- 41. Motor Temp Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:13:19 EDT
- For the TR3, I run the standard mechanical water temp gauge; if the tube (not wire) breaks, the gauge goes to minimum, unless it is crimped. The problem is that the bulb is so high in the cooling sys
- /html/fot/2002-09/msg00213.html (6,765 bytes)
- 42. Re:TR3/4 Connecting rod length (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:18:51 EDT
- Perhaps the Volvo series is outside this, but when I last looked, SCCA required stock length in Production car conrods. Yes, they did check mine when we won the Runoffs! P.S. Nice to see Bill Babcock
- /html/fot/2002-08/msg00158.html (6,584 bytes)
- 43. Re: Urgent please, I need some help (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:51:50 EST
- The US factory part number for the GT6+ exhaust headder was V000617 "EX HEADER SYS" List price $100.00 I keep my JRT CA invoice # W30193320, from 07/11/80 to prove it, as one has been on Ellie's stre
- /html/fot/2002-03/msg00084.html (8,136 bytes)
- 44. Lower A-Arm Studs (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 00:42:59 EST
- Have it both ways. My problem was when the studs would back part way out, so that there was not room to remove the nut / spring pan. My solution was to run a tap all the way through the stud hole fro
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00021.html (6,974 bytes)
- 45. TR4 & A Head Thickness (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:06:56 EST
- the uncut head measures 3.330" on the TR3/4/4A Hardy
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00107.html (6,210 bytes)
- 46. Subject: Neophyte Bonding with TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:40:29 EST
- <TR3> Do we have more than one Hardy on this list? :-) 7200 RPH with a calibrated Jones mechanical tack (Big hint here) was what I used in my TR3R with nice rods and a nitrided crank, and a few thous
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00134.html (6,809 bytes)
- 47. TR4 ball joints - necking? (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:31:51 EST
- If the ball joints are "necking" ( the housing part touching the shank that holds the ball) this is a dangerous situation that could lead to full failure. A ball joint should never be the limit for s
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00151.html (7,503 bytes)
- 48. Re:Triumph-3/4 Oil Lubricating System (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:41:54 EST
- <snip>Not at all! The factory filter head hose adapter has a seat for the relief spring and ball! oil gallery. <snip>Sadly, yes. BTW The factory setup runs the oil through the filter before the cool
- /html/fot/2002-02/msg00189.html (8,648 bytes)
- 49. Exhaust System Size TR3/4 (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:57:00 EST
- Your dyno (flywheel) results may vary, but I run 2.5" diameter, 54" from the collector, through the frame X. after extensive testing. There is no ground clearance to go under the frame on my TR3, and
- /html/fot/2001-12/msg00129.html (7,043 bytes)
- 50. 60s SCCA Video (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 19:19:29 EST
- What, no one remembers the pink TR3 that she ran one year? As I recall, it was not on a par with her earlier efforts. I saw it run at Mid-Ohio. As for the fine tape: The second location on the tape i
- /html/fot/2001-12/msg00187.html (8,111 bytes)
- 51. : TR Rear seal - Kas techique (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:16:38 EST
- Trust me, the Kas Technique works! Just remember that the tool drawing in the factory TR2/3 and TR4 shop manual has a too big od in the seal area. Hardy -- --
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00139.html (7,564 bytes)
- 52. Re: Trailer/Tow Vehicle Survey (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:05:35 EST
- Trailer???? What happened to the tow bars and flat towing behind an E Type 19 mpg and 200,000 miles of reliable towing. (picture still on FOT website?) As for safe and sane, I have a single axle 900
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00214.html (7,601 bytes)
- 53. Re: Trailer/Tow Vehicle Survey (Plus interesting pantyhose (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:13:16 EST
- I am able to run Michelins on the trailer that exactly match those on the Aerostar. You would almost think that I was a vehicular dynamics consultant! The one tread separation I have had was not a c
- /html/fot/2001-11/msg00217.html (7,442 bytes)
- 54. TR2 - 4 Front camber adjustments (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:54:03 EDT
- A little slow to chime in, but when I stopped bending the vertical links to adjust the camber, I used off-set bushings and slotted the upper fulcrum pin-to-frame holes. I also used the TR3B upper con
- /html/fot/2001-10/msg00224.html (6,640 bytes)
- 55. Re:Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:51:53 EDT
- pop-up pistons. The flame front is unhappy, but after considerable dyno work, the results were positive, and much more reliable that a late head with 0.220"+ removed. The top piston ring did not enj
- /html/fot/2001-09/msg00048.html (7,331 bytes)
- 56. Flywheels, clutches and input shafts (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:45:29 EDT
- After running the 1956 flywheel (much lighter than the later stock ones) I went to a Mueller aluminum flywheel, which lasted for quite some time before a 270 degree crack developed all the way throug
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00007.html (7,732 bytes)
- 57. Laguna Aug 18 & 19 (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:19:41 EDT
- I'll be there with the Tacoma, WA Terry Larson and his Winfield Special, Group 2A. He has it transported by the Pete Lovely Group, so it will be parked there. FOT visits encouraged to this part of th
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00058.html (6,363 bytes)
- 58. Transmission Oil (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:47:26 EDT
- I have used Red Line gear box oils for years in my TR3R gearbox with outstanding results. It extended the rebuild time by about 3 X; and it is no secret that I had to flogg the heck out if the car to
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00170.html (7,667 bytes)
- 59. Re:Subject: a-type overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:36:23 EDT
- I have years of experience building and modifying these units for racing. The West Coast JRT competition director forwarded all overdrive questions to me in the final years. It takes quite a few hou
- /html/fot/2001-08/msg00247.html (6,991 bytes)
- 60. Gibbons/ TR2 (score: 1)
- Author: Catpusher@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:03:10 EDT
- I received a call on my answering device that must have been about the same car. The call was from a SCCA person in Sacramento known for porsche and BMW stuff. I do not know anything so far, but woul
- /html/fot/2001-07/msg00141.html (6,152 bytes)
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