- 81. RE: should've paid more attention during dissassembly (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:11:25 -0500
- No bother, the little end goes to the rear...but I'm not sure of it's sexual orientation :>). Jim Davis Fortson, GA CF38690UO Can someone take a look at their TR6 or TR250 for me to see how the prop
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00374.html (7,055 bytes)
- 82. RE: copper washer (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 07:00:28 -0500
- The Bentley manual makes note of the washer on page #134 item #58 with a photo showing that it is the bolt on the top of the curved portion of the oil seal housing. You may also note it's the only b
- /html/6pack/2004-03/msg00495.html (6,943 bytes)
- 83. RE: Original 1975 TR6 Paint Type? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:37:00 -0500
- The original paint was acrylic enamel. Jim Davis Fortson, GA CF38690UO Derek: The Moss US parts catalog claims Triumph used enamel. Does anyone know different? (Disclaimer - I just turned 50, and my
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00018.html (7,735 bytes)
- 84. RE: Pertronix Ignitor ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:52:39 -0500
- I have no desire to get into a disagreement with Kai on this one, as it appears that he has much more experience than I on the Pertronix ignition, but my personal experience is that the Pertronix uni
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00153.html (8,191 bytes)
- 85. RE: Pertronix Ignitor ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:43:16 -0500
- Hi Richard! You are correct that points aren't difficult, if a bit tedious to set. I used to have Mallory dual point distributors on a couple of HP Dodges I owned that were twice the fun! The problem
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00160.html (9,152 bytes)
- 86. RE: Pertronix Ignitor ignition (on dark road in middle of (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:44:48 -0500
- With all due respect Sean, I think yours was an installer's problem, not equipment failure. But your story reminds me of a time I was in Wrightsville Beach, NC in July of 1976 on a beautiful, cloudle
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00187.html (10,339 bytes)
- 87. RE: Wet TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:00:50 -0500
- Back then I didn't even do my own tune-ups. I guess it never occurred to me that I could remove them. Jim Many of us who braved Hurricane Bertha during the 1996 VTR Nationals in Albany, NY found out
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00194.html (6,892 bytes)
- 88. RE: 1969 TR6 Brochure (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:04:21 -0500
- I right-clicked on the photo, clicked on "save as" and saved the picture in a file. Not particularly high resolution, though. Jim Davis Fortson, GA CF38690UO Wondered if any one out there could help
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00252.html (7,042 bytes)
- 89. RE: Looking for a TR6 hardtop hoist (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 18:56:00 -0500
- I bought a hoist for a 55-56-57 Thunderbird hardtop and shortened the straps to fit my hardtop. I don't remember the vendor, but a quick look on the web should turn up something. A hoist for a Miata
- /html/6pack/2004-02/msg00433.html (7,041 bytes)
- 90. RE: OEM shift knobs (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 20:23:32 -0500
- No US spec TR6s had the overdrive switch on the gearlever knob from the factory. All US TR6s had the switch on the left side of the steering column. All the rhd o/d cars I've ever seen (or have seen
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00015.html (7,524 bytes)
- 91. RE: Anyone knows how much a TR6 weights? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 20:50:38 -0500
- My 1975 TR6s commission plate reads 2960 GVRW with 1400 front and 1560 rear, which is the max. recommended gross weight. Bentley's manual lists the 1970 US model basic kerb (water, oil, fuel & tools)
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00019.html (8,583 bytes)
- 92. RE: Victoria British LTD. Seat Belts (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:22:52 -0500
- I bought a pair (of the belts VB sells) off eBay and put on a '75 TR6 I built and sold last spring. They work OK, but not as well as the original Kangols. The retracting mechanism is not as strong as
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00267.html (8,181 bytes)
- 93. TR6 Transmission question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:21:59 -0500
- Oh wise ones, I'm rebuilding a TR6 transmission (CD45724) from a early '73 model (CF341U) and have the laygear (countershaft gear) in place but I've got .016" clearance between the gear and the rear
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00361.html (7,547 bytes)
- 94. RE: TR6 Transmission question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:43:07 -0500
- Thanks for the response. I have the TRF parts manual, the Haynes Manual, the Bentley Manual and the TR6 Repair Operation Manual and all of them state that the thrust washers are the means of adjusti
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00364.html (7,677 bytes)
- 95. RE: TR6 Transmission question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:37:36 -0500
- Thanks for the response. I have the TRF parts manual, the Haynes Manual, the Bentley Manual and the TR6 Repair Operation Manual and all of them state that the thrust washers are the means of adjusti
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00366.html (7,696 bytes)
- 96. RE: TR6 Transmission question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:43:04 -0500
- Randall, thanks for your reply! The three repair manuals I have do not mention the distance piece as a means of adjusting the endfloat, and admittedly the TRF Parts Catalogue makes no mention of the
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00370.html (9,937 bytes)
- 97. RE: Water pump housing color (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:54:11 -0500
- Vance & Mickey, My '74 brochure shows the water pump housing in black. My brochure doesn't picture the pump, so I don't know the color of that car's pump. My recollection (or what I want to believe i
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00398.html (8,741 bytes)
- 98. RE: TR6 Transmission question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:53:04 -0500
- I phoned Herman van den Akker last night at his request and according to him it seems that the end float is not that critical, so I'm going ahead with assembly .004" too much end float. I know Herman
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00400.html (7,760 bytes)
- 99. RE: TR250 TR6 front wheel grease seals (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 00:44:11 -0500
- Since the seals I ordered fit just fine I'll, get a set for you tomorrow. Jim Davis Fortson, GA CF38690UO
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00045.html (6,640 bytes)
- 100. RE: tr6 inner fenders/frame bracing (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Davis" <jdavis344@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:45:51 -0500
- I am disappointed with Roger Williams' books also. Especially "Improving TR250/5/6". It seemed hastily assembled and poorly researched. While there is some useful information in the book, there is no
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00097.html (9,263 bytes)
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