- 121. left over parts (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:08:10 -0700
- almost forgot these: 1 HPCG902 head gasket set 1 GEG214 lower engine gasket set
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00133.html (6,434 bytes)
- 122. Re: Automatic Chokes: To Be or Not To Be... (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:05:04 -0700
- One trick that often helps is to depress the accelerator pedal while pulling on the choke.
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00154.html (7,287 bytes)
- 123. RE: Controversial 250 (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 19:44:54 -0700
- Yup. You get whatever the factory recorded. For my TR4A, that meant commission, engine, and key codes, plus colors, options, build and ship dates, and dealer. Similarly on the GT6+, except they also
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00179.html (6,864 bytes)
- 124. Re: TeriAnn's TR (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 10:13:28 -0700
- I like Bob Schaller's idea, but not the execution - in particular, there's no reason to choose anything but an internally regulated ("one wire") alternator today. British Car ran an article about thi
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00260.html (7,028 bytes)
- 125. Re: New, improved (?) "ring(s) around the piston" (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 13:45:02 -0700
- No,the 2% figure for leakdown is with the gapless rings. The ad I saw and may be misremembering said something like 5-7% leakdown for a new engine with conventional rings, which will jump to 10-15% a
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00105.html (7,409 bytes)
- 126. Re: [TR] TR4 manifold Studs (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 08:53:38 -0700
- The original exhaust manifold studs were copper coated and came in multiple lengths. You might try sourcing the shorter ones from TRF, but if you end up using "generic" ones, please be sure to use an
- /html/triumphs/2012-05/msg00766.html (11,027 bytes)
- 127. Re: [TR] Adding a VSS pulse generator inline with speedometer, cable (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:32:20 -0700
- Palo Alto Speedometer (they're in the monster list) will certainly speak that language and work from a long distance. They won't be cheap, though. I've had them do many custom cables to fit various r
- /html/triumphs/2012-08/msg00171.html (10,615 bytes)
- 128. Re: [TR] Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:30:03 -0700
- Do they have them in stock or do I need to send mine in? I know there is a core charge. Just thinking about the exchange time. Also, send it where? Apple, White Post. . . ? Sierra Specialty is the wi
- /html/triumphs/2012-08/msg00220.html (10,699 bytes)
- 129. Re: [TR] Electric Fuel Pump Placement? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:11:44 -0700
- My long-suffering TR4A came to me with a replacement mechanical fuel pump and a pretty bodged engine-compartment plumbing setup. One of the first tasks I undertook was to recreate the hard lines per
- /html/triumphs/2013-04/msg00174.html (10,747 bytes)
- 130. Re: [TR] Oil pressure in my TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:14 -0700
- Those pressures seem totally reasonable; my target is usually 10PSI/1000rpm. Too high an oil pressure is just robbing power from the engine. One thing you didn't look at, and is not an uncommon probl
- /html/triumphs/2013-05/msg00248.html (8,578 bytes)
- 131. Re: [TR] Headlight Relays (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:48:49 -0700
- When I did this, I mounted modern square relays in the driver footwell, and used the original wiring out to the buckets. It was completely tucked away and invisible; you can even get relays that have
- /html/triumphs/2014-10/msg00062.html (8,492 bytes)
- 132. Re: [TR] Headlight Update (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:20:52 -0700
- There are, or used to be, halogen bulbs that fit the PL700. I ran that way for a while ... it's not actually worth it. The problem is not (just) the bulb, but also the reflector and lens design. Get
- /html/triumphs/2014-10/msg00104.html (9,736 bytes)
- 133. Re: [TR] Headlight Update (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:24:01 -0700
- I haven't looked at it in detail for a while, but I *think* the core information at http://www.dimebank.com/tech/Light-up.html is still sound :-) chris ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://w
- /html/triumphs/2014-10/msg00105.html (10,216 bytes)
- 134. Re: [TR] Headlight Update (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:11:56 -0700
- It is, indeed. There's one wire that runs up the RH fender wiring bundle from the dimmer, and then gets split to cross the apron. ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/triumphs/2014-10/msg00107.html (9,384 bytes)
- 135. Re: [TR] removing a broken bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:50:06 -0800
- http://www.dimebank.com/tech/BrokenBolt.html ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/triumphs/2014-11/msg00155.html (8,845 bytes)
- 136. Re: [TR] Bullet Connectors (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:37:45 -0800
- I get them from British Wiring. The ones I bought from TRF many years ago were good, too. And spend the money for the crimping tool, it *really* makes the job easier and your connections will last an
- /html/triumphs/2014-12/msg00036.html (8,224 bytes)
- 137. Re: [TR] Stubborn Glove Box (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:25:43 -0800
- My sense was always that the pull tab was dropped both for stylistic reasons (to make it seem more "modern") as well as safety (one less poky thing for the passenger to bash their head on in an accid
- /html/triumphs/2015-01/msg00163.html (8,364 bytes)
- 138. Re: [TR] Wanted: Body shop recommendations in San Francisco, peninsula area (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:20:29 -0800
- Maybe farther than you want to travel, but I recently learned about "On The Road Again" in Morgan Hill, who seem very focused on high-end work on British Cars. ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive:
- /html/triumphs/2015-02/msg00077.html (8,201 bytes)
- 139. Re: [TR] Kiss of the Cuckoo (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:07:32 -0700
- Oh my yes. I had spent a year turning the rolling wreck that was Sarah, my first Triumph (a TR4A) into a reliable, if somewhat less than beautiful (to passersby, that is - she was lovely to me) sport
- /html/triumphs/2015-04/msg00062.html (9,725 bytes)
- 140. Re: [TR] Kiss of the Cuckoo (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:53:56 -0700
- Boulder. 1990. Probably not the *first*, but the first in a long while. ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/triumphs/2015-04/msg00070.html (9,700 bytes)
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