- 281. Re: [TR] Choke cable (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:42:06 -0000
- 1963 ttr4 An automatic transmission from a Triumph 2000 sedan will work. Needs just a little modification, so I am told. Don't know where to find one offhand, though. Someone will know. John H. ____
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00004.html (8,723 bytes)
- 282. Re: [TR] Choke cable movement (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:17:21 -0000
- Al the foregoing comments are relevant but there's one that most people missed. The TR6 rear suspension is the same as on the Triumph Big Six saloons and you get 'clunks' and 'boings' from the rear s
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00016.html (10,448 bytes)
- 283. Re: [TR] TR6 Clunk (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:50:34 -0000
- Hey, if I fix the leaks then I will have to pay $700 to powder coat the David Lylis 69 TR6 CC26160L 60 TR3A TS74461LO **Finally, one site has it all: your friends, your email, your favorite sites. Tr
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00033.html (9,887 bytes)
- 284. Re: [TR] TR6 transmission leaks (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:05:56 -0000
- It sounds more like "Government employees at their worst"! I would try appealing directly to the state department of motor vehicles and ask for their assistance. Be sure to include a complete explana
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00040.html (9,537 bytes)
- 285. Re: [TR] automatic transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:15:06 -0000
- I recently sold a 1967 VW truck to a guy in Texas. Georgia does not require titling of vehicles older than 10 years, so all I could give him was a Bill of Sale. Texas feels differently about the matt
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00041.html (7,752 bytes)
- 286. [TR] Government at its worst - 3 queries (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:10:12 -0000
- I thought the subject might get some attention. When I rewired my TR3I originally used a small remote switch designed to control lights on a boat to act as a remote cut off for the ignition switch. B
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00063.html (10,073 bytes)
- 287. [TR] My 3 queries (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:29:36 -0000
- If you look at the photo on Craigslist (or my Stag service manual); I think you'll see that the bellhousing is an integral part of the BW35. While you are no doubt correct that changing the bellhous
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00093.html (6,961 bytes)
- 288. [TR] Gas prices (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:24:00 -0000
- Some contrararian thoughts on the thread: 1. Who's the biggest supplier of oil to the US? Canada. Then Saudia Arabia, then Venezuela, then Mexico. 2. The idiots in charge of the big three are in trou
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00135.html (7,764 bytes)
- 289. [TR] Gas prices - revisited (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:50:10 -0000
- Sunday night my wife and I returned home after being away someplace warm for almost two weeks. The family car had sat unused in the driveway all that time. It lives outside because in the garage Trev
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00153.html (7,965 bytes)
- 290. Re: [TR] Ultimate restoration (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:47:06 -0000
- Depends on your definition of "best", IMO. Near the outlet from the radiator is the usual choice, so the fan only runs when the airflow through the radiator is otherwise insufficient to cool the wat
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00192.html (10,140 bytes)
- 291. Re: [TR] tr nos vs. repros. (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:42:53 -0000
- Mike _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs@autox.te
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00330.html (8,515 bytes)
- 292. Re: [TR] tr nos vs. repros. (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:24:20 -0000
- Actually, I was thinking that 4.03 first gear would be perfect with a 3.27 rear end in my Sports 6! I'm surprised its bid so high with that crazy $250 shipping flat rate. It shouldn't cost more than
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00333.html (8,265 bytes)
- 293. Re: [TR] drill bits (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:30:25 -0000
- Thanks to a number of folks on the list who gave good advice about grounding the module, module failure, and (especially) from Jeff Scarbrough, info on a cheap swap of the innards. Check it out below
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00362.html (10,157 bytes)
- 294. Re: [TR] Stuff (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:07:28 -0000
- Hi Bob, Yes, 160 lbs of you on the end of an 18" breaker bar will result in about 240 ft-lbs of torque. However, setting your torque wrench at 125 ft-lbs and extending the handle to 24" will only mak
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00016.html (7,532 bytes)
- 295. Re: [TR] Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:16:06 -0000
- HE WHO DIES /C the most tools does not win HE IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! randy sandner now in upstate ny _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/dona
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00048.html (8,293 bytes)
- 296. Re: [TR] Fuel pump safety switch (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:55:19 -0000
- I assume that would be a Mk 3. SpitBits seems to have them listed http://www.spitbits.com/mk1/1147enginebits.htm Randall _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.t
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00091.html (8,725 bytes)
- 297. Re: [TR] Hand cranking a Triumph - was TR3A radiator re-core (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:11:58 -0000
- This works well with the TR4. Just open a dash vent, they are connected to the same plenum as the scuttle vent. This doesn't work on the TR6, however, since the dash vents are connected to the fan di
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00156.html (8,573 bytes)
- 298. Re: [TR] Triumph 1300/1500 FWD axles (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:00:26 -0000
- That's interesting, Nick, thanks. OTOH, what are the chances that the same incident would have pinched the tube and caused a blowout? Or have pushed the tire past the safety bead? Having suffered se
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00257.html (9,331 bytes)
- 299. Re: [TR] [6pack] Crimping Bullet connectors (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:56:13 -0000
- If you don't drain it back to the proper level it will self-adjust by dumping your $9 a gallon antifreeze out on the streets of town as the car heats up to normal running temps. Drain it out now and
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00282.html (7,736 bytes)
- 300. Re: [TR] 1971 TR6 Cooling (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:19:33 -0000
- Temperature in New Hampshire hiked to 31 degrees today, balmy wrenching Having the front end on blocks, finished with the silentbloc conversion, am attending to greasing joints. The original grease f
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00357.html (10,396 bytes)
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