- 1. Re: Hello There (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 12:30:16 CST
- Ha ha, nothing like a little humor and irony to launch a list. Trying to generate a couple megabytes in the first week, I see. I'd suggest upgrading to Land Rover brakes and suspension, since they us
- /html/triumphs/1995-02/msg00001.html (6,560 bytes)
- 2. re: brake bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 95 13:38:42 CST
- Hi, Ken. Fancy meeting you here! My first guess is it's just a little NH road salt in the bleed nipples. First try removing the bleed nipple entirely and see if you get flow under pedal pressure. If
- /html/triumphs/1995-03/msg00033.html (8,271 bytes)
- 3. Re: Torque that nut, baby (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 95 09:25:26 CDT
- I am in constant awe of your amazing knowledge of diverse topics, sir. -- Gary Schneider Nicolet Instrument Technologies, 5225-4 Verona Road, Madison, WI 53711 USA phone: 608-276-6172, Fax: 608-273-5
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00023.html (7,518 bytes)
- 4. Re: TR6 questions (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 95 11:12:48 CDT
- I'll weigh in with another opinion lacking in direct evidence. I'd recommend it. You don't have the unleaded filler neck so you are definitely at risk. You also definitely don't have a catcon to plu
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00043.html (8,449 bytes)
- 5. Re: Exhaust Notes (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 95 12:09:29 CDT
- I don't know about the TR4 specifically, but the Monza twin-pipe TR6 exhaust has two tiny tubes passing through the frame channel. I am certain the combined area is much less than one decent size pi
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00077.html (7,588 bytes)
- 6. Re: TR-6 wheel centers (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 95 08:30:00 CDT
- Well, you could spend a fortune with the Roadster Factory and get them free during the winter parts sale. I've gotten most of my rusty ones replaced this way, a few at a time. TRF is also $5 for the
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00108.html (7,333 bytes)
- 7. Re: catalytic converter in tr7 (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 16:14:49 CDT
- Cynic mode [on] It's federal law, tamper with an emission system or touch a car that doesn't meet 100% of all requirements and you can serve time. It's unenforceable and widely ignored at an individ
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00173.html (8,795 bytes)
- 8. Re: Car mileage (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 16:35:46 CDT
- The usual advice is look at the rubber on the pedals and the carpeting in the driver's footwell. 2000+ hours at the wheel wears the rubber through, 500 hours much less so. Steering wheel and seat le
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00174.html (8,026 bytes)
- 9. RE: TR-6 conversion (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 14:45:03 CDT
- Ohmigod! I have an Xr4ti and I love my TR6 for the stump-pulling torque of the six. The Merkur is hard work to drive fast with no torque and no power until the turbo spools up. Our Nissan Stanza can
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00221.html (7,804 bytes)
- 10. Re: I'm a leper (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 13:30:24 CDT
- But won't the 3" lake pipes along the side give it away? (Even if you don't take up the kind offer for the flame paint.) -- Gary Schneider, Nicolet Instrument Technologies phone: 608-276-6172, Fax: 6
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00282.html (6,758 bytes)
- 11. Re: let's talk leprosy... (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Mon, 1 May 95 13:07:07 CDT
- A hearty Amen! Variety is the spice of life. A major reason I like TRs & MGs is that the Jag and Healey crowd seem more prone to high-buck snobbiness and hyper-restoration. (That, and I don't have $
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00009.html (7,674 bytes)
- 12. Re: title and year of car (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 10:48:57 CDT
- Anyone remember the annual model changes that were obligatory in the US back then? There would be a fall launch, and in, say, Sept. 1970 you could buy a shiny new 1971 car of your choice. Must have
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00034.html (7,511 bytes)
- 13. Re: Cracked TR-2 Head (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 15:59:01 CDT
- It seems to be an art form: Mini Cooper S cast iron heads have very little meat between the large valves and most of them cracked. I had one that was brazed twice and cracked three times, finally re
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00044.html (7,688 bytes)
- 14. Monster List (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 17:34:09 CDT
- Hey, sorry to act like a newbie cretin, and honest I've read the help and info files, but where does the "Monster List" live? I have only e-mail and must have a colleague FTP stuff for me. TIA! -- Ga
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00048.html (6,516 bytes)
- 15. Re: "exotic" (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 17:45:23 CDT
- Anything unavailable seems to have allure: American cars are a status symbol for cultists in Europe and Japan. I once put in a two-way radio system for a trucking company near here. They told me the
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00050.html (6,862 bytes)
- 16. Re: TR6 Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Wed, 3 May 95 11:39:13 CDT
- I've been quite happy with the Allison (now Crane) XR700 in my '72 TR6, 3 years under the belt. The photoelectric pickup is not significantly affected by worn bearings or shaft wobble like points ar
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00063.html (7,808 bytes)
- 17. Re: Weight of 2.5L TR6 engine? (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Wed, 3 May 95 17:11:14 CDT
- Ooof, I'd give the raygun some fresh dilithium crystals first, but if it's really Lucas you better bring the hoist anyway. I've seen the number 650 pounds for TR6 engine with trans. I think I paid f
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00072.html (7,696 bytes)
- 18. Re: Roller Rockers (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 4 May 95 11:03:15 CDT
- Have you tried Moss TriumphTune? I was awed by their TR4/5/6 performance catalog, haven't seen anything comparable in breadth here in US. -- Gary Schneider, Nicolet Instrument Technologies phone: 60
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00102.html (7,231 bytes)
- 19. Re: Re[2]: Roller Rockers (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 4 May 95 18:57:41 CDT
- Never had the (dis?)pleasure of dealing with them, but they sure had some fun TR6 stuff I couldn't find here like a choice of four grades of road springs, 3 exhaust systems, LSD's, etc. I'll look at
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00111.html (7,615 bytes)
- 20. Re: TR6 - Valve setting (score: 1)
- Author: gschneid@nicmad.nicolet.com (Gary Schneider)
- Date: Thu, 11 May 95 15:14:34 CDT
- Pete asked: 1 - I've always just eyeballed valve position - the idea of compressing the opposite valves is that the one to be adjusted is on the flat-profile part of the cam and placement is not crit
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00212.html (7,964 bytes)
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