- 61. Re: Braided Steel lines - best method/tools for cutting? (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:39:20 EST
- << I've been convinced that there has got to be a better way that I don't know (yet). >> It has been my experience that the worse part of this job is to jam the fittings into the hose -- several big
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00054.html (8,296 bytes)
- 62. Re: cam timing (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:36:56 EST
- << I used telescoping magnets to lift the lifters up and clothespins to hold the magnets up. I had the pan off and watched from underneath until the lifter was up out of the way, while a buddy lifted
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00116.html (8,102 bytes)
- 63. Re: Braided Steel lines - best method/tools for cutting? (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:16:27 EST
- << t's a LOT easier if you use a "proper" lubricant. >> I guess that there is a special lubricant. I just used engine oil, since that is what the lines would be carrying. Carrillo supplies a special
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00131.html (8,102 bytes)
- 64. Re: Changing camshafts (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:08:08 EST
- << Bill, when you come up with that Dzus fastener system for the head, I'll buy one! You will also need these fasteners on the intake and exhaust manifolds.
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00133.html (7,386 bytes)
- 65. Re: Speedbleeders (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:24:22 EST
- << Does anyone use and/or know the part numbers for Speedbleeders for 1957 TR3 Girling brakes/clutch hydraulics >> I imagine that you are talking about something more exotic than this. Advanced Auto
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00191.html (7,495 bytes)
- 66. Oversteer (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:49:27 EST
- << I have an Adco front sway bar on my TR6 and a custom, adjustable bar on the back. The car is quite loose [oversteers]. To 'tighten it", do I make the arms of the rear bar longer or shorter? >> My
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00224.html (7,158 bytes)
- 67. Re: San Diego question (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:02:53 EST
- << With all these answer for San Diego >> While visiting San Diego, we took a bus tour down into Mexico. At the border, we saw a group of wet backs get captured while trying to sneak into the US. Whe
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00239.html (7,457 bytes)
- 68. Re: Transmission Oils (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:03:48 EST
- << Thanks for all the input. I will probably be using the Red Line gear oil. It is great to have a sounding board group like this >> I use to blow up transmissions and differentials, until I started
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00275.html (7,361 bytes)
- 69. Water Pump Pulleys (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:32:00 EST
- << I could probably make a hub for a pulley if I could find a pulley & harmonic balance to bolt to it. >> I had a water pump pulley made using a crank pulley and the water pump pulley hub. The machin
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00337.html (7,086 bytes)
- 70. Re: FOT Project Pulley (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:39:03 EST
- << As I recall, someone said they put a pressure gauge on the block and it was as high as 50 pounds. I don't understand exactly how that happens since the radiator and cap are on the outlet of the pu
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00348.html (8,659 bytes)
- 71. Project Pulley (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:51:44 EST
- << I don't have #4 overheating and I agree with the stock radiator won't stand pressures above 5PSI for a long time. >> Back in the late 60s and early 70s, the favorite trick was to cut thick "O" rin
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00364.html (6,869 bytes)
- 72. Re: AMB Transponder Needed for TOM CHANDLER (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:09:46 EST
- << Actually, the cheapest way is to not have one. You don't get a time, and you start from the back of the pack, but starting out, who cares? Around here, there is a strong chance that you will be di
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00414.html (9,157 bytes)
- 73. Non-Triumph, Healey (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:52:43 EST
- Dear FOT, Back in the late 60s and through the 70s, this college friend of mine was racing an Austin Healey 104. We would help each other with our cars, and go together to the races. He is now in the
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00415.html (7,169 bytes)
- 74. Healey Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:46:19 EST
- Dear FOT, I would like to thank everyone for the many responses on how to locate Healey Pistons. The messages have been sent to Auggie by way of an attachment. If for some reason, he can't open the a
- /html/fot/2005-03/msg00432.html (6,333 bytes)
- 75. Re: Camping At Road Atlanta (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:03:06 EST
- << Come on! You've been down south. Those people don't shower. >> We just came back from a five week drive around the South. We saw many showers, and even a few bath tubs.
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00224.html (8,096 bytes)
- 76. Re: Camping At Road Atlanta (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:33:48 EST
- << We just came back from a five week drive around the South. We saw many showers, and even a few bath tubs. >> How does one get 'off' for five weeks? Or were you working? I pay hell arranging a four
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00228.html (8,599 bytes)
- 77. Re: Camping At Road Atlanta (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:09:22 EST
- << Having grown up in the South (GA, AL, FL, NC, KY & VA) I have to ask... Where the tubs on the front lawns in front of Houses with wheels? >> You should explore the second culture of Pennsylvania,
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00229.html (9,052 bytes)
- 78. Non-Triumph, Auto Related, Science Project (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:46:24 EST
- Dear FOT, This fellow racer from the olden days has a nephew who is an Aeronautical Engineer for NASA in Florida. He is studying for his PHD and has a question: 1) What type of alloy was used in a 19
- /html/fot/2004-12/msg00001.html (6,867 bytes)
- 79. Triumph Related, Second Science Project. (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 01:05:28 EST
- After I removed the bent TR-4 Axle Housing from my TR-3 this past spring (from last year's crash), and welding up gears and installing another axle housing; I started taking track measurements again.
- /html/fot/2004-12/msg00002.html (8,753 bytes)
- 80. TR Related, Final Project, Exhaust Headers (score: 1)
- Author: WEmery7451@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 02:06:10 EST
- I finally managed (with a little grinding) to run 2 1/2 inch flexible exhaust tubing through the frame of the TR-3, as outlined in Kas's book. The dB's went up from 88 to 95, but I have some after th
- /html/fot/2004-12/msg00003.html (9,347 bytes)
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