- 21. Re: [TR] TR3 CUSTOM HOT ROD PLUG WIRE HOLDER (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:44:39 -0700
- Interesting item -- the metal tubes are likely homemade in an effort to neatly arrange the leads. I don't know that igntion wires need such protection and if they are at all prone to leakage having a
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00225.html (9,164 bytes)
- 22. Re: [TR] TR4 Dwell Angle (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:36:34 -0700
- That is what I used when I recently set the points using dwell. FWIW I found I had to set the gap notably smaller than .015 to achieve that dwell. Car ran fine afterwards, ran fine before for that ma
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00287.html (7,469 bytes)
- 23. Re: [TR] OD lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:40:22 -0700
- Are you saying one can adjust that sudden engagement? I've always accepted it as the nature of the beast and (I'll confess) I tend to use the clutch to make it less abrupt. Geo ______________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00290.html (8,521 bytes)
- 24. Re: [TR] Triumph letter mounting TR4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:38:03 -0700
- I like the 2-sided tape idea but if you do drill holes this is what I did to affix the letters: http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/BootRack5.JPG The old metal blind fixes (covered with plasticene)
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00479.html (8,917 bytes)
- 25. Re: [TR] rebound rubber location? (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:36:09 -0700
- Try this... http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Rebound.JPG That's a TR4 but I think it was unchanged from the '3. As I recall that rubber block is just 'glued' to the metal piece -- anyway I had on
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00503.html (7,134 bytes)
- 26. Re: [TR] grease fittings at cap ends? (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:01:51 -0700
- I was thinking that the very early TRs had a zerk on the hub cap and were to be filled with grease. Certainly Paul's, mine & most others would only have that screw hole. I back up the hole with a nut
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00525.html (7,641 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TR] Brake Fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:01:45 -0700
- Possibly they were thinking of/referring to DOT 5.1 which is a whole 'nuther thing. Geo _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supp
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00571.html (7,180 bytes)
- 28. Re: [TR] Overdrive Woes - new question (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:07:58 -0700
- The danger there, I think, is that any failure such as a loose or broken wire could result in the OD being operable in reverse. With the original lock-out design most faults would render the OD inope
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00655.html (7,444 bytes)
- 29. Re: [TR] Original TR3 front Brake Caliper color (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:10:42 -0700
- As fas as I know, they were bare aluminum (or whatever alloy was used). _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00668.html (7,541 bytes)
- 30. Re: [TR] Fuel pump check valves (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:17:32 -0700
- Some pumps used a little butterfly-shaped metal piece secured with one or two screws to retain the check valves. Others require the check valves to be 'staked' to be held in place, i.e. metal along t
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00008.html (7,983 bytes)
- 31. Re: [TR] TR3 oilite bush (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:46:09 -0700
- I believe it is made of sintered bronze. That bushing is sometimes called the Pilot Bush which also refers back to Joe's message. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00015.html (9,863 bytes)
- 32. Re: [TR] Nitrogen in Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:31:21 -0700
- If you buy tires at Costco they fill them with Nitrogen. The difference is not really noticeable I think. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.h
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00020.html (7,185 bytes)
- 33. Re: [TR] gearbox oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:11:23 -0700
- An alternate view from John Esposito who rebuilds many ODs is Valvoline non-detergent 30W. I use that because he built my OD. Jim -- yes, file it under 'Horses, dead, flogging of'. __________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00066.html (7,192 bytes)
- 34. Re: [TR] how they balance allow wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:46:58 -0700
- I have always used stick-ons on my wire and alloy wheels and have never lost one. Cannot say the same for the old clip-on lead weights... i.e. have known them to fall off. ___________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00073.html (7,284 bytes)
- 35. Re: [TR] how they balance allow wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:25:56 -0700
- Do you mean Costco? I wonder if such a machine could balance a wire wheel mounted on a slined hub with knock-off? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00098.html (8,522 bytes)
- 36. Re: [TR] GPS Navigator (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 07:33:26 -0700
- Wow, these things seem to be popular... but in a TR3 that still has a generator, points and crankhole in the radiator, anything more complicated than a paper map would seem out of place. I carry two
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00109.html (7,753 bytes)
- 37. Re: [TR] tr3 question (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:35:33 -0700
- To build the car, didn't Standard just 'drop' a completed body onto a frame that had the radiator, engine, gearbox, etc. already in place? I'm not saying it's easy or that it's wise, but from photos
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00152.html (7,703 bytes)
- 38. Re: [TR] Positive Ground Accessory question (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:03:12 -0700
- I, too, have cigarette lighters (accessory outlets) in my + earth TRs. I make a simple bracket out of masonite and mount them discreetly well up in the drivers side footwell. Mine are fused with a se
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00174.html (8,120 bytes)
- 39. Re: [TR] Positive Ground Accessory question (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:10:53 -0700
- Which is like telling me that a sex-change is minor surgery. Can't say exactly why, but I'm positive ground for life. Geo _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.t
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00184.html (8,131 bytes)
- 40. Re: [TR] TR2 - Rope Fan Belt and Non-stopping Generator (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:51:41 -0700
- If that had occurred your red ignition light should have remained lit after the ignition was switched off. Would have been pretty noticeable unless the dash was in full sun. _________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00197.html (7,679 bytes)
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