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21. Re: WANTED - D Type Overdrive Manual (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:42:17 -0700; Repair instructions, electrical circuits and theory of operation are in the most recently available Bentley GT6/Vitesse workshop manual. I don't have a copy scanned in, though. Cheers. -- Michael D.; /html/fot/2004-11/msg00062.html (7,253 bytes)
22. Re: Remembrance Day. (score: 1): Author: portermd@zianet.com; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:11:12 -0700; Yes, indeed. Since there's been a war/conflict/civil uprising in the world almost every year since the War to End All Wars, we're overdue for a little peace. Oh, yeah. US Army, 1967-1970. But, Armist; /html/fot/2004-11/msg00096.html (8,622 bytes)
23. Re: TR3 for sale (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:16:32 -0600; Definitely fulfills one's minimum daily requirement of weirdness. Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.; /html/fot/2004-10/msg00367.html (7,747 bytes)
24. Re: Moldex again, plus rods & link to broken (score: 1): Author: portermd@zianet.com; Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:31:20 -0600; My favorite along these lines was a `49 Chevy 2-ton straight-six flatbed someone brought me to fix. The story was that three guys were using it for logging. Had about three tons of wood on it, they s; /html/fot/2004-08/msg00248.html (7,783 bytes)
25. Re: Hot manifold question (score: 1): Author: portermd@zianet.com; Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 23:19:13 -0600; Don't think this is a problem. When I was racing roundy-rounders, there were all sorts of interesting header colors one could see at night through the wheel wells. One could always tell the people wh; /html/fot/2004-07/msg00004.html (7,623 bytes)
26. Re: Hot manifold question (score: 1): Author: portermd@zianet.com; Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:17:35 -0600; Probably the reason why so many manufacturers have been moving to ceramic impellers (those seem to have their own set of problems, though, such as cracking at stress concentration points--for a while; /html/fot/2004-07/msg00007.html (7,467 bytes)
27. Re: TR4 spark plugs (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:03:57 -0600; Always good. Feedback good. Secrecy bad. *smile* If the ignition source is good, the spark is usually good, regardless of the plug. Most modern plugs are pretty good. I use platinum plugs in the day-; /html/fot/2004-07/msg00060.html (7,783 bytes)
28. After working for some really stupid service writers in... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:23:33 -0600; ... automotive shops, I can sympathize with these guys on the ground: After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the air; /html/fot/2004-07/msg00169.html (8,585 bytes)
29. Re: rockers and pushrods (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 02:58:43 -0600; Can't speak to a hardened shaft, but there is a guy in CA who does a pretty good job on the stock shaft. Company name is Rocker Arm Specialist. The contact information is in the monster list. What he; /html/fot/2004-05/msg00057.html (8,310 bytes)
30. Re: For Immediate Release : Reports of GT6s Getting Greater (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 03:40:15 -0600; Late getting to this (been out of town and not keeping up well with my email, remotely). Since my GT6+ is likely to get some paint in the near future, after some considerable delay, what color blue,; /html/fot/2004-05/msg00058.html (8,700 bytes)
31. Re: Roll bar material (score: 1): Author: portermd@zianet.com; Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 22:46:12 -0600; Sounds like a need for a terminology post. You're correct that low-carbon steel, mild steel and 1020 are roughly the same thing. But, 1020 is a specific grade of mild steel, just as 1010 and 1012 are; /html/fot/2004-05/msg00142.html (10,133 bytes)
32. Re: cranks (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 01:01:21 -0600; It's an interesting thread, at least in the sense that one is dealing with what is pretty much a production crank--there can be only incremental improvements to the original design, given the package; /html/fot/2004-05/msg00232.html (8,401 bytes)
33. The next time you want to scream at Triumph repair manuals... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 19:11:00 -0700; ... remember these examples of just how bad technical documentation can get: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/hall/index.html For what it's worth, I've seen worse than these. Cheers. -- Michael D. Porte; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00050.html (6,964 bytes)
34. Does anyone have a TR4-4A cylinder head... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:04:14 -0600; ... that's only good for a paperweight? Cracked, etc. I'm looking for something on which to do some radical cutting to test a port theory or two, and don't want to sacrifice a good head. Happy to pay; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00083.html (6,757 bytes)
35. Re: nomination (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:27:55 -0600; Or get stung in trying to make it happen.... -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00112.html (7,197 bytes)
36. Re: Calling you tire/suspension experts (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:30:55 -0600; Just looking at these from a strictly classical point of view, ignoring for a moment the track and tire temps, I'd say there is a combination of three things at work--slightly too much negative cambe; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00153.html (10,102 bytes)
37. Re: Calling you tire/suspension experts (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:45:30 -0600; As I mentioned to Bill Babcock, off-list, the load center on the tire is through a line from the center of the top ball joint through the knuckle of the trunnion, and is extended through the bottom o; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00165.html (10,758 bytes)
38. Re: LBC Clown? (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:25:41 -0600; It looks more like fingernail polish to me.... Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00177.html (7,092 bytes)
39. Re: LBC Clown? (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:48:27 -0600; What's a bit more difficult from the photos is the extent of the use of the silver paint--looks to me as all the linkage, the carbs and so forth have been painted silver. What a mess cleaning that up; /html/fot/2004-04/msg00179.html (7,358 bytes)
40. Sort of an LBC question... but not exactly.... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 02:24:20 -0700; On my way back from my girlfriend's, who lives in central Texas, I encountered a rather zealous cop, who pulled me over for doing 85 in a 70 mph zone on I-20, near Colorado City, TX. Only difficulty; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00097.html (9,377 bytes)

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