- 21. [TR] Garage Do's and Don'ts (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:57:43 +0000
- A very good friend up in Bucks County, PA built himself last year a 40x30 garage - single handed (well, with his teenage son). He used Pole Barn as a construction method (at least I think thats what
- /html/triumphs/2007-02/msg00455.html (7,529 bytes)
- 22. [TR] Revs to roadspeed claculator (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:40:05 +0000
- Following on from the thread on Road Speed calculated from engine revolutions per minute, I came across this link on the Buckeye Triumphs technical page: http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/tech
- /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00360.html (7,205 bytes)
- 23. [TR] TR4 C-type caliper rehabilitation (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 12:50:37 +0000
- I am in the process of rebuilding my brakes. I have a number of jobs to complete (new flex lines, replace rear pads etc.) On my front calipers, I see that I have uneven pad wear. One pad in each cali
- /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00378.html (7,470 bytes)
- 24. [TR] Aluminum Racing Jack - not steel, but a steal! (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:43:25 +0000
- My regular hydraulic jack won't fit under the front end of my TR4 - its lowest position is too high for the chassis. I have been eyeing, and almost bought, one of the aluminum racing jacks from PepBo
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00006.html (7,352 bytes)
- 25. [TR] Renovating TR4 vinyl rear interior (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 18:19:36 -0400
- I've a 1963 TR4. The rear interior is the original vinyl. The vinyl has held up really well, but the rear panel (what your back would rest against if you sat on the rear 'seat') has lost all its lin
- /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00096.html (7,436 bytes)
- 26. [TR] One approach to discretely installing loudspeakers in a TR (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:55:04 -0400
- A few folks let me know that they had trouble downloading the rather large Word doc that I posted on this installation. Apologies to them. I have now uploaded the file as a .pdf at the same link. It
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00065.html (8,198 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 1, Issue 110 (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:49:48 -0400
- I have been to the Yuengling brewery for a tour. Frankly, it could have been a brewery in a third world country. It was a disgrace. It was dirty. Please, do not hold that up as a shining light. And b
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00375.html (8,598 bytes)
- 28. [TR] TR6 Problem > TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 05:17:15 -0400
- Well, you need three things to fire; spark, fuel and compression, and you've confirmed the compression. Sputtering to a stop sounds like fuel starvation. Do you have fuel at the carbs? If not, check
- /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00064.html (7,942 bytes)
- 29. [TR] TR4A saga (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 15:59:38 -0400
- As it is only #3, I would replace the distributor cap, rotor, the HT lead to that cylinder and the spark plug. Something as simple as a cracked plug could be causing your misfire, yet show a spark a
- /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00180.html (6,785 bytes)
- 30. [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:29:58 -0400
- My worst car ever was a gold 1989 XJS 5.3L V-12 Jaguar. Every 6 months it needed something in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. So much money went on repairs, thinking 'that must be the last big thing to g
- /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00293.html (8,430 bytes)
- 31. [TR] TRF steering couplings - failure warning (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:16:54 -0400
- I fitted rubber steering couplings a few weeks ago to my 1963 TR4. I just received a call from Dave at The Roadster Factory warning that the couplings are flawed, and may fail. They were supplied fro
- /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00007.html (7,537 bytes)
- 32. [TR] VW rotated rad (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:58:27 -0500
- I've got a friend with a (like-new) VW radiator. It's dimensions are correct to fit my TR3 IF it's turned on it's side (90 degrees). Could I use it? == Paul: if rotated 90 degrees, where will the fil
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00244.html (6,864 bytes)
- 33. [TR] TR4 exhaust bracket - photo (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:24:10 -0500
- Could someone please send me a photograph of the front exhaust bracket in place on a TR4. This is the bracket that connects the front pipe to the gearbox. This bracket was missing on my car, and the
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00482.html (7,237 bytes)
- 34. Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 1, Issue 371 (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:49:14 -0500
- Jef - thanks. I had seen that image. I understood where the clamp fixes on the exhaust, but I was unclear where on the car went the bracket. Good luck with your efforts. Mine is a TRF muffler set tha
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00509.html (8,733 bytes)
- 35. [TR] TR4 Exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:40:14 -0500
- At last, my silencer is silenced! Thanks to Bob, Geo, Jim & Jeff. I learned that my gearbox-bracket is in place on the car. How I'd not noticed it in doing prop-shaft ujoints, I don't know. But it's
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00515.html (8,527 bytes)
- 36. [TR] TR4 / 4A Gearbox Counterweight (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:04:01 +0000
- A part presented as a "Gearbox Counterweight" is on sale on ebay: I have never heard mention of this part before. Does anyone recognise it? Given the small amounts of metal required to balance a prop
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00560.html (7,450 bytes)
- 37. [TR] Classic Car Rental in the UK (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:21 -0500
- As Jonmac pointed out, gas will be expensive. The Imperial gallon he quotes at $9.90 is 5/4 of a US gallon, and relative cost = $7.90 per US gallon. I have a copy of "Classic and Sports Car" to hand.
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00631.html (7,430 bytes)
- 38. [TR] Muffler Anti-Resonator material (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:26:44 -0500
- If the exhaust is fitted correctly, I think the greatest amount of sound is out of the tailpipe, not through the walls of the exhaust. In my stuggles to get my exhaust right, I was considering a Monz
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00010.html (8,382 bytes)
- 39. [TR] Bell Exhaust System (score: 1)
- Author: banc8004@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:22:05 +0000
- I quick search reveals the British Car Parts Co. in Texas sells the Bell system for Triumphs: http://www.britishcarpartsco.com/British%20car%20parts%20for%20sale.htm "We also offer Bell stainless exh
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00033.html (7,431 bytes)
- 40. [TR] Hot GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:33:55 -0500
- I'd confirm the temp at which the thermosat opens, and the actual temp the car runs at when warm. I'd back flush the engime block, and check the water pump. Maybe there is there a way to check the f
- /html/triumphs/2007-12/msg00246.html (7,701 bytes)
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