- 61. [TR] ebay question: off topic, sort-of (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:10:53 EDT
- Hi everyone; Thanks for all the great advice. The e-mail I received did indeed use my ebay userid, but there were no messages in this regard in "my ebay". Accordingly, I have taken the advice of the
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- 62. Re: [TR] ebay question: off topic, sort-of THANKS EVERYONE! (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:54:45 EDT
- I did this but retained the old plate with the other records. In the case of LHD TR4s the plate was located right below the master cylinders -- pretty common that about all that was left of the origi
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- 63. [TR] ebay 2nd chance conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:28:34 EDT
- Well, I have a rocker shaft in my TR3 likely from the same rebuilder that Gary got his from. I did not have it tested for hardness, but a file just skipped over the surface so I think it's hard enou
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- 64. [TR] Electrical diagnosis, please! (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:43:12 EDT
- A battery can read 12V with no load on it and still be faulty. Meaning that it can't provide enough current when needed to power the load. Or you connections might be intermittant like you state. Bu
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- 65. [TR] Electrical diagnosis: Update (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:29:09 EDT
- Although certainly not common; it has happened to me. The battery had a broken conductor inside the case, probably from over-enthusiastic tightening of a clamp. All normal tests would show that the
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- 66. Re: [TR] Electrical diagnosis: Update (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:15:11 EDT
- So lanes flow down to the motorway? I would say that more likely "up" a lane invokes the meaning "to or at an important place", in this case the manor house that would normally be at the end of the
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- 67. Re: [TR] Electrical diagnosis: Update (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:31:16 EDT
- You are correct. A "crash box" is a transmission with no syncromesh. Often you will hear someone describe and early TR or Sprite as having a "crash first" (implying that they have syncro on the highe
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- 68. Re: [TR] Crash Gear Box (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:50:57 EDT
- Like Randall, I have a small Facet pump on my TR3A that I mounted on the frame just behind the driver's side rear wheel. I installed a shut-off switch (with a big red knob) and filter between the pum
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- 69. Re: [TR] Crash Gear Box (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:14:23 EDT
- So that you are comparing apples to apples - you may want to only consider those that actually see the piece before they quote a price. also compare their process. I don't remember the specifics of c
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- 70. Re: [TR] "I Shudda" - Was Crash Gear Box (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:40:57 EDT
- My first new car was a 67 Camaro. Cost me $2250. Joe Well if others are going to talk about ones from the past, I think I'll dust off this old list which I am fairly certain I have posted before. I m
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- 71. Re: [TR] TR3 Starter Solenoid Position (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:34:11 EDT
- When rebuilding my TR3 motor I discovered a huge amount of rust accumulated behind the #4 liner so I decided to examine the entire cooling system in more detail. In the process I found that the port
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- 72. Re: [TR] Triumph Stag (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:21:59 EDT
- pump can be changed without taking off the front apron of a TR3A. I don't know why, but I've always assumed that anything even close to the front of the engine required front apron removal. Anyway,
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- 73. [TR] Uprated water pump question (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:50:13 EDT
- All the answers so far have been dispassionate, practical. But slightly off the mark. First, if it was about money at all, we'd never have picked up the TRs or Spitfires or GT6s at all. But having do
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- 74. Re: [TR] Uprated water pump question (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:52:54 EDT
- John and the List, For me, fuel cost isn't an issue and probably wouldn't be a motivator to sell the TR6. I only put 1000 to 1500 miles a year on the car and I consider the car to be spring, summer,
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- 75. Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?) (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:23:50 EDT
- I would be a lot more impressed with that, Nolan, if it actually came from the DMV. It was 2009 when I specifically asked and was told that the CA DMV would recognize only plates that they had suppl
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- 76. [TR] Timing Chain question (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:58:52 EDT
- There are only 19 rooms available at the Jekyll club the host hotel for the VTR national, to be held on Jekyll island Ga.. www.vtr2010.org ronnie babbitt _____________________________________________
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- 77. Re: [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?) (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:52:24 EDT
- Come the time I can not afford fuel from my TR3, I'll be looking for an engine swap. Likely a small fuel efficient turbo diesel to pop into the 3. Teriann ____________________________________________
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- 78. Re: [TR] Collector Car Prices (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:14:41 EDT
- Mineral spirits sound like a good plan. There was a lot of solid matter in the master from sitting so long and I want to make sure it gets cleaned out before pumping the silicon through. Thanks, jim
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- 79. Re: [TR] TR3 Starter rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:52:42 EDT
- Al, does one mount to the same mounts as the telescopic support already there? If so one could mount two on there with some long bolts and spacers. That is a common trick (mounting a third doubled up
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- 80. Re: [TR] TR3 "snap-back" Side Mirrors (score: 1)
- Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:35:23 EDT
- Ask Dan Masters how lending a car out worked for him...it didn't. Dan, one of the nicest southern gentlemen ever, loaned his TR6 to (and the list will have to fill in the details) a French? man to dr
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