- 21. RE: Bruce McWilliams (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:09:47 -0400
- Hi Derek, nice to bump into you here for a change.. You can resurrect some of the content of that TR6world article here: http://web.archive.org/web/20041022111622/www.tr6world.com/mcwilliams.ht m Whi
- /html/6pack/2005-10/msg00062.html (7,391 bytes)
- 22. RE: O/D Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:35:11 -0400
- Sean, I went down this path last spring. First I bought a broken TR4 gearbox just to see if I could in fact take one of these apart using the instructions from Nelson. It was a great experience and I
- /html/6pack/2005-10/msg00280.html (9,987 bytes)
- 23. RE: O/D Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:04:00 -0400
- One other point, a 5 speed gives you... 5 speeds, functional equivalent of OD on top gear. The J-Type when wired up for use on 2nd gives you a 7 speed close ratio gearbox or a 6 speed if wired as sta
- /html/6pack/2005-10/msg00288.html (8,869 bytes)
- 24. RE: O/D Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:53:38 -0400
- Todd's recommendation is certainly the way it was wired at the factory but I know many of us have ignored that in order to get a more drivable car in city traffic. When I asked John E to set it up th
- /html/6pack/2005-10/msg00290.html (8,387 bytes)
- 25. RE: % of ODs? (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:22:00 -0500
- I don't have any stats about volume although I have a feeling that most of the cars sold in the UK had OD fitted and most of the cars exported to the US did not. I think I read that the motivation wa
- /html/6pack/2005-10/msg00339.html (7,454 bytes)
- 26. RE: trials (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:05:07 -0400
- Gary, did I miss the message where you described what the symptoms were that sent you on this mission to remove the tranny and inspect the clutch ? Stan <snip> Well, actually I do have a spare (with
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00017.html (7,535 bytes)
- 27. RE: Trunk light (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:53:54 -0400
- Did you make sure your lights were on at the time ?. On the later models the boot light is powered from the headlight circuit. It only works when your lights are on. Scan back through this lists arch
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00049.html (6,679 bytes)
- 28. RE: Clutch Thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:26:14 -0400
- The symptoms sound very much like a broken pin. I drove my TR6 for years with a broken pin and it was more or less functional but only barely and the frequent occasions when it was not barely working
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00109.html (7,712 bytes)
- 29. RE: Rear Windscreen (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:21:21 -0400
- I don't have any answers but I do have an interest in this topic and have been looking around for potential solutions. I see that Moss has a custom made screen that bolts to the soft top frame mounts
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00141.html (7,864 bytes)
- 30. RE: TR6 Starter Click Nothing, Update (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:25:16 -0400
- This sounds like a bad contact. There is a spade connector on one side of the solenoid that sits just under the exhaust manifold. Over the years this gets gummed up with crud and baked and if it is n
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00237.html (7,408 bytes)
- 31. RE: 1976 TR6 Frame Off Restoration (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:34:34 -0400
- First I'm sure your father will have the sympathy of everyone in this community after this disaster and there is no better place to come for help and advice. In my experience even a basket case TR6 t
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00238.html (7,505 bytes)
- 32. RE: TR6 won't go into reverse (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:14:14 -0400
- To get into reverse the bottom of the gear stick has to clear a small ledge that in theory required the gear stick to be lifted slightly even though many have worn and just slide in. At the bottom of
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00261.html (7,343 bytes)
- 33. FW: DIY on Speedos? (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:49:09 -0400
- 3rd and final attempt at posting this reply. Sean, the speedo is fairly straightforward to dismantle but you do need to take care. Once you have undone the speedo drive and removed the two nuts that
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00268.html (9,100 bytes)
- 34. RE: TV tonight: TR6 on Top Gear (Discovery Channel) (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:43:44 -0400
- I hope this is not the footage with the English guy driving that red TR6 (YHR 687K so it's a 1971) with the roof down in pouring rain. I cringe every time I see that.. Stan <snip> My brother alerted
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00295.html (8,046 bytes)
- 35. RE: TV tonight: TR6 on Top Gear (Discovery Channel) (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:41:39 -0400
- I am of course concerned about the poor TR6 (carpet, floors, seats, dashboard, instruments).. I'm starting to cringe already :-) Lets wait and see what this episode is about... I have set up the TiVo
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00298.html (7,595 bytes)
- 36. RE: TV tonight: TR6 on Top Gear (Discovery Channel) (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:28:22 -0400
- It was indeed the one but this time I saw it in better resolution than the grainy captured windows media copy that I have. It wasn't raining quite as hard as I thought and the tonneau cover was insta
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00303.html (7,789 bytes)
- 37. Gauge to dash o-rings (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:32:54 -0400
- At least one of the big three sells large round cross section O-rings for the gauge to dash interface that will fit the speedo and tach. As well as the round cross section they are a little thicker t
- /html/6pack/2005-09/msg00369.html (6,710 bytes)
- 38. RE: rear light housings / chrome paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 13:37:18 -0400
- On a related topic.. I would like to get my rear light units re-chromed. The chrome has worn thin in a few areas and there is some pitting. I wonder if anyone had done this and if so what degree of d
- /html/6pack/2005-08/msg00097.html (7,673 bytes)
- 39. RE: TR6 Steering Column Help (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:31:14 -0400
- Aaron, I have done this several times and I don't see an easy way to proceed without taking the steering column out. You can do a partial fix by cutting the ears off the upper bush and pushing a new
- /html/6pack/2005-08/msg00147.html (8,874 bytes)
- 40. RE: TR6 Steering Column Help (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:43:26 -0400
- I think the idea is to disconnect everything that is possible from the front and rear brackets so that the entire column with lock can be rotated and you can get a punch or drill/extractor to the she
- /html/6pack/2005-08/msg00149.html (7,981 bytes)
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