- 81. Re: [TR] could this be real?? (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:54:11 -0700
- Whew! I'll bet used bumblebee wire is worth its weight in gold.... Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance.... ** triumphs@au
- /html/triumphs/2016-01/msg00177.html (9,459 bytes)
- 82. Re: [TR] TR4 wire wheel color (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 16:54:15 -0700
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- /html/triumphs/2016-02/msg00008.html (12,016 bytes)
- 83. Re: [TR] Lead (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:05:55 -0700
- Speaking of lead sleds, I once stored a `49 Jag cabriolet for a guy, and when I remarked how much throttle it took the get the car moving and that the doors seemed to be straining on the hinges when
- /html/triumphs/2016-02/msg00162.html (9,548 bytes)
- 84. Re: [TR] 20-50 oil (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:28:45 -0600
- I have a slightly different hypothesis about Quaker State, based on some non-automotive experience. Back in the late `70s, I worked for one of the few independent foreign auto shops in W. Mich. There
- /html/triumphs/2016-03/msg00109.html (11,942 bytes)
- 85. Re: [TR] 1948 triumph rumble seat roadster (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 04:24:35 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2016-08/msg00181.html (13,416 bytes)
- 86. Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 19:40:10 -0600
- Umm, not exactly. In the UK and some of the commonwealth countries, M is traditionally and colloquially used for thousands, because it's derived from the Latin numeral for one thousand. Kilo (or K) i
- /html/triumphs/2016-09/msg00067.html (11,041 bytes)
- 87. Re: [TR] Threads and Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:13:23 -0700
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- /html/triumphs/2016-11/msg00074.html (18,493 bytes)
- 88. Re: [TR] Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:10:29 -0600
- Yes. IIRC, there were three different pushrod lengths available across the range of wet-sleeve engines. But, still, that double-nut on the rocker looks like the culprit to me. Cheers. -- Michael
- /html/triumphs/2018-09/msg00092.html (11,010 bytes)
- 89. Re: [TR] New but cheap 20 W 50 Motor oil (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:47:04 -0600
- Ah, sludge. Which reminds me of a short stint at a independent foreign car shop in the `70s. Two regular clients were retired schoolteachers who had identical 1974 Honda Civics, and were in some
- /html/triumphs/2018-09/msg00172.html (12,040 bytes)
- 90. Re: [TR] Shipping parts from the UK (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 20:06:34 -0700
- It may. The UK's customs system goes by the acronym "CHIEF," and it's possible that they are testing emergency software changes in anticipation of a "no-deal" Brexit, and that's caused a bottleneck
- /html/triumphs/2018-12/msg00165.html (10,916 bytes)
- 91. Re: [TR] just for fun - completely off topic (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:28:04 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2019-04/msg00142.html (13,904 bytes)
- 92. Re: [TR] U.S. EPA Finalizes Rulemaking to Permit Year-Round Sales of E15 Gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 15:58:38 -0600
- The calculation is .85 x 115.5 + .15 x 76.0/115.5 = 0.94874, nominally - 5.125%. But, there are other considerations. The latent heat of evaporation of alcohol is pretty high, so the flame front
- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00039.html (13,475 bytes)
- 93. Re: [TR] U.S. EPA Finalizes Rulemaking to Permit Year-Round Sales of E15 Gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 18:19:12 -0600
- Very possible. I don't think we have any around here (although there are a few around with "ethanol added," probably at rates of 8-10%, and, yeah, those are not uniformly rated at higher octane), s
- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00041.html (12,035 bytes)
- 94. Re: [TR] what type of prop shaft to get (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:21:44 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00062.html (12,228 bytes)
- 95. Re: [TR] Inquiring Minds Want to Know - Was TR Won't Start (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:22:14 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00100.html (13,485 bytes)
- 96. Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidance (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:48:33 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00106.html (14,268 bytes)
- 97. Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidance (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:14:51 -0600
- Not exactly. The company's main divisions--aerospace, automotive and credit reporting--were sold off at various times over the past twenty years. TRW bought LucasVarity, then sold off the divisio
- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00110.html (11,396 bytes)
- 98. Re: [TR] Driving from Maryland to Texas for the VTR Nationals (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:47:32 -0600
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- /html/triumphs/2019-06/msg00209.html (15,815 bytes)
- 99. [TR] For those getting the... (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 20:26:56 -0600
- ... Motor Trend channel, the most recent episode of "My Classic Car" is on a car show in upstate NY, and features a couple of minutes on a 1958 TR10 in the show, which is reputed to be in virtually (
- /html/triumphs/2019-07/msg00026.html (9,738 bytes)
- 100. Re: [TR] For those getting the... (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 21:09:18 -0600
- Umm, some confusion here, maybe. The program I referred to was "My Classic Car." I think the program with Wayne Carini is "Chasing Classic Cars." Cheers. -- Michael Porter Roswell, NM Never let a
- /html/triumphs/2019-07/msg00029.html (10,378 bytes)
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