- 1. Body Tub (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:41:33 -0800
- Preperations for restoration of my TR3 body are finally comming together. I got a call a week early from the company that is stripping my body tub, and it's ready to pick up. When I got home I found
- /html/triumphs/2003-03/msg00630.html (7,505 bytes)
- 2. Re: Body Tub (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:15:27 -0800
- I found two places locally that do dipping. The closest one here in Portland OR quoted $750 for the tub. They are a large operation, and did not impress me as being committed to quality. The next clo
- /html/triumphs/2003-03/msg00665.html (8,638 bytes)
- 3. [TR] Two Post Lifts (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:52:43 -0800
- I am thinking about installing a two post lift in my shop. There are a lot of brands and styles out there. Some use equalizing cables, others use chains. Some run the equalizing cables/chains across
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00930.html (6,903 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TR] Gas Tank Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:24:52 -0700
- I have a pre 60K car and a post 60K car. The tank in the pre 60K car just sits on the floor. The post 60K car has pedestals which are bent out of thick strap iron. They are bolted to the floor and th
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00347.html (8,575 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TR] Gas Tank Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:55:04 -0700
- I've got to correct myself on that last email. I just went out and looked. They are spot welded to the floor. The front attachment point has a hole in it with a captive nut underneath that the tank h
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00348.html (8,969 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TR] Gas Tank Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:58:16 -0700
- Over the weekend, I should be able to provide pictures of an original pre 60K tank and an original post 60K tank. Ed has offered to put them up on his site for all to see. They are pretty rusty old t
- /html/triumphs/2006-04/msg00363.html (8,869 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TR] TR4A Oil Circulation - Long (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 20:05:45 -0700
- The TR2/3 Service Instruction Manual published by Standard Triumph has a two page diagram showing oil flow. I have run across copies on ebay. I bought mine a few years ago at a local swap meet. Mike
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00201.html (10,566 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TR] Battery Box/Dash (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 20:15:02 -0700
- I just got done transfering the brackets to my new battery box. The brackets are 1" high by 1.35" deep by 2" long angle pieces of sheet metal. They are attached to the back of the battery box with th
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00202.html (7,432 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TR] Battery Box/Dash (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 22:05:21 -0700
- I tried to get a digital picture, but the combination of the proximity under the dash, the gray primer, and the flash didn't provide any detail that would be useful. I may need to invest in a more mo
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00223.html (8,744 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TR] NON LBC- NEW AIR COMPRESSOR (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 22:31:45 -0700
- My wife bought me a single stage Ingersoll-Rand SS5L5 for Christmas (I love my wife! She buys me great tools.) I believe it was in the $700 range including shipping. 5HP Single phase 220V. I dont qui
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00224.html (8,916 bytes)
- 11. [TR] Tri-metal bearings at BPNW (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 21:15:33 -0700
- I see that British Parts Northwest has worked a deal with King Bearing to have tri-metal bearings made. http://www.bpnorthwest.com/.sc/ms/cat/TR3-4A--Performance%20Parts The reliability and spec's fo
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00485.html (7,144 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TR] Tri-metal bearings at BPNW (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:13:44 -0700
- I have always had good service from BPNW and wasn't intending anything negative. I was thinking more of the long term characteristics that require 100's of thousands of accumulated miles to really pr
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00504.html (7,185 bytes)
- 13. [TR] Regrinding TR3 lifters? (score: 1)
- Author: Beth Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:47:18 -0700
- I am getting ready to drop my TR3 camshaft off at Oregon Cam Grinding Inc. to have a stock profile regrind done on it. Normally I would install new lifters on a reground cam, but I have read so many
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00263.html (7,355 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TR] Coating the inside of block (score: 1)
- Author: Beth Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:59:04 -0700
- For what it's worth, the factory apparently coated the inside of the TR3 block that I am currently rebuilding with some sort of black compound that dried with a glossy surface. It appears to be in p
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00264.html (7,441 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TR] Regrinding TR3 lifters? (score: 1)
- Author: Beth Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:43:49 -0700
- Thanks all for the feedback on regrinding lifters. I have decided to give it a try. I dropped my cam and lifters off at Oregon Cam Grinding earlier today. Very nice to talk to! The main warning that
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00330.html (8,139 bytes)
- 16. Re: [TR] TR3 boot (trunk) (score: 1)
- Author: Beth Lang <mlang@easystreet.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:54:41 -0700
- I have a 57 TR3 and a later TR3A. The TR3 has an "X" support formed out of sheet metal which I think is spot welded to the underside of the trunk lid. The TR3A has the detachable cross member. I thin
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00525.html (8,349 bytes)
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