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1. Re: TR4 gasket compound (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 02:06:46 -0500 (EST); The factory shop manuals say to use gasket cement, but normally it isn't necessary. The kind of leakage you described shouldn't happen, with or without gasket goo. If it does, check how far above th; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00002.html (7,951 bytes)
2. Re: TR4 gasket compound (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 19:48:46 -0500 (EST); Sanded them down??? Ouch! Well, whatever works, I guess, but how did you manage to take an even cut all the way around each sleeve? (Visions of massive leaks). The preferred way is to have the machi; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00013.html (8,507 bytes)
3. Re: Testing 1-2-3 (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 00:09:51 -0500 (EST); It showed up. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver) fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00015.html (6,942 bytes)
4. Re: Steering and Electrical Q (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 01:18:57 -0500 (EST); Hmmm. MG produced several models in 1939. Based on the rest of your description, it's either a TA or a TB Midget rather than one of the Saloons. Right? [long description of steering box mods deleted; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00032.html (13,203 bytes)
5. Re: CoBra (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 04:50:28 -0500 (EST); CoBra stood for Copper Brazed. Before Crosley settled on their 750 cc SOHC cast iron four banger design (the one used in most postwar models), they made engines (used in cars and as stationary engin; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00094.html (7,769 bytes)
6. Re: British Cars Digest (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 01:16:20 -0500 (EST); I don't remember what that was called, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Hotshot. When I was a teenager a friend had one sans body, with a tractor seat and a box bed on back. It was supposed to be a f; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00197.html (7,356 bytes)
7. Re: Awww nuts! (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 00:18:45 -0500 (EST); It would have helped if you had told us what make, year, and model car you're working on, because that makes a difference! Up to World War II the most commonly used fasteners in British Cars were Br; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00212.html (10,496 bytes)
8. Re: Awww Nuts (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 23:46:18 -0500 (EST); Then the majority of the nuts and bolts on it should be standard US sizes and threads, except for those in componants from SU, Lucas, etc. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Mary; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00260.html (6,770 bytes)
9. Re: A last shot at Crosley (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 08:47:05 -0500 (EST); Not very many were wailing along at 180 back in 1951! -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver) fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00436.html (7,378 bytes)
10. Re: Crosley gets its wings? (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 10:57:40 -0500 (EST); If I remember correctly, Lloyd Taylor was the "Taylor" half of the "Tyce-Taylor" outfit that designed and made brazed sheetmetal engines as replacements for clapped-out MGs, Triumphs, etc. in the ea; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00437.html (7,961 bytes)
11. Re: Crosley Specials (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 00:48:51 -0500 (EST); Are you sure about that cylinder head? On the Crosley engines I remember (admittedly not many) the head and block were one piece. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00603.html (7,813 bytes)
12. Re: Oil (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 18:05:47 -0500 (EST); It isn't oil (or shouldn't be). it's brake fluid. Oil will destroy the rubber seals in the hydraulic system. That's a myth that dates back to the late 1940's when British cars started coming over in; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg01018.html (7,773 bytes)
13. Re: BMIHT certificate (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 01:38:48 -0500 (EST); Not to worry, for all practical purposes all TR2/3/4/4A engine blocks are identical. The displacement difference (1991 cc vs 2138 cc) is easily remedied by installing 86 mm sleeves in place of the 8; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00123.html (8,702 bytes)
14. Re: dead spring on a B (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 01:55:18 -0500 (EST); Coil springs usually sag before leaf springs, but by now both have probably sagged somewhat. If money is a problem, I'd replace the front coil springs now and do the rear leaf springs later. Yes, it; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00124.html (7,369 bytes)
15. Re: vanity plates (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 02:07:11 -0500 (EST); I understand the reference, and because of the origin it seems inappropriate to put "NUMBR6" plates on anything but a Lotus 7. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Tr; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00125.html (8,103 bytes)
16. Re: Vanity Plates (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 00:32:11 -0500 (EST); Back in the mid 70's when my TC was still my daily transportation, In a MacDonald's parking lot a young boy in the car next to me asked his father "What kind of car is that?" The father told him it; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00167.html (7,981 bytes)
17. RE: J.C. Whitney (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 01:17:06 -0500 (EST); Warshawsky and J.C. Whitney are two names for the same company. I know this was the case as far back as the early 1950's, and unless I'm mistaken it has been that way as long as the two have existed; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00321.html (7,803 bytes)
18. Re: your mail (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 10:49:52 -0500 (EST); Possibly a battery problem, but not necessarily. Does the starter crank at a normal speed when you jump start from a known good battery? If not, then a starter (or starter circuit) problem is indica; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00325.html (7,771 bytes)
19. Re: TR3 Rear Springs (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 21:27:03 -0500 (EST); The TR3A and TR4 (to CT23382) use two spacers on the passenger's side, none on the driver's side. I thought the TR2 and TR3 did too, but maybe not. The theory behind it is that most of the time the; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00570.html (9,098 bytes)
20. Re: TR3 Rear Springs (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 17:21:27 -0500 (EST); You should know better than to take your wife to something like that. Wallet yes, wife no! :) Of course part of it is the organizers' fault. The trick is to provide bus service to nearby gift shops,; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00600.html (8,429 bytes)

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