- 1. Where does that leave me? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:31:49 -0400
- I own a TR-6. I can't afford to run it until I no longer have to pay child support, in about 4 years. I did not sell it and won't. I was never interested in racing or changing the car to "improve" t
- /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01074.html (9,977 bytes)
- 2. RE: Hardwood floors and plugged holes. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:43:29 -0400
- If you happen to still have the original jack, you will need access through the large plugged hole to insert the jack and hook it into the special bracket on the frame. I only had to do it once, when
- /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01192.html (7,136 bytes)
- 3. adjusting antenna for AM (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:10:38 -0400
- I think it is called trimming the antenna. If I remember correctly, you tune the radio to the weakest station you can find at the 550 end of the dial and then turn the adjusting screw, which is usual
- /html/triumphs/2004-08/msg01348.html (6,768 bytes)
- 4. polishing brass bits (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:37:34 -0400
- Why not wire brush them. A soft wire brush will get them shiny but not glossy, and will get into various edges without polishing away a lot of metal. Ron L
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01034.html (6,353 bytes)
- 5. RE: Ebay listing is odd (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:18:21 -0400
- My fellow collectors and I see these kinds of E-bay scams quite frequently for Antique phonographs. A seller either hijacks another's ebay identity and then copies pictures of a machine from a websit
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01080.html (7,858 bytes)
- 6. OT: Sable radio removal (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:33:53 -0400
- This is way off topic but I know the wisdom of the list is vast and your experience far reaching. I need to remove the radio/tape player from a '99 Mercury Sable. Anyone know how to go about it? FWIW
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01275.html (7,012 bytes)
- 7. Height of car front, GT 6 and TR-6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:07:28 -0500
- If I remember correctly, I had to bring my new '71 TR-6 in for a recall soon after I got it. The Feds had established a height requirement for headlights ( I wish they were all at the same height so
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00243.html (6,947 bytes)
- 8. XJ6 Parts car? for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:23:55 -0500
- I was telling a coworker about the XKE a friend of mine is trying to sell for parts. The coworker also has a jag he'd like to get rid of before the snow flies in earnest. The car is a '74 XJ6. I have
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00445.html (7,221 bytes)
- 9. FW: XJ6 Parts car? for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:31:04 -0500
- The owner of the car mentioned in an earlier post and duplicated below is very motivated to get rid of the car. He said, "Best offer by Christmas". Can someone post this to the Jag list and let me kn
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00611.html (7,745 bytes)
- 10. 71 E type jag for parts? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:16:25 -0400
- A while ago I posted a message to let people know that a friend of mine wanted to sell his Jag. He did not see a lot of interest at the price he wanted and was pretty much given the impression that i
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00062.html (7,079 bytes)
- 11. no Triumphs in Moodus (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:04:50 -0400
- I attended the Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival in Moodus CT this past week end and one of the events was an antique car show. There were a number of MGAs, Bs, TF and TD, I think, a few E type J
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00057.html (6,400 bytes)
- 12. customized Spit? seen in North Attleboro, Sunday. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:46:08 -0400
- I saw a beauty of a customized Triumph on Route One in North Attleborough, Sunday afternoon about 3:45. Does it belong to anyone on the list? I gave a thumbs up but the driver didn't wave. I hope he
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00272.html (6,614 bytes)
- 13. RE: TR 3 running hot (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:04:35 -0400
- I owned a 1958 TR 3 from 1968 to 1971. I don't ever remember it running hot except when the coolant slushed up from lack of antifreeze. Nor do I remember the battery discharging in the winter when he
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00982.html (6,764 bytes)
- 14. RE: TR 3 running hot (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:30:24 -0400
- Actually, the 3 had anti freeze in it, just not enough to cover the sub zero temps of an unusually cold winter that year. My night time winter driving was mainly highway, 60 mph or more, coming home
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg01029.html (7,012 bytes)
- 15. right hand drive pedal positions? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:41:41 -0400
- A friend was complaining that his leg bothered him when he drove for any length of time so I suggested that he get a right hand drive LBC. This got us to wondering if the gas pedal is nearest the out
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00061.html (7,518 bytes)
- 16. Selling my '60 TR-3A (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 19:51:33 -0400
- Don't sell it. Park it and start it every month or so, drive it up and down the driveway and park it again. I did that to my '73 TR-6 for years and am doing it again until child support payments end.
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00869.html (7,012 bytes)
- 17. Increasing TR3 Heater Output (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:00:37 -0500
- I hate to ask the obvious but you are opening the scuttle vent in front of the windshield, right? Ron L
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00423.html (7,071 bytes)
- 18. RE: Sheet metal nuts and bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:57:31 -0500
- Back in 1968, while in college, I removed the front fender of my '58 TR3 to clean it up before fiberglassing over the hole(s) in the fender. Naturally I had trouble with captive nuts, some of which I
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00930.html (7,159 bytes)
- 19. [TR] Eyeball vents. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:03:21 -0400
- If you are running with the top down, close your heating vents and close the dash "Eye balls". The open "Eyeballs" under the dash will then deliver more air to keep your legs cooler. Ron L == This li
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00179.html (6,596 bytes)
- 20. [TR] Red TR-3 in Ayer, MA (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:16:29 -0400
- A recent posting reminded me of this. Last Thursday, the 15th, there was a red TR-3 parked outside of O'Hanlon's Pub on the main street in Ayer, MA. It drew quite a few admiring looks. I was wonderin
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00509.html (6,750 bytes)
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