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61. [Fot] Cylinder head freeze plug help (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 07:39:17 -0400; I routinely strap that rear plug or lock it in with a 10/32 and a flat washer folded in on either side. Overkill... perhaps, but that sucker isn't coming out. Glen I had one pop out on me at the Sund; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00019.html (15,411 bytes)
62. [Fot] clutch master opinion (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 10:36:33 -0400; Beck Arnley is, and always has been, a re-boxer, you never know what you'll get. I'm amazed that some of this junk is on the market but some folks shop strictly by lowest price, so there's a good mar; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00038.html (9,331 bytes)
63. [Fot] The Magic of Magnesium - Wheels that is... (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 06:43:19 -0400; I would do what I did, crack check them regularly, either clear finish or just enough paint to get color on them. Dress out any minor cracks and watch them closely; it's not likely that you'll have a; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00075.html (9,394 bytes)
64. [Fot] FW: Failed Parts Alert (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 10:48:01 -0400; Dry powder mag is pretty much the standard on ferrous, "liquid mag" will catch finer cracks. For non-ferrous, dye penetrant/developer or "zyglo", which is dye check with a black light. All methods re; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00106.html (14,848 bytes)
65. [Fot] Racing in the rain (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 10:19:45 -0400; Pump up the tires, loosen sway bar (s), humidity is going to make it go rich. Glen Rain everywhere. Looks like we'll be in rain all day Saturday for our RMVR spring race. So I have a couple questions; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00134.html (8,128 bytes)
66. [Fot] Group 44 car found (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 08:45:30 -0400; "Can this car be saved? Should it be saved? If you re-body some, or all of it, have you really saved it?" Answers1- Anything can be saved 2- YES! 3- That's the tough one to answer, with no original p; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00152.html (11,266 bytes)
67. [Fot] Group 44 car found (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 14:03:14 -0400; Yes that goes directly to point #3 below. Glen ps- this is obviously very subjective, but personally I think that if the chassis is definitely the original, and any significant amount of the original; /html/fot/2018-05/msg00165.html (13,476 bytes)
68. [Fot] Beaten by equipment (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 07:58:45 -0400; Yeah I would suspect driveshaft related, it looks like some funky harmonics were going on there... I'd be looking at that tailshaft housing real closely as well... Glen Driveshaft u-joints caused thi; /html/fot/2018-06/msg00014.html (10,776 bytes)
69. [Fot] Beaten by equipment...Pacific NW edition. (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 13:49:31 -0400; Yes that's the standard-issue Series Land Rover mount. Glen with 25+ year old mounts in the rover --Original Message-- From: Charly Mitchel via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> To: van.mulders.marcel <van; /html/fot/2018-06/msg00029.html (13,954 bytes)
70. [Fot] Thunderbolt on TV! (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:25:51 -0400; Very cool to see the old Thunderbolt on the TV! It brings back some good memories... Glen FOTers, If you have TV service that gets the Velocity channel, look for the episode of FantomWorks that aired; /html/fot/2018-06/msg00089.html (8,988 bytes)
71. [Fot] Thunderbolt on TV! (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 07:51:48 -0400; "repeatedly tests brakes after they work on them, by going really fast in a straight line then standing on the brake peddle and locking all four wheels for a very long skid." As an ex-airdale (USN av; /html/fot/2018-06/msg00096.html (12,238 bytes)
72. [Fot] Spark plugs (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:10:38 -0400; I switched from Bosch & Champ to NGK back in the late 70s... many years and thousands of spark plugs later... NGK! As has been mentioned, it sounds like there are other tuning issues that are causing; /html/fot/2018-06/msg00146.html (9,736 bytes)
73. [Fot] brake pad and rotor discovery and update (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:11:00 -0400; Assuming that this is a type 16 caliper, they are all pretty much the same. There are 2 different style pads, "big" pin & "little" pin, dimensionally they are the same, and there are differences in t; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00068.html (11,996 bytes)
74. [Fot] Cams (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:30:53 -0400; Generally any obvious wear or pitting would make it unserviceable, but the wear isn't always so obvious. You can measure the lift and compare to spec, that will show any worn lobes, but the best way; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00125.html (8,550 bytes)
75. [Fot] Accusump Installation (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:37:30 -0400; The accusump is one of the best things that you can have in the car. A- No dry starts, an engine suffers the most normal wear during dry starts. B- No more gulping air in left hand corners. The argum; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00126.html (9,795 bytes)
76. [Fot] Cams (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:05:14 -0400; Yes, lacking access to a Cam Doc, you can use a set of V or bearing blocks, a degree wheel, dial indicator, and a bit of time, checked at 5 cam degrees, works fine. I'm still old school though, I plo; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00133.html (9,720 bytes)
77. [Fot] best gearbox for TR6 (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:41:09 -0400; Yeah I try to stay out of these gearbox discussions but a TR box with OD is the way to go. For a street car, a J is fine, and it transforms the car. Glen Couldn't agree more. Go with the A or J type.; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00145.html (10,062 bytes)
78. [Fot] best gearbox for TR6 more... (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:48:56 -0400; In all fairness to the conversion advocates, in spite of the benefit of both intermediate gearing & the extra top gear with the O/D unit, there are some downsides to the O/D. First, it's getting hard; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00148.html (14,670 bytes)
79. [Fot] Spit racer (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:31:24 -0400; It's easily what may have been invested in building it, but surely stupid $$; for that price you could buy a lot more racecar! They also say it has a 6-speed gearbox, if it's O/D that would be OK but; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00159.html (9,557 bytes)
80. [Fot] Do(o)med or flat lifters? (score: 103): Author: fubog1 at aol.com (fubog1); Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:40:15 -0400; This is well covered in many engine-building books & I've discussed it at length with several camshaft engineers over the years. It's my understanding that the lobe should have a very slight angle gr; /html/fot/2018-07/msg00163.html (12,610 bytes)

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