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61. TR6 battery suck (bad starter) and beyond (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 20:09:29 PDT; Well, I pulled my starter and disassembled it this morning. It's a total wreck, I'm surprised it worked at all. The drive-side bush was *gone* and the housing underneath eaten away, The armature shaf; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00477.html (7,828 bytes)
62. Junky distributor caps (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 11:33:49 PDT; I found a Bosch cap at Grand Auto and it had aluminum hardware too!! I'll see if the Borg-Warner one is any better and report back. I want copper, but brass is second best. --ian; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00496.html (6,869 bytes)
63. Carburetor report (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 11:45:56 PDT; Pulled and disassembled my 175's over the weekend. All in all they were in pretty decent shape aside from being greasy messes. Notably: * Both cold-start unit gaskets were missing! I'm sure it was su; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00497.html (7,282 bytes)
64. CDSE-175 Temperature compensator unit (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 11:13:30 PDT; Does anyone know how this unit works? It's basically a conical rubberish plug on the end of a bitmetallic blade that either plugs a hole or progressively opens or closes it (varying annular area like; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00503.html (7,537 bytes)
65. CDSE-175 Temperature compensator revealed! (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 21:02:43 PDT; I answered most of my own questions. My Haynes CD carburettor manual has the following to say about the device in question: "The temperature compensator consists of a rectangular housing closed by a; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00517.html (8,500 bytes)
66. Starter lockup (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:02:06 PDT; I installed the Lucas-rebuilt started I bought from TRF and it works great. Cranks the engine effortlessly, for long periods, with hardly any battery drain. However, sometimes the pinion gear wedges; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00591.html (7,335 bytes)
67. PanaSport wheel centers (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 11:47:42 PDT; Hi there... Does anyone know where to get replacements for the stock PanaSport wheel centers? I have all four now, but am looking for a lower-profile, nonadvertising version, something like a plain b; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00143.html (6,922 bytes)
68. PanaSport wheel centers (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 14:35:13 PDT; A call to PanaSport [(310) 373-0071, thanks Chris] turned up a new style of center cap, lower profile and all black, though still with their logo on it. I haven't ordered/seen this yet but it sounds; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00147.html (6,848 bytes)
69. TR6 pedal box bushings (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 8 Jul 92 23:14:09 PDT; I found my '69 with 3 of 4 pedal box bushes outright missing, the fourth a crumbling mess. The usual places either didn't supply them at all (not catalogued), or were out of stock but expecting some; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00158.html (7,582 bytes)
70. Allison ignition installation for TR6 (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Thu, 9 Jul 92 11:37:47 PDT; My TR6, when I first got it, had the THREE WORST electrical installations I had ever seen, all the on the same car! 1. Electric windows!! Yikes!! Not only that, it was a 4-window kit, and the extra; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00177.html (7,907 bytes)
71. TR250/6 oil pressure switch (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 15 Jul 92 11:24:25 PDT; Has anyone had problems with the oil pressure switch going bad? Mine is leaking badly (as in squirt, squirt) and I can't get it out! It just rotates when turned, and not much torque is needed. It ne; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00286.html (7,145 bytes)
72. Nylatron bushings (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 13:46:48 PDT; Does anyone know where to get a full set (front/rear) of Nylatron bushings for a TR6? --ian; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00570.html (6,276 bytes)
73. anti-sway bars (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 21:29:36 PST; I got my AddCo anti-sway bar and urethane bushings from Whitney today. Lord are they slow. The bar was in an AddCo box as foretold. It's 1 7/8" thick, it's real heavy, it's one big honkin piece of sp; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00307.html (8,212 bytes)
74. anti-sway bars (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 11:35:44 PST; Oops, how'd that extra 1 get in there? The AddCo replacement is 7/8" not 1 7/8". Big but not ridiculous... OK, so the bar resists one side's vertical travel by attaching it to the other side with a b; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00319.html (7,293 bytes)
75. anti-sway bars explained (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 10:34:08 PST; Thanks to all for setting me straight. I've pretty much got it now, with only a *few* last questions... The metal sleeve that fits over the end-link shaft is meant to keep the original rubber bushing; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00355.html (7,469 bytes)
76. Re: anti-sway bars explained (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:21:38 PST; After studying all the parts, diagrams, pictures and everything I can get my hands on, I can only come to the conclusion that inflexible "end-link" urethane bushings I got from Whitney will not work; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00369.html (7,335 bytes)
77. Bye all! (score: 1): Author: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky); Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:33:36 PST; My last day at work here is Friday, I'll be unconnected after that. So, I'd just like to say it's been great having this list to bounce ideas off of, and thanks hugely to everyone for making it such; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00390.html (6,361 bytes)

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