- 341. Re: [6pack] Head studs (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:41:53 +0000
- Thanks Dick, I assume you install the head in between these two steps.. I put a dab of Never-Seize on the first couple of the stud threads, screw them into the block more or less finger tight. I then
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00116.html (8,263 bytes)
- 342. Re: [6pack] Radiator removal/repair (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:19:41 +0000
- Phil, if you pull the bottom hose to drain the rad you will need to accommodate most of the fluid from the cooling system. I don't know what the actual capacity is but I use one of those low profile
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00198.html (8,510 bytes)
- 343. Re: [6pack] Miata seat bracket (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:24:43 +0000
- I made my own using the same design as Mark P which comes from the How to improve your TR6 book by Roger Williams. Just simple steel plate and angle iron, a local fabricator should be able to make th
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00218.html (8,951 bytes)
- 344. Re: [6pack] Help with odd issue on my TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:02:45 +0000
- Check the engine, if it only has 4 cylinders someone has swapped it for a Honda or Toyota motor. Stan --Original Message-- From: 6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com@autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces+
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00226.html (8,512 bytes)
- 345. Re: [6pack] Oil leak around blanking plate (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:16:27 +0000
- Hi John, does the standard fuel pump gasket not work well with these plates ?. I ask as I am about to fit one myself. I just ordered it from Richard at Goodparts http://www.goodparts.com/shop/index.p
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00233.html (8,500 bytes)
- 346. Re: [6pack] Miata seat bracket (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:49:51 +0000
- I don't believe that will work without something to move the outer rail mounting holes inboard otherwise you are above the frame and there is no clear path for a bolt. My experience was that adding a
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00242.html (8,709 bytes)
- 347. [6pack] TR 250 crash pads from TRF (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:03:18 +0000
- A fellow TR enthusiast from the UK is asking about the TRF crash pads for the TR250. I have no first hand experience other than the TR6 dash pads that I bought from TRF many years ago that fit and st
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00292.html (7,260 bytes)
- 348. Re: [6pack] Miata seat bracket (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:21:26 +0000
- And those speakers in the mid 90's seats will need to be replaced as they are designed for the Miata audio system and will not be suitable for anything else. There is enough room in the headrests for
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00301.html (8,786 bytes)
- 349. Re: [6pack] GT6 Lemans Owner (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:29:14 +0000
- I could be mistaken but I believe Bob's car is a 1963 MK1 Spit with a hardtop, not a GT6. Great looking car. Here he is in action at the VTR convention last year. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1
- /html/6pack/2008-04/msg00302.html (7,991 bytes)
- 350. [6pack] DPDT on-off-on rocker switch for electric fan conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:59:55 +0000
- I'm converting to an electric fan and the design I like the best is the one with the option to switch between on, off and auto and this requires a DPDT switch that has an on-off-on mode. An illuminat
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00173.html (8,475 bytes)
- 351. Re: [6pack] Heater water return pipe question (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 19:35:18 +0000
- John, if I am understanding you correctly it sounds like you are trying to remove the adapter that is screwed into the water pump housing instead of just loosening the nut that is part of the compres
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00177.html (9,624 bytes)
- 352. Re: [6pack] Brake Light Switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 22:51:10 +0000
- Bob, Re the switch, below is one recent thread. I tried to buy one of these SL 310's the other day at my local NAPA store in Nashua, NH. They wanted over $20 which I might have agreed to had they not
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00180.html (9,691 bytes)
- 353. Re: [6pack] Replacing oil pan gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 02:22:11 +0000
- In my experience the standard gasket with a thin film of hylomar works well. If a bolt has stripped it is probably in the front where two of the sump bolts go into an aluminium block. There are a few
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00183.html (8,238 bytes)
- 354. Re: [6pack] Brake Light Switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 02:30:35 +0000
- Bob, no worries, while most of us have suffered the ravages of alcohol and time, the collective memory of this list is formidable. Stan Geeze Stan....how bad am I.....I'm asking the List about a part
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00185.html (7,754 bytes)
- 355. Re: [6pack] Brake Light Switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:08:17 +0000
- Mine also had just one nut and a star washer as did the new Moss replacement. My original switch lasted 24 years before the bond between the base and the case failed and the switch fell apart. Stan -
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00198.html (8,683 bytes)
- 356. Re: [6pack] TR6 Cam Bearings: bore size? (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:08:00 +0000
- I think the best strategy is to give the bearings and the block to the machine shop and ask them to line bore the block to suit your bearings. Stan --Original Message-- From: 6pack-bounces+stan.foste
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00207.html (7,753 bytes)
- 357. Re: [6pack] paranoid daily driver (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:08:27 +0000
- Joe, I'm guessing that more people die every year driving Volvo's than die in Triumphs so clearly you are statistically safer driving a TR6. My personal experience after hitting a Peugeot in downtown
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00209.html (8,765 bytes)
- 358. Re: [6pack] Speed Bleeder (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:02:57 +0000
- Hmm. So I ordered a set, SB3824 for the clutch, SB3824HD for the brakes and the SB3824 does not fit my clutch slave. It is too small by a wide margin. SB3824 is threaded 3/8x24 The SB3824HD is slight
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00222.html (8,784 bytes)
- 359. Re: [6pack] Headlight trim rings (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 03:34:14 +0000
- John, these trims really can try your patience. I bet everyone has their favorite technique, here's mine. Examine the bucket flanges and the gasket. Make sure that the flanges have enough clearance t
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00229.html (8,450 bytes)
- 360. [6pack] Electric fan recommendation wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 02:46:04 +0000
- I'm looking for a recommendation for an electric fan that will fit a 74 TR6 with a standard radiator. I bought a random Hayden 16 inch fan on ebay (it was cheap) and of course the thing is too bulky
- /html/6pack/2008-05/msg00236.html (6,785 bytes)
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