- 181. Re: Puzzler (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 08:41:26 -0800
- The top of the valve cover is the coolest part of the engine when it is running. If you have some water vapor in your crank case, I would expect it to condense first at the top of the valve cover. If
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00364.html (9,451 bytes)
- 182. Re: TerriAnn's pushrods (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 11:18:35 -0800
- John, in my part of the country, accusing someone of being from Southern California are fighting words. We like to consider ourselves as being in Northern California even though my neck of the woods
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00368.html (7,474 bytes)
- 183. Re: TR3 oil guage (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 08:50:22 -0800
- David, The TR3's oil pressure guage is mechanical. It has a little copper tube going between the engine and the guage. My first guess is that the tube has a kink in it. My second guess is that its gu
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00530.html (9,820 bytes)
- 184. ALERT, MGB aftermarket pushrods (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 94 09:35:09 -0800
- I was able to compare my '71 MGB engine parts with Scott Fisher's known stock '71 MGB engine parts last night and the verdict is in: ALERT ALERT ALERT Car: MGB Part: Pushrods, long, aftermarket chrom
- /html/british-cars/1994-03/msg00573.html (10,137 bytes)
- 185. Re: MGB Pushrods (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 09:55:05 -0800
- George, My car was supposed to have the short pushrods. I made multiple calls to Moss & TRF yesterday. When the dust settled, it was determined that: 1. The puch rods were not stock for the car. 2. T
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00014.html (8,554 bytes)
- 186. TR3 ravings & note for Ric (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 09:40:14 -0800
- Last Night was the monthly Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club meeting. Two TR3As showed up to the meeting and one was a post TS60000 :*). Ric found me with my head under a bonnet scribling madly in my
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00086.html (8,461 bytes)
- 187. Re: TR-6 restoration (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 10:12:20 -0800
- My previous owner used fiber glass and paint over wire brushed rust (not enough metal for bondo). I drove my TR3 for 3 years before the #3 cylinder got bad enough it oil fowled spark plugs in about 5
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00088.html (14,157 bytes)
- 188. Re: <sigh.> My beloved Amanda and her foibles. (TR6 Question.) (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 11:59:05 -0800
- This reads like your TR6 and my BGT as two birds of the same feather. Frustrating as !@#$%!! Lets see. Your clutch seems to work if you are in gear. But not if you go between gears. Well my first gue
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00140.html (8,491 bytes)
- 189. Re: Hammertone Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 10:18:08 -0800
- Tim, First I suspect crinkle paint is not hammertone. I just got a can of hammertone gray in from Eastwood to refinish the TR3's side curtin mounting brackets. I did two things. I read the directions
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00204.html (10,714 bytes)
- 190. Over the deep edge... (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 08:36:06 -0800
- I came down with a cold Sat morning so didn't make much headway on the 3. I picked up the new hydrolic lines Fri morning. Stainless steel is almost worth its weight in gold. I decided to replace all
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00246.html (10,075 bytes)
- 191. Re: Over the deep edge... (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 11:51:56 -0800
- Rod, My flaring tool isn't quite up to stainless ether. I had my flares made up for me at my local Hydrolics shop. They have lots of experience and lots of practice. I wasn't told about availability
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00256.html (9,079 bytes)
- 192. Re: Bubble flares (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 16:49:46 -0800
- Pete, check to see what kind of flares are on the MK1 before making up a set of brake lines. I strongly suspect that you MkI sprite has the same flare as is used in the US, just slightly different fi
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00269.html (8,847 bytes)
- 193. Re: TR-Petrol Tank (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 17:12:06 -0800
- Your chances of finding a good condition TR3 petrol tank are actually quite poor. The factory used felt pads under the tank and under the tie down straps. The tank is in a closed off area where moist
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00270.html (8,487 bytes)
- 194. Re: Wade, yellow & Deja-Vu (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 09:30:06 -0800
- Jim, what you said about trying to reassemble the car is soooo true in my case. Its amazing all the time and work it takes to put a little used assembly back on. That and how a part that looke pretty
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00307.html (9,538 bytes)
- 195. Re: Wade, yellow & Deja-Vu (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 17:09:28 -0800
- So Scott, to my mind the obvious answer is to get a second MGB to drive while you restore the first then visa versa. You just don't understand.. ITS GOTTA BE RIGHT. And its so much easier to do it wh
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00321.html (9,299 bytes)
- 196. TR3 questions (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 10:33:02 -0800
- I made little headway on the TR3 this last weekend, though I did manage to retorque the head of the Land Rover and give it a major tune up, replace the pushrods in the MGBGT, torque the head, adjust
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00376.html (8,109 bytes)
- 197. Re: Pixie Dust Found to Cause Global Warming; Film at 11 (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 10:15:01 -0800
- This morning heading into work I stoped off at the local Grocery store for some carrot juce for breakfast. On the way back to the car, I was struck yet again by the beauty of a large monterey cypress
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00377.html (10,827 bytes)
- 198. Re: Priorities (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 08:32:04 -0800
- I try, though I guess just not hard enough. I try to spend at least one full day a week working on the 3. But your right it does need more. I'll try to be good and go out at night after I get home fr
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00405.html (8,397 bytes)
- 199. Re: Success, no wait . . . HELP!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 09:18:43 -0800
- stuffing deleted You have the snawer in your post. the threaded hole does provide access to the head oil passages, and yes the oil on the floor is what was supposed to be lubercating the rocker arms.
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00406.html (9,131 bytes)
- 200. Re: Get a new car (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 10:01:51 -0800
- It almost might work. I'm amassing a big pile of parts that worked & looked sorta OK on my pre-rebuild TR3 but are totally unacceptable on my New TR3. Only problem is I've already gotten rid of the o
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00408.html (9,632 bytes)
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