- 1. Lucas 15AC alternator (TR5/250) question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:09:56 -0800
- Does anyone know offhand whether the field (rotor) winding is internally connected to ground or +12 inside a Lucas 15AC alternator (as used on the TR5 and TR250) ? Seems like it should be connected t
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg00791.html (7,128 bytes)
- 2. Have you ever needed a part that you either could not find or just spent way too much of your time trying to locate? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:28:29 -0800
- These people have got parts that don't even exist, including disc brake rotors for a TR2 ! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7941447923 Hehe Randall Y
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01332.html (7,377 bytes)
- 3. Gearbox dowels ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:46:36 -0800
- Tackling what I thought was a bad throw-out bearing on my Mk I Stag, I've discovered that some previous mechanic left out some of the gearbox to flywheel housing bolts. The result is fairly predictab
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01485.html (7,510 bytes)
- 4. ST standard hardware catalog (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:39:32 -0800
- Does anyone happen to have this catalog converted into searchable text form ? I have the MS Word document produced several years ago by a Team.Net list member (sorry, I've forgotten who), but it's on
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01521.html (6,488 bytes)
- 5. FW from another list : Police (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:55:16 -0800
- I thought this was hilarious, hopefully others will too. "Was pulled over last night by a copper who'd followed me for a couple of miles and breathalysed. Bearing in mind I could barely stand it was
- /html/triumphs/2004-11/msg00947.html (8,194 bytes)
- 6. FW: For Sale 76 Spit project near London (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 11:57:58 -0700
- Thought this might possibly be of interest to some on this list. NFI, etc. Randall hi all, apologies for this not being strictly a herald or vitesse matter but it is triumph related as for the third
- /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00823.html (7,516 bytes)
- 7. Idle musings about TRactor flywheels & ring gears (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:40:34 -0700
- Got to thinking (always a dangerous process) about _why_ Triumph might have switched to a bolt-on ring gear on the later TRactor motors. AFAIK none of the other motors used a bolt-on ring gear, and e
- /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00973.html (9,515 bytes)
- 8. One less at Triumphest this year (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:42:37 -0700
- Sorry, folks, but I've decided not to make the trek to TRfest this year. Several reasons, not least of which is the TR3 is wrecked and it doesn't look like I'll get the Stag back on the road by then.
- /html/triumphs/2004-09/msg00624.html (7,586 bytes)
- 9. RE: Laycock J OD in a TR3A? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:22:46 -0700
- If you really want a J-type behind a crash box, I think ORS in Sheffield, UK can probably custom make the appropriate mainshaft for you. I'm not certain, but I think the housings will bolt up, with
- /html/triumphs/2004-08/msg01486.html (8,112 bytes)
- 10. RE: [stag] TSC USA & VTR 2004 Staggering attendance - Don't forget Bronte Park, and Triumphest 2004 (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:13:34 -0700
- Not that it's really relevant ... but I noticed today that I am just 8,000 miles short of logging 200,000 miles in my TR3A since I bought it in 1984. It already had 114,000 on it then, so it's on it
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01391.html (7,671 bytes)
- 11. RE: TR2/3 early starter & later transmissions (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:24:28 -0700
- Yup, that's what I am running. (Well, actually I used a TR6 case, but it's similar to the TR4.) Not to the transmission case ... you'll need to modify the rear motor mount as the 4-synchro box is a
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00880.html (8,438 bytes)
- 12. RE: TR3 Vertical Link (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:30:16 -0700
- I believe that means it's from a TR4A, which unlike the TR2-4, had some castor to the front suspension. You'll note they're different side to side for the 4A ... Yup ! Well, just be sure it's really
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00881.html (7,574 bytes)
- 13. RE: Question about colourtune usage (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:35:01 -0700
- I've never tried a Colortune, but it's been my experience that when the "lift the piston" test does not give a clear indication, there is something else wrong. Usually it seems to be either valve ad
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00882.html (7,063 bytes)
- 14. RE: TR3 regulator question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:44:01 -0700
- Jim, as best I can tell, the idea of a A and A1 terminals is to "goose up" the current output a bit when the demands from the car are heavy. The problem arises because this regulator tries to use a
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00884.html (7,765 bytes)
- 15. RE: Is autox.team.net down? and question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:09:24 -0700
- Sounds like a dead (deeply discharged) battery to me ... most battery tenders will not deal with this situation. Perhaps something was left on ? Sorry, I've no idea what that is, or why you would ex
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00885.html (7,397 bytes)
- 16. RE: Choppy Clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 22:54:31 -0700
- I've not had the problem myself, but it sounds exactly like what Nelson described at http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/Clutch/StickyClutch/StickyClutch.ht m There's a solution there too, that
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00889.html (7,227 bytes)
- 17. RE: vacuum retard/advance units. Can they be rebuilt locally in San Jose, CA? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 23:37:29 -0700
- Hugh replied : Aha ... Mick Dolphin has them listed @ 25GBP http://www.mickdolphin.co.uk/ P/N 521014 should be the correct retard unit for a Mk I "emissions" (ie Federal) Stag, according to my Stag
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00895.html (8,057 bytes)
- 18. RE: TR4 engine carb/ignition/? issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 03:23:39 -0700
- I can't answer that, but I think I would be looking at the valve lift on all 8 valves. Perhaps you have a cam lobe that is "going away". Randall
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00919.html (6,993 bytes)
- 19. RE: Fuel Filter Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:13:36 -0700
- IMO it's because the SU carbs (and I suppose ZS too) do not care about fine trash in the fuel like American carbs do. IOW there was no need for any better filtration than the factory sediment bowl (
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00936.html (7,976 bytes)
- 20. RE: Lining up the pulleys for the fan belt -- TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:50:42 -0700
- If memory serves, there can be spacers between the hub and the sprocket on the crankshaft (same spacers as used between the sprocket and the front main). You might also check the generator, to see i
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00940.html (8,103 bytes)
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