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21. On the starting and old engine thread (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 12:13:16 -0700 (MST); Well, as of this weekend I can vouch for the "crank it without plugs" technique for priming an engine that's been sitting around in a drained condition. After I verified Tessa's electrics with a mult; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00193.html (7,640 bytes)
22. RE: Spit exhaust manifold needed & questions (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 13:09:39 -0700 (MST); You don't say whether the nuts refuse to come off, or having come off the joint refuses to separate. The other replies seem to presume the former. If it's the latter (nuts off, joint won't separate); /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00198.html (8,891 bytes)
23. RE: Steering wheel play (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 10:48:02 -0700 (MST); Now, there's a fallacy here... "Stay loose" is a byword of all LBCs. Tightening them up just makes them, well, uptight. Too much tension in your LBC just gives it high oil pressure, hypertension in t; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00227.html (7,481 bytes)
24. Re: Triumph and MG colours (colors) (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 10:51:10 -0700; When I had Tessa painted I was woefully ignerunt about paint, but I knew enough to ask the paint guy to crossreference Triumph #16. To my bemusement he didn't go that way, but found a clean section o; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00256.html (7,012 bytes)
25. Window channel tips (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:01:05 -0700 (MST); 1. If your window is falling out of the channels it may not be the channel itself that's bad; two other things can happen: - tensioner rod is loose. This is a bent rod that wraps around the rear chan; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00264.html (7,080 bytes)
26. Makin' yer own dash (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 10:13:48 -0700 (MST); I had my new dash made by a local woodworker and did the finish myself. He used slightly thicker stock than the original, and therein lies my warning: When you rout the cutouts on the back for the ho; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00311.html (6,805 bytes)
27. Help for TR9 (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:06:00 -0700 (MST); I was out driving in my 1988 Triumph TR9, when suddenly the oil pressure dropped to zero, there was a loud clang, all four wheels seized and a piston flew by my head. Is this bad? I figure the four-w; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00336.html (6,633 bytes)
28. Toasted wiper motor (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:55:54 -0700 (MST); Does anyone know of a source for rebuilt wiper motors? In this case the single speed motor as used in the TR-4, Herald, Vitesse and probably everything else of that era. TRF is not offering rebuilds; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00407.html (6,753 bytes)
29. Re: 76 spit 4 sale....no lbc content..... (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:04:41 -0700 (MST); I'm not going to get into the children thread...cheez, my dog takes up so much attention I think kids would give me a nervous breakdown. ACTUAL AND PERTINENT LBC CONTENT AHEAD! Just wanted to mentio; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00439.html (7,928 bytes)
30. Insuring all them cars (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:00:24 -0700 (MST); At the risk of starting a never-ending thread, the prospect of insuring yet another running car has limited wallet appeal for me. If you're insuring two or more running, classic vehicles in addition; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00492.html (6,993 bytes)
31. Re: let's get rolling (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 10:18:09 -0700; I was amused to note when watching Prime Minister's Questions on C-SPAN last night that the election that John Major's called for the conservative party leadership will be held tomorrow on the Fourth; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00016.html (7,171 bytes)
32. Herald/Vitesse hood frame advice? (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 10:51:06 -0700; Anyone who's dealt with a slightly distorted hood frame out there? The hinged section immediately above the door glass sits too low in the centre, impacting the glass. The factory workshop manual say; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00041.html (7,054 bytes)
33. re: spitfire heater annoyance (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 10:37:57 -0700; I live in Tucson as well, (112 degrees in the shade right now, guys) I don't have this particular problem with my Spitfire. Over time your heater valve control cable has probably shifted enough to wh; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00145.html (7,993 bytes)
34. Creative bodgery, or fixing one's blunders. (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 10:13:24 -0700 (MST); So John Kipping finally got OEM-style choke cables for Vitesse in stock, and one arrived with my latest order. (yay, John, my favorite vendor) I installed it, blithely cut it to length, and horrors!; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00146.html (7,626 bytes)
35. RE: TR6 prices (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:11:23 -0700 (MST); Okay, heres a hopelessly unqualified opinion on what to offer for a TR6: Start with the figure $7500. Make the following cumulative adjustments: If it has any structural problems, deduct $2000. Deduc; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00205.html (7,676 bytes)
36. Re: RHD '66 TR4A (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:44:09 -0700 (MST); Sounds like a neat car... LHD-to-RHD conversions go on all the time in the UK with reimported TRs, it's apparently no big deal apart from the firewall work. Triumph (and British makers in general) al; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00235.html (8,158 bytes)
37. Re: RHD '66 TR4A (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:08:52 -0700 (MST); Just FYI, according to my most recent Visa bill, bucks convert to quid at a rate of 1.59:1 at the moment. So L8000 == $12,720, L10,000 == $15,900. For a more straighforward conversion factor, just re; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00267.html (7,523 bytes)
38. Re: Oil Light Shutoff (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 10:55:51 -0700; I recommend against buying the type that uses a tee off the oil pressure switch drilling. If you already have a tee for a gauge here as well as a switch, the stacked tees add up to this absurdly long; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00346.html (7,818 bytes)
39. Spreading vicious rumors (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 09:41:30 -0700; If this is true, whoever he or she is should be dropped from the list. I subscribe to this list for interesting and useful facts, not scurrilous and damaging rumormongering. If the poster persists in; /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00067.html (7,368 bytes)
40. More posturing from atop an altitudinous equine (score: 1): Author: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>; Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 09:58:31 -0700; I'm sorry to get a little off-topic, but I also fail to understand all the razzing TRF and Runyon get for building the Coventry Inn. If he'd used his profits to buy himself a yacht and a villa on the; /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00068.html (7,301 bytes)

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