- 41. [TR] Fun with model T's/slow TR3 clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:58:47 -0400
- OK List...here's another weird one for you. I'm working on my '60 TR3A and I need new brackets that mount on the door-posts...both of my brackets were broken off decades ago. These are the brackets t
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- 42. [TR] TR-3 Pedals (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:54:58 -0400
- Just to pass onto the list, for those of you whose vehicles leak fluids (which is everyone). Last month I purchased this great Abzorb Mat 3' X 8 ' at: http://www.autohaulersupply.com/index.php?l=prod
- /html/triumphs/2009-07/msg00183.html (7,186 bytes)
- 43. [TR] rebuilt fuel pumps -TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:30:47 -0400
- Better than wax at what? Collecting dust? _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register
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- 44. [TR] Leaking fuel pump or not? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:49:33 -0400
- Hi Ray It's hard to tell in the tiny photo. The car sure looks good at 300x225 resolution, but apparently it's at least a "20-footer". I wonder what the equation is to convert resolution to distance?
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- 45. [TR] a peculiar electrical puzzle (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:58:13 -0400
- I've got an old note from Don Elliott saying it worked for him; perhaps he will chime in here with more direct (and updated) information. But with new rotors only $40 from TRF, I'd probably replace
- /html/triumphs/2009-09/msg00034.html (6,682 bytes)
- 46. [TR] Interesting problem identified (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:25:21 -0400
- Like a rack and pinion? I recently finished a restoration but didn't do an R&P conversion at the time. Big mistake. Pulled it all apart last week and fitted a bolt-on conversion. Fantastic. Andrew Th
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- 47. [TR] Windshield tenax fastener fixing.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:40:54 -0500
- The TR4 was such an avant garde move after the three, and the TR6 an 'adjustment' to the TR4 shape (same doors, windshield, and similar silhouette) I think he 3 to 4 was a braver step than the 250/5
- /html/triumphs/2009-12/msg00163.html (7,977 bytes)
- 48. [TR] ignition wires (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:50:11 -0500
- Just remove the door. You'd solve the sidecurtain fastener problem, and think of the extra A/C you'd get. Aargh...I should have saved that one for April Fools Day. Steve in Lompoc CA -- Message: 6 Da
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- 49. [TR] cup holder (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:54:39 -0400
- One of our sons invited us to Good Friday diner at his house. Michele and I took that opportunity to put the top down on the TR8 and use up some of last year's funky old gas. I have driven this car f
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00037.html (6,479 bytes)
- 50. [TR] First ride & shrunken tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:43:24 -0400
- Brian, you are correct, the vent tube draws fumes and of course pressure out by the vacuum created by the air moving past it as you drive down the road. However Bill's comment is not entirely accurat
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00163.html (7,493 bytes)
- 51. [TR] What cost to give up your Triumph? (Rhetorical?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:26:36 -0400
- Some very interesting (and varied) responses both on and off list. I've done a copy/paste of all received to date on to my friend with the Speed Six. As I may have a reply from him in due course, I'l
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- 52. [TR] '73 TR6 light switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:51:33 -0400
- If I see surface pitting on the studs as I am cleaning them, should I go ahead an replace them? Or is this just a cosmetic thing? TIA Bill Mobile Bill any torque is needed. Double nutting the other e
- /html/triumphs/2010-09/msg00373.html (6,459 bytes)
- 53. Re: [TR] '73 TR6 light switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:24:20 -0400
- Was your electronic ignition a Pertronix unit? How old? Apparently the newer Pertronix units are more sturdy than "older" ones. I don't know what they changed, or when. Any idea why it failed? I hav
- /html/triumphs/2010-09/msg00386.html (9,887 bytes)
- 54. [TR] headlight and dimmer switch-where to put the foot. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:19:22 -0400
- to answer your question, I had two distributors, both rebuilt by Jeff at Advanced Dsitributors. one was points, the other a pertronix. I have them set up so that they are interchangeable. each has it
- /html/triumphs/2010-09/msg00429.html (7,158 bytes)
- 55. [TR] This is a bit OT (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:05:16 -0400
- I don't think that it will be much of a problem. I use the glass, see through fuel filter and check it pretty frequently - got mine through JEGS, but there are other sources. I did clean it after a c
- /html/triumphs/2010-10/msg00056.html (7,103 bytes)
- 56. Re: [TR] Triumph Bendix Radio (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:16:47 -0400
- Think of it as Triumph parts on an MG. Actually, the later TR7's and 8's also have the solid float bowls. Probably the latest Spitfires, too. Dave _______________________________________________ Triu
- /html/triumphs/2010-10/msg00372.html (7,588 bytes)
- 57. [TR] '71 TR6 owners ephemera for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:55:57 -0500
- LOL 12 responses - 3 for SS; 3 for Chrome; 3 for either; 3 for neither (detracts from the looks of the car). Anyone want to be the tie breaker. General consensus Chrome looks better - bright chrome l
- /html/triumphs/2011-02/msg00176.html (7,614 bytes)
- 58. [TR] FW: '71 TR6 owners ephemera for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:58:48 -0500
- Well, if I was going to buy a luggage rack it would be stainless - but=A0I = don't care for them myself=A0:) LOL=A0 12 responses=A0 -=A0 3 for SS; 3 for Chrome;=A0 3 for either; 3 for = neither = (de
- /html/triumphs/2011-02/msg00177.html (6,880 bytes)
- 59. [TR] Triumph TR6 epehmera. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:32:53 -0500
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- /html/triumphs/2011-02/msg00182.html (6,619 bytes)
- 60. [TR] 73 TR6 heater fan (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:25:42 -0400
- You must lube the hard bushings. Silicone grease seems to last longest. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone No experience with the Prothane bushings, I used the Polyurethane bushings (p/n 681-235) an
- /html/triumphs/2011-07/msg00031.html (6,259 bytes)
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