- 41. Re: Elitist Triumphs (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
- See, there you go, leaping from "Triumph" to "TR". What about the poor GT6 and Herald? They've been completely left out of this discussion - even the Spitfire and Stag guys look down on us! :-)
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- 42. Re: Reassembling rear drive-line (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
- I find the U-joints to be pretty stiff on assembly. That's a good thing. The goal with the zerks is to be able to get a grease gun on them when everything is assembled. This maye take a couple of ite
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00678.html (7,556 bytes)
- 43. Re: Tr4 dash lights (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
- I'm not *certain* about the TR4, since my experience behind the dash is with a 4A, but I suspect that there should be a black wire with a ring terminal that goes to the bridge of each of the small i
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg00559.html (7,503 bytes)
- 44. RE: [TR] TR4A Brake Master Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:50:25 -0700 (PDT)
- My tendency of late is to replace aluminum cylinders rather than try to rebuild them - cleaning them is easy, honing them properly seems to be hit or miss. If they've already been honed once, just to
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00493.html (7,518 bytes)
- 45. Re: [TR] TR4 Driving lamps (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:26:14 -0700 (PDT)
- You might take a look at my article about this: http://www.dimebank.com/tech/WiringDrivingLights.html Enjoy, chris == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 46. [TR] Starter acting funny... (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:46:22 -0700 (PDT)
- For starters (heh), inspect all your electrical connections from the battery to the solenoid to the starter, and then from the engine block to the ground strap to the battery. Disassemble, clean the
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00635.html (7,052 bytes)
- 47. Re: [TR] vacuum, oil presure,ELEC FAN thermo. SOUGHT! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:40:22 -0700 (PDT)
- You can find all sorts of fancy, adjustable, solid state or otherwise electric fan thermostats on the market. I've tried them all, and they all have ... interesting failure modes. I finally settled o
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00665.html (8,063 bytes)
- 48. Re: RE: [TR] Wiring harness tape (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:11:46 -0700 (PDT)
- I suggest that you look to the good folks at British Wiring (contact info in the Monster List, www.dimebank.com/monster) for the proper wrapping tape, as well as wire, bullets and complete harnesses.
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- 49. RE: [TR] British Masters (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:37:40 -0700 (PDT)
- The Monster List knows all: http://www.dimebank.com/monster == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 50. Re: [TR] horns (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes. There should be a ground strap at the rack, as well as across each of the rubber couplings (two on a 4A and 250, only one on a 6). The one at the rack seems to go missing on a regular basis... =
- /html/triumphs/2006-07/msg00351.html (7,060 bytes)
- 51. Re: [TR] Re: What should the new Triumph look like? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
- Well, the new Z4 coupe sure looks like my GT6 to me :-) Any car they produce will have to work in both hardtop and convertible versions. As much as I love my 4A, I think that there might be a real ma
- /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00431.html (7,790 bytes)
- 52. Re: [TR] TR6 Clutch Frustrations (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Another thing that is often overlooked is wear at the clutch master clevis - either the pin is worn, or the hole in the pedal arm is worn. In the stock setup, there is no way to adjust for this, and
- /html/triumphs/2006-08/msg00547.html (7,186 bytes)
- 53. Re: [TR] Re: British Parts Connection (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
- The Monster List knows all :-) http://www.dimebank.com/monster/burst/00115.html (they shut down in 2004) == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
- /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00619.html (6,936 bytes)
- 54. Re: [TR] cast iron welding question - 4A exhaust manifold (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:15:31 -0800 (PST)
- It can certainly be done. Read a description of one successful cast iron repair at http://www.dimebank.com/FrankenLathe.html (search for 'welded' if you don't want to read the whole thing :-) It's a
- /html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00554.html (8,469 bytes)
- 55. Re: [TR] Where does everyone put their left foot in a TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:07:20 -0800 (PST)
- In my GT6, I bought a spare of the plinth that is used in the TR4A to mount the dip switch, and mounted it with a couple of rivnuts as a 'dead pedal'. You could probably do the same - works great. ==
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- 56. [TR] headlamp choce? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:01:37 -0800 (PST)
- Take a look at http://www.dimebank.com/tech/Light-up.html for my take on the topic :-) == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 57. Re: [TR] headlamp choce? IPFs vs. Cibies (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:46:21 -0800 (PST)
- I've owned both. I returned the IPFs. They're heavily advertised to the off-road crowd, and it's entirely possible that they're a more robust package. But I found that the low-beam cutoff was fuzzy a
- /html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00217.html (7,419 bytes)
- 58. Re: [TR] Potential GT6 purchase (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:20:49 -0800 (PST)
- Fit depends entirely on how you're built. I'm 6'2 and fit fine - but I have a 32" inseam, which is possibly short for my height. Getting in and out is an interesting challenge (put your right foot in
- /html/triumphs/2007-02/msg00119.html (7,790 bytes)
- 59. Re: [TR] TR3 checking transmission fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
- I have done two things to make checking/filling the tranny easier on my TR4A: 1. Cut a hole in the transmission cover. This is mostly to make filling easier - now I pull back the carpet, remove the r
- /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00590.html (8,206 bytes)
- 60. Re: [TR] White Post Restorations (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:53:19 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes, and they wrote about it for the Monster List, http://www.dimebank.com/monster (For master cylinder rebuilds, I prefer Sierra Specialty, and there are a bunch of places in the List that do boost
- /html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00445.html (6,625 bytes)
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