- 41. Re: TR6 values (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:35:36 EST
- David: My car is a 1970, so it has the hotter cam for 150 hp. I don't know if the PI is smoother than a modified carbureted car, but it certainly is smooth off-idle. The idle is pretty lumpy. It has
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- 42. PI values (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 07:58:20 EST
- Okay, listers, I asked a question about PI values and generated a thread on hardtop values (and foibles)! :) Maybe I'm the only US owner with a PI? Michael Samuels '70 TR6 PI CP51797 LP Miami Beach,
- /html/6pack/2003-04/msg00061.html (6,614 bytes)
- 43. Re: PI values (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 21:08:11 EST
- I enjoyed your replies to my question (as always!). With regard to parts availability, my PI system was rebuilt a few years ago, so I haven't had to replace parts other than injectors. I did buy 2 r
- /html/6pack/2003-04/msg00077.html (7,921 bytes)
- 44. alternator vs. battery (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:09:31 EST
- I recently started up the '70 PI after a couple of idle weeks. The car barely cranked, as if the battery was dead. I wasn't overly surpised, since I had completed recently 2 lengthy sessions of fuel
- /html/6pack/2003-03/msg00335.html (7,557 bytes)
- 45. oil/ignition warning lights (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:51:59 EST
- I am getting a steady glow on my dash from the oil light. However, the oil pressure gauge reads fine and I replaced the sender. In fact, I suspect an alternator problem instead and I wonder if my oi
- /html/6pack/2003-03/msg00578.html (6,772 bytes)
- 46. Lake Worth Show (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:56:37 EST
- I will be at the show this weekend with my 1970 TR6 PI (pimento red, chrome wire wheels). Hope to see you and any other list members there! Michael Samuels
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- 47. brake booster (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:34:12 EST
- In fact, I once owned a 1980 Chevrolet Monza 4 cylinder automatic coupe which had power steering, front disc brakes, and no power brake booster. And I will agree with Vance that the lack of a brake
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00351.html (6,443 bytes)
- 48. Automatic conversion for the little woman (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:46:39 EST
- I have an even sadder (non-Triumph) trans conversion story. Until recently, I owned a matched set of 1992 Porsche 968s. Mine was (and still is) a 6-speed coupe, used primarily at the racetrack. My w
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00353.html (8,110 bytes)
- 49. trailer tie-down points for TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:14:55 EST
- I looked under my 6 tonight to choose tie-down points for trailering the car. I have the typical woven tie-down straps to work with. At the front, there are loops in the frame which seem designed as
- /html/6pack/2003-02/msg00355.html (7,159 bytes)
- 50. oil pressure light (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 15:01:42 EST
- Thanks to all for your suggestions regarding my oil pressure light problem. Basically, the green light was glowing despite the fact that the gauge showed plenty of pressure. I tried to solve the pro
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00005.html (7,656 bytes)
- 51. oil pressure light (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:41:02 EST
- In response to your question, in my 1970 German export PI car, the lights at the bottom of the speedo and tach are as follows: Speedo left--Blue high beam indicator Speedo right--Green trafficator T
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00044.html (6,577 bytes)
- 52. Oil filler cap (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:31:32 EST
- I wrote to the list a couple of weeks ago about my lack of a dipstick (the aftermarket oil temp sender replaced the dipstick) and asked about ways to check my oil level. Anyway, I figured out how to
- /html/6pack/2003-01/msg00259.html (7,040 bytes)
- 53. 5 cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 15:08:20 EST
- OK, I'm on a roll now, getting answers for all my problems. The new one is this: my 1970 PI only wants to run on 5 cylinders or so. Maybe 4, but I think it is 5. I removed and cleaned the plugs. #4
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00014.html (7,792 bytes)
- 54. Convertible top frame (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:51:45 EST
- First, I now have the '70 PI back from the (new) mechanic in--drum roll please--2 working days! The misfiring and then the inability to start was from a cracked distributor rotor. The mechanic went
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00323.html (7,669 bytes)
- 55. PI on 5 cylinders, again! (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:11:15 EST
- I'm afraid my rough running problem has returned. As I mentioned in a post from last week, I got the car back from the shop after the cracked distributor rotor was replaced and the PI system was adj
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00358.html (8,683 bytes)
- 56. Re: PI on 5 cylinders, again! (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:41:28 EST
- I can't tell you how happy I am that you encourage me to try the injector/jam jar check on my PI. I checked all the injectors just as you suggested, after re-reading your note and checking the shop
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00374.html (9,811 bytes)
- 57. TRF magic clutch kit (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:58:48 EST
- All of you who have been following my "PI on 5 cylinders" saga will get a (rueful) smile out of this story. Following Derek's excellent advice from the list, I fiddled with the dribbling injector an
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00415.html (9,389 bytes)
- 58. oil light (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:05:28 EST
- I have the minor handicap of not having a useful dipstick for my 1970 TR6 PI. The dipstick was replaced by a previous owner with a pseudo-dipstick used to send an oil temp signal to an aftermarket o
- /html/6pack/2002-12/msg00755.html (7,578 bytes)
- 59. Monza exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:56:31 EST
- I recently replaced my original (or original-style replacment) exhaust with a Monza system. The previous system was hanging crooked, had been sprayed silver from a can by a previous owner, and leake
- /html/6pack/2002-11/msg00195.html (6,989 bytes)
- 60. LBC mechanics (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 06:58:31 EST
- This question is for those of you on the list who DON'T do your own serious mechanical work. OK, that should narrow it down to me and about 3 other lurkers out there. When you take your TR6 to the m
- /html/6pack/2002-11/msg00469.html (10,174 bytes)
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