- 1. [TR] Wider wheel rim widths (again!) (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:49:24 EST
- Hi everyone; I'm sure this subject has been beaten to death in the past, so I'm sorry to bring it up again. For some time, I've been wanting to upgrade my 60-spoke, 4.5-inch wide wire wheels on my TR
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- 2. [TR] TR3 Clutch question (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:07:21 EDT
- Hi all; I have a very early TR3A, built Oct.'57. I was lapping Mosport race track at very low speed/low revs, when the clutch pedal suddenly went very firm. Testing shows it is slipping too, but is s
- /html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00523.html (7,823 bytes)
- 3. [TR] TR3A clutch fixed! (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:21:20 EDT
- Hi Everyone; You may have seen my question of yesterday regarding my TR3A that suddenly developed a firm clutch pedal and a slipping clutch. I was very worried I've have to take the gearbox out; I do
- /html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00550.html (7,592 bytes)
- 4. [TR] Gear reduction starter question (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:42:01 EDT
- Hi all; I have an early TR3A which was fitted with a bomb starter. I found the starter very unreliable, had it rebuilt twice and still had problems. For two years, I used only the starting handle. Ev
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00003.html (8,121 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TR] TR4 Slipping Clutch: Problem Solved, back on the road. (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:44:34 EDT
- Flippently, I suggest masking tape and bungee cords so the glove box door stays shut. To stop the car lurching forwards, I suggest selecting reverse gear. Tim Dyer, Proprietor Kings Creek Trees 427 K
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00279.html (7,685 bytes)
- 6. [TR] TR3 fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:27:18 EST
- I am installing a new bottom trunion from Moss on my TR3A. The unthreaded shaft has a significantly larger diameter than the original, even allowing for wear and I am unable to get the wishbones on t
- /html/triumphs/2009-02/msg00422.html (7,226 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TR] Vehicle dollies (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:33:08 EDT
- Did you talk to one of the 4-post retailers and ask about local installers?B I thought about one of these a couple years ago and had the same issue.B The company I was talking to (it might have been
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00317.html (8,424 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TR] TR3 tires 6" rims (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:23:22 EDT
- Whether it's two shillings and four farthings, four sixpence and two ha'penny, or a half-crown with change back, it's still 25p.... :) Anyway, I suspect that many British industries had, by then, gon
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00348.html (9,821 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TR] TR3 tires 6" rims (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:17:28 EDT
- I'm digging out the TR6 from the garage and find that one of the tires got cut in the garage over the winter (who knows how?) Presently it has Goodyear GT+4 195 70 15 on it. After 20 minutes on the
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00354.html (8,994 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TR] TR3 tires 6" rims (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:00:30 EDT
- Besides checking the dates of the tires, the ones you have may have already "dry rotted", it may appear to be cut, but is in fact rotted and cracked, so check for cracks.? It may still hold air for
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00357.html (8,994 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TR] TR3 tires 6" rims (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:36:07 EDT
- Sorry if this ends up on the list twice. The first time had active hyperlinks and I think the list server doesn't like that. As I posted earlier I installed an alloy valve cover with the non breather
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00361.html (9,430 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TR] uni-syn vs synchrometer (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:59:30 EDT
- I am going to do a head gasket replacement in the next week or so. Read through the archives and found some info from a few persons. Does anyone have any specific do's or dont's with the actual gaske
- /html/triumphs/2009-05/msg00186.html (8,703 bytes)
- 13. [TR] TR3A fuel evaporation (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:53:55 EDT
- http://www.team.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16 Gee, I should have taken a picture of the nice shiny new control head I put in the steering column the other day. mjb. ______________________________
- /html/triumphs/2009-08/msg00520.html (8,444 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TR] Off-topic -deadly floormats? (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:24:38 EDT
- Well, I don't know about the 'deadly' part, but a floor mat did kill my shot at FTD during a VTR autocross. It was at the Boulder convention in 1990? when I had The White Car, a solid axle TR4A. Thos
- /html/triumphs/2009-09/msg00265.html (7,700 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TR] Off-topic -deadly floormats? (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:47:59 EDT
- And 50 bucks when the Pertronix module fails! _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Regis
- /html/triumphs/2009-09/msg00308.html (9,795 bytes)
- 16. Re: [TR] Subject: Re: towing (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:46:33 EDT
- My '73 TR-6, with about 87K miles on it, developed an interesting problem. The oil level started to rise. You may remember an inquiry I made a month or so ago, about the possibility of a leaky fuel p
- /html/triumphs/2009-09/msg00502.html (8,371 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TR] Brit Money Definition (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:11:26 EDT
- I can add very little to Tim's wonderful explanation. But I would point out the underlying logic: Long ago, penny coins were minted in silver. Each coin weighed 1/240 of a pound, so if you had 240 pe
- /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00494.html (10,186 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TR] Brit Money Definition (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:30:01 EDT
- Sounds right. I had a Sonett, which was the sports version of the 96. It had one, in theory... The one on my Sonett was welded up so it was direct drive. Probably a good thing, as the brakes always g
- /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00497.html (9,222 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TR] Brit Money Definition (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:48:03 EDT
- birkenhead, almost makes you a scouser. welcome cousin Frank Fisher ex scouser, now a Californian ________________________________ From: William Brewer <wsb1960tr3a@att.net> To: KingsCreekTrees@aol.
- /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00499.html (9,080 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TR] Brit Money Definition (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:55 EDT
- Hi, there was also in the 50's DKWs - now part of Audi/VW, also with 2-stroke engines, with such a feature. Don't know the technical details but under the dash you had a lever allowing you to set eng
- /html/triumphs/2009-10/msg00501.html (8,719 bytes)
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