- 1. Re: Gasket Paper (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 06:46:55 -0700
- about Triumphs here! Just lay the old gasket on the paper and trace it with a pencil, and cut it out with a razor blade! We can't have the gasket coming from a more intelligent background than the ca
- /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00141.html (6,634 bytes)
- 2. Re: End Float (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 09:56:56 -0700
- and then later about using GL4 spec if it is an overdrive gearbox. Do you have any actual experience using synthetic gear oil in the Triumph gearboxes with the Laycock DeNormanville overdrives? I onc
- /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00315.html (7,670 bytes)
- 3. Re: white stuff in Spitfire bonnet seams (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 09:51:14 -0700
- body shell is sagging, and becoming U-shaped fore-and-aft. The rocker panels (sills) are box monocoques, which provide the stiffness to keep the trunk from folding up to meet the bonnet. If the rocke
- /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00243.html (7,985 bytes)
- 4. Re: Frame rust (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 10:45:05 -0700
- too these Now, Bill, I have used a product called POR-15 which seems to do a good job. It is a moisture-cured urethane resin which is designed to be painted right over the rust (hence POR). It allege
- /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00465.html (9,710 bytes)
- 5. Re: Frame rust (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 10:00:23 -0700
- Laboratories Inc., P.O. Box 1235, Morristown NJ 07962-1235, and it's only $20 a pint, not $30 as I said yesterday. They also have a bunch of other interesting looking products for sealing and coating
- /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00489.html (7,937 bytes)
- 6. Re: Frame rust (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 13:35:50 -0700
- We used a smooth finish. places it it all, As I remember, it sticks quite well to clean metal, but I haven't had a long term exposure yet. It does stick like crazy to the rusted areas, though, and th
- /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00506.html (8,448 bytes)
- 7. Re: Headers, to wrap or not to wrap? (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 12:06:00 -0700
- question. I have experienced a nasty problem at the race track of the header wrap soaking up oil and gas leaks, and then becoming a large wick if it ignites. It is also very hard to extinguish, as th
- /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00479.html (7,795 bytes)
- 8. Re: Replacing Spit clutch pivot pin (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:00:50 -0700
- ....................................................................... If you're going to replace the pivot pin with a bolt, be sure to use a bolt with a long enough shoulder so no threads are beari
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00260.html (7,282 bytes)
- 9. Re: Spit tyres (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:41:23 -0700
- ....................................................................... In the late '70s, I used 185/70-13 Michelins on 13x6 BWA Sportstar wheels on my Spit MkII. I had to bang up the front fender li
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00289.html (7,324 bytes)
- 10. Re: Spit Parts (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 09:58:35 -0700
- ....................................................................... I have a copy of the Triumph Workshop Manual for the Herald, Vitesse, and Spitfire models, which has a very good index of seria
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00523.html (7,693 bytes)
- 11. Re: Spit Parts (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 09:49:44 -0700
- ...................................................................... GD...HE 1968. ^ No, the manual says that that engine range is from 1968 onwards. There is a different range of engine numbers fo
- /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00551.html (7,959 bytes)
- 12. Re: GD series Herald engines [was Re: Spit Parts] -- a bit longish (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson)
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 09:45:46 -0700
- onwards. have or GD is like to the Andy, All I know is what I read. This is a reprint of the official Standard-Triumph factory workshop manual. It shows that the engine numbers for the early Herald
- /html/triumphs/1995-09/msg00046.html (10,513 bytes)
- 13. Re: Engine Swap (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson )
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:29:06 -0700
- Spitfire? I believe Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is doing a project to put a Mazda rotary engine into a Spit.
- /html/triumphs/1995-09/msg00331.html (6,657 bytes)
- 14. Re: bill hirsch paint (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson )
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 09:42:02 -0700
- The address for Bill Hirsch is Bill Hirsch Automotive, 396 Littleton Ave., Newark, NJ 07103. Phone (800) 828-2061.
- /html/triumphs/1995-09/msg00385.html (6,600 bytes)
- 15. Re: Pig in a Poke (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson )
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:58:42 -0800
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- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00074.html (6,544 bytes)
- 16. Re: RHD nonfailgofast device (and Brit Coffee Mugs) (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson )
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 09:51:52 -0800
- I set the seat, ..................................................................... Not only that, but with the recent mandated metrification, they have had to scrap all their old Imperial mugs and
- /html/triumphs/1995-11/msg00361.html (7,516 bytes)
- 17. Re: exhaust manifold paint (score: 1)
- Author: pwatson@ix.netcom.com (Pete Watson )
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:46:52 -0800
- I've tried many high temperature paints over the years, and so far nothing has stayed put on the hotter parts of the exhaust system for more than a year. I have obtained some of Restomotive's latest
- /html/triumphs/1995-12/msg00132.html (7,551 bytes)
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