs. I faced the lips outw
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00178.html (8,149 bytes)
- 150. RE: More Seat Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:30:02 -0400
- Hi Grant. I have recently installed new belts and seat diaphragms. I think retractable belts started in 1972. If you need to drill holes, I would put the plates in. Otherwise the belt may do you no g
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00230.html (8,734 bytes)
- 151. RE: carb drain plug (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:34:35 -0400
- As others have said, you could get a junk carb from an MG or TR7 and take the float bowl from it. Or just buy new plugs. They're no problem once the o-ring is replaced. - Hugh
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00265.html (7,257 bytes)
- 152. RE: Choke Return Springs Too Strong (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 06:48:51 -0400
- I found this out after about a month of holding the choke out with my hand while starting the car. Anybody know why it's set up this way? - Hugh Fader
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00286.html (9,257 bytes)
- 153. TR6 toe-in (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:34:26 -0400
- I borrowed a very nice Snap-on toe-in gauge from a friend. It is a hollow square aluminum bar with moveable pointers on it. One pointer has a scale. Once you get the hang of it, toe-in is very easy t
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00454.html (7,428 bytes)
- 154. RE: TR6 toe-in (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 15:47:42 -0400
- Just went back out and adjusted the toe-in to 1/16" and took a ride. I found that each turn of a tie rod changes toe-in by 1/16". Don't know if others have observed this, but it seems a good thing to
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00469.html (7,961 bytes)
- 155. RE: TR6 toe-in (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:55:51 -0400
- Thanks for the info Dick. I'll see about making one of those wooden gages. It may be that there are 16 TPI on the rods, but that's not what I was talking about. If you recall, I started out with 1/4"
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00471.html (9,335 bytes)
- 156. RE: Engine Re-build help (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:19:37 -0400
- Go for it! I was in the same boat as you last winter. I have moderate mechanical aptitude and had never gone further than pulling the cylinder head off of my (Triumph) motorcycle. The 6 Pack and Tri
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00479.html (9,484 bytes)
- 157. Diagnosis of gearbox sound (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 21:14:41 -0400
- I have been hearing a rattling, almost jingling sound coming from the vicinity of the gearbox. I narrowed down the conditions a bit today. It can be heard while coasting or engine-braking at 25-35 mp
- /html/6pack/2002-08/msg00595.html (7,096 bytes)
- 158. RE: RE: Oil Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 21:30:19 -0400
- My TR6 engine is newly rebuilt. It behaves about as Tim says below. I notice that after the oil is changed, it seems to take longer to fall below 70. - Hugh
- /html/6pack/2002-07/msg00041.html (8,114 bytes)
- 159. Way too much flow thru front carb (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 22:07:32 -0400
- Started to adjust my carbs tonight and ran into some trouble. When I adjusted the valves and re-torqued the head bolts the other day, all 6 plugs looked like it was running rich. Before starting I sp
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00040.html (8,243 bytes)
- 160. RE: Way too much flow thru front carb (score: 1)
- Author: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 23:08:19 -0400
- Thanks Jim (and Mike Thompson). I did remember to loosen the link between the carbs. - Hugh
- /html/6pack/2002-06/msg00042.html (7,609 bytes)
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