- 1. RE: TR6 Ring Gear (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 09:06:00 CST
- Several weeks ago I sent a note asking for help on installing a new ring gear on my '72 TR6. It turned out to be a piece of cake. I heated the ring gear to 350 in the oven while the flywheel sat outs
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00445.html (8,163 bytes)
- 2. Re(2): Spit STILL won't start (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 95 10:55:00 CST
- ^^^^^ To which Marcus Tooze replies: And, I might add, an engine turning over REALLY REALLY fast usually signifies a broken timing chain (crank is turning, cam is not). Kevin Riggs
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00964.html (6,828 bytes)
- 3. '79 Spit Auto-X for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 95 11:07:00 CST
- A mechanic friend may be brokering a customer's '79 Triumph Spitfire, and I offered to see if anyone's interested. The Spit was originally the mechanic's, and he built it for autocrossing. It has a m
- /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00966.html (7,594 bytes)
- 4. Vacuum-driven wipers (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 94 11:11:00 CST
- Andy Mace offered: To which Roland Dudley responded: Old fart indeed! At 33, I rather think of myself as a smart young whippersnapper. I bought an aftermarket fuel pump for my '49 Chevy that had a va
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00695.html (7,203 bytes)
- 5. TR6 ring gear (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 94 12:35:00 CST
- A year or two ago there was a lot of discussion about installing new ring gears. I didn't save any of the wisdom, and now I need it. I'd like to install a new ring gear on my 72 TR6 this weekend. I p
- /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00775.html (8,166 bytes)
- 6. It's a girl! (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 94 10:57:00 CST
- Wednesday morning at 10:30, my wife gave birth to our second child, a girl, in the back seat of our Volkswagon Jetta. She called me at my office at 10 to say she was sure she was in labor, and I shou
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00377.html (7,730 bytes)
- 7. Re: It's a girl! (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 94 11:23:00 CST
- I'm back at work after recovering from our daughter's unusual birth (in the back seat of our Jetta). I'm reading through 2 weeks worth of mail, and I thought the list might enjoy this reply to my ori
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00613.html (6,946 bytes)
- 8. Vocational School body work (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 12:32:00 CDT
- Ron L'Herault asks: My dad restored a '63 Saab with a two-cycle, three cylinder engine in the mid-70's, and he sent it to a vocational school to have the body work done. He'd just had the engine rebu
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00989.html (8,033 bytes)
- 9. RE: TR6 performance enhancements (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Aug 94 13:41:00 CDT
- You are right to ask for advice on this topic before plunging into it. I'm still in the process of setting up my TR6 engine after years of work, and I believe that if I had taken more time to find s
- /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00165.html (16,028 bytes)
- 10. RE: Landrover Shortbreds (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 14:13:00 CDT
- Don Mathis asks: Why, the sweet confections that collect in Landrovers, of course! Not unlike the Crumpets that collect in E-type Jaguars, but--from what one gathers over the net, and without persona
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00678.html (6,723 bytes)
- 11. RE: TRx External Oil Feed (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 08:27:00 CDT
- 50,000 miles... I suggest it of directly If you have 50,000 miles on the engine without any head work, I expect a large part of your oil consumption is due to worn valve guides. These wear rapidly on
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00857.html (8,040 bytes)
- 12. RE: TR6 Rear Suspension clunks? (score: 1)
- Author: "Riggs, R. (Kevin)" <rkriggs@hsv28.pcmail.ingr.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 14:31:00 CDT
- Since you said you're coasting, I'll ignore halfshafts and differential (it *could* be any of these components and/or u-joints in between, but you'd be more likely to hear these in power on/off tran
- /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00899.html (10,146 bytes)
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