- 21. RE: Pile-o-Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:35:12 -0500
- I know this situation from personal experience. A few years ago I decided to take an inventory of all the old parts I had, so when someone asked, I would be able to tell them what I had. My list ende
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00025.html (9,561 bytes)
- 22. RE: Pile-o-Parts...Plus driveline vibration inquiry (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 06:53:51 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFA05E.0ABB99E0 Joe, see notes interspersed into your text below... Pile -O-Parts Collection of TR Parts...I resemble your remarks, Jack Wheeler. On to a diagnosis of drive line v
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00034.html (15,684 bytes)
- 23. RE: Memories of transmission vibration (Very high-tech!!) (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 07:01:56 -0500
- Paul, this is interesting history, but sounds quite dangerous and time consuming. I would have thought a prop-shaft balancing machine would have been easy to justify as a capital budget project! Wher
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00035.html (10,216 bytes)
- 24. RE: Memories of transmission vibration (Very high-tech!!) (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 09:58:22 -0500
- Paul, another question for you on vibration. As I mentioned in my notes to Joe, a heavy weighted steel object was strapped to the back of the transmission tail shaft, I believe beginning with the int
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00039.html (12,757 bytes)
- 25. RE: Rear Mount (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:18:48 -0500
- Joe, I had never thought about it before, but now that you mention it, the TR-2 and I believe the very early TR-3's, used a rear motor mount very similar to the later cars, except that it had a small
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00054.html (7,238 bytes)
- 26. RE: TR4 Vibration damper (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:57:38 -0500
- By the way, I've got 4 or 5 of these things laying around which I would like to get rid of..... Any takers? Hi Gang Since Jack Wheeler asked about the TR4 vibration damper I decided to look up when t
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00070.html (8,041 bytes)
- 27. RE: Birth Announcemnt, non-technical (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:24:57 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFA2F0.2CFB9840 Bob, I used a Mallory distributor at one time (in fact, I think I still have it in a box somewhere), but came up with a better (and cheaper) alternative. In the la
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00074.html (15,938 bytes)
- 28. RE: Seeking technical advice and thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:59:42 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFA3B5.CFFC74E0 I suggest you check your cam timing, first, then ignition timing. You could probably be using 32-34 degrees of ignition timing, if you are confident of your timing
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00082.html (13,667 bytes)
- 29. RE: Mallory - alternative (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:15:25 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFA3B8.0211E3A0 Several of you have asked for more information about the electrical system I outlined below. Please email me your (US Mail) address so I can send you a wiring diag
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00083.html (14,702 bytes)
- 30. RE: Mallory - alternative (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:53:07 -0500
- Jack, I bought my first set of Stahl headers in 1982 at the recommendation of Dick Stockton (long time TR-4 racer from the Philadelphia area). They were about $250 then and were the best that were av
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00085.html (7,862 bytes)
- 31. RE: Seeking technical advice and thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:35:00 -0500
- Another option is careful routing of your exhayst system. I ran my 3" exhaust pipe through the 'X' in the middle of the frame and back behind the rear axle (but still under the car). Then I had a sep
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00106.html (9,176 bytes)
- 32. RE: Oil pressure (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:48:31 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFA912.E5DAF220 Have you got another filter head/pressure relief valve you can try? I always like to change out the suspected part and see if that makes a difference. Even a clean
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00122.html (12,093 bytes)
- 33. RE: Oil pressure (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:04:56 -0500
- Another option I have used is to weld an old ball onto a piece of steel rod. Then use this ball with some valve lapping compound to lap the seat in the housing. This will clean up any small dings in
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00127.html (8,771 bytes)
- 34. RE: third gear pop-out (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:01:57 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFAAD1.060D87A0 Jack - sometimes the little teeth on the gear (that the synchronizer ring captures when you shift gears) get worn so that they are 'rounded off' on top. When this
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00141.html (12,692 bytes)
- 35. RE: Spitfire with Weber Problem-Round 2 (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:52:31 -0500
- Kas's suggestion reminds me of a similar experience I had at the Runoffs in 1980. We had taken the battery out of the car to take it back to the motel room to charge it up the night before the race.
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00162.html (9,462 bytes)
- 36. RE: spitfire SU needles - need help (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:52:40 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFAF97.760F4D20 I raced a TR-4 with 1 3/4" SU's in SCCA for 24 years. Over the years I did a lot of modifications to the carburetors including, rounding off the outer edge of the
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00172.html (13,184 bytes)
- 37. RE: Overdrive Prep (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:13:19 -0500
- Hi Henry! I have built a number of overdrives and raced in SCCA with one for 24 years. I agree with your guy. I always used the large accumulator piston with 2 springs. In place of the normal inner s
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00182.html (7,981 bytes)
- 38. RE: spitfire SU needles - need help (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:43:41 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BFB04E.9D6F06A0 Bill, Dick was one of the people who suggested I go back to stock pistons and bodies. The carbs he did for me were on the car when I won the runoffs, and they had
- /html/fot/2000-04/msg00183.html (12,612 bytes)
- 39. RE: TR3 Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 06:58:04 -0500
- -- =_NextPart_000_01BF834B.7FAEA100 Here are a couple of comments from my personal experience. I too have a stack of 4" wide wheels, which I have always assumed were TR-3 wheels. Here is the reason w
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00002.html (13,582 bytes)
- 40. RE: Simple Question: Bump Stops (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler@seidata.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 07:19:44 -0500
- Bob, my experience was not too scientific (more like trial and error) but I'll be happy to share my conclusions. My TR-4A SCCA race car was about 2" from the bottom of the frame to the pavement in fr
- /html/fot/2000-03/msg00003.html (10,389 bytes)
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