- 1. Re: u-joints (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:32:43 EST
- Optional, but a good idea is to use new, high-strength bolts. These are not easy to find in small quantity unless ordered from one of the TR vendors. Bolt flange length is critical to avoid *any* thr
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01494.html (7,292 bytes)
- 2. Re: TRactor Engine Overheating (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:04:28 EDT
- Greetings... If you have the original radiator neck, than that is probably where your problem lies. The neck is 1 inch deep as opposed to the 3/4 inch depth for anything "modern." In order for a reco
- /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00723.html (9,001 bytes)
- 3. Re: Replacing an Instrument Cluster - Tool (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:26:15 EDT
- In a message dated 6/1/2004 4:36:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, sppchicago@excite.com writes: I seem to recall a discussion thread about a tool used for the exterior ring for the lights and switches. I
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00870.html (7,302 bytes)
- 4. Re: if the TR3 were made today (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 02:41:28 EDT
- To be legal would basically require a complete, ground-up redesign. Simply no way to meet current safety requirements without a complete rework of the frame and body. Electronic engine management wou
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00962.html (8,531 bytes)
- 5. Fwd: if the TR3 were made today (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:37:50 EDT
- Have you looked at a modern Morgan ? Granted they still look like a kit car ... but IMO the resemblance to a classic Morgan ends there. Not one body panel is the same, I'll bet not one suspension or
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg01013.html (10,065 bytes)
- 6. Re: * TR3 Crapped Out Again * (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:44:03 EDT
- Greetings... Wayne, I'm thinking ignition coil. If you're not a purist, get a Bosch blue coil and mount it to an inner fender panel. Heat and vibration are the enemies of coils. Pertronix units tend
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg01340.html (8,231 bytes)
- 7. Re: * TR3 Crapped Out Again * (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:38:14 EDT
- 1) Will there be a package that says "Ballast Resistor", or how do I know what to get? 2) Will there be a coil with a Ballast Resistor built in perhaps? 3) Can I also pick up the best plug wires I ca
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg01355.html (9,564 bytes)
- 8. Re: Coil (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:57:25 EDT
- Suit yourself, but it wasn't me that mentioned a "blue" coil. I regard Bosch electricals as being only one baby step above Lucas, and use an Accel coil myself. Randall Greetings... Actually, 'twas I
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg01424.html (7,201 bytes)
- 9. Re: CS130 Alternator part number (score: 1)
- Author: btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:45:45 -0400
- Greetings... For more informtion on alternators than you ever wanted, take a look at http://home1.gte.net/res00d4r/alt_theory_rev/Alternator_Theory.html For a listing of what to ask for to get what y
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00145.html (7,898 bytes)
- 10. Re: Run on and timing (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 01:22:35 EDT
- just reset the timing on my 2lt sports six engine to 13degrees btdc. I set the vernier adjustment to the middle. I set the point gap to .015. I noticed that the timing would fluctuate slightly. Even
- /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00159.html (7,305 bytes)
- 11. Re: Geeks (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 01:34:18 EDT
- Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade-named - BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology; no wires, no electronic circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00053.html (9,630 bytes)
- 12. Re: Mallory Unilite (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:16:19 EDT
- If you decide to get a Mallory, shop around. Last time I looked, I seem to recall the Triumph vendors' prices for the Unilite were highway robbery. Go to www.mrgasket.com and find out the specific mo
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg00395.html (7,112 bytes)
- 13. Re: Alternator TR4 (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:14:11 EDT
- think it is time to put an alternator on the TR4. I have seen lots of info on mounting the Delco 10SI and 12SI and I can sort out the electrical hook up. Question: Is there a source for pulley that w
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00424.html (7,415 bytes)
- 14. Re: Locktite Red and Blue comparisons (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 02:27:27 EDT
- I then coated four bolt threads (for full nut thread engagement) adjacent to the bolt heads with Red and four threads with Blue on the other bolt, then torqued the nuts to 40 lbs-feet again. Next eve
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00811.html (7,330 bytes)
- 15. Re: Gear Reduction Starter (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:14:36 EST
- A friend just ordered a gear reduction starter for her TR4 engine. From what she is telling me it sounds like the pinion moves forward to engage the flywheel. I know the earlier TR starters had the p
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00501.html (8,193 bytes)
- 16. Re: Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:24:46 EST
- In a message dated 1/19/2005 1:36:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk writes: That may be a help, though I'm not sure how to go about finding details on the Morgan pump. I had a
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00548.html (7,733 bytes)
- 17. Re: Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:47:34 EST
- I didn't even know Morgan made engines ... please tell us more ! Randall Greetings... Just joshin' ya Randall although the engines built for Morgan did carry a different suffix (or was it prefix) tha
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00623.html (7,632 bytes)
- 18. Re: Water pump interchanges (score: 1)
- Author: Btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:49:18 EST
- and the Lucas electrics were mind-boggling and very complementary. Jonmac Greetings... Yes John, but have you ever tried conducting electricity through a twig? TJ
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00626.html (7,517 bytes)
- 19. [TR] Vac Advance (score: 1)
- Author: btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:01:29 -0400
- Greetings... Might someone share the vacuum advance specs for a TR4a? I believe the distributor number is 40795A. TJ ________________________________________________________________________ Check out
- /html/triumphs/2006-09/msg00158.html (7,151 bytes)
- 20. [TR] Vac Advance (score: 1)
- Author: btmfdchn@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:42:38 -0400
- Greetings all and thanks very much for the specs and all the cogitating. I had specs of 2-6-3 but those numbers are so far off from everything else on my sheet I was suspicious of them. I've been loo
- /html/triumphs/2006-09/msg00189.html (7,638 bytes)
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