- 101. Auto Paints (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:17:41 -0400
- There have been a number of postings about paint colors and so on in the past. My body guy has suggested Dupon Centari acrylic-enamel. Originality is not an issue, but is this a quality paint? ...An
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00563.html (7,348 bytes)
- 102. Windshield Installation Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:41:32 -0400
- As several others on the list have reported, installing the glass into the windshield rubber seal and frame is very meticulous task. And while I am informed, however, that it can indeed be done, I a
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00873.html (7,853 bytes)
- 103. Re: Windshield Installation Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:57:43 -0400
- Actually, I'm going to answer my own question here. I have the day off today and the UPS guy just delivered the seal I ordered from Moss to replace the one I botched into pieces that came from TRF.
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00876.html (7,548 bytes)
- 104. Re: PIANO (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:25:06 -0400
- Paul, If I understand the question rightly, the piano hinge mounts so that once installed, the "bulky" part of the hinge actually shows underneath the full length of the glove box door when fully cl
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00909.html (6,900 bytes)
- 105. TR3A Seat Rails (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:37:14 -0400
- I was so proud of my good fortune. When I stripped my '59 TR3A project car down, the floors were a lacework of rusted holes, but I was able to salvage the seat rails with a wire wheel, heat, grease,
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg00937.html (6,715 bytes)
- 106. Windshield Professional Install (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:09:01 -0400
- I thought, how complicated can it be for professionals? ...So I took the hourly rate. Ahah. It took three guys an hour to fight the thing in, and then they had to give up on the rubber seal I'd gott
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01021.html (7,431 bytes)
- 107. Re: speedometer parts needed (score: 1)
- Author: <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:31:57 -0400
- Two guys I know in Vermont have used parts. Fred Perry in Easter Dummerston (802) 254-2854 may be able to help. Fred is a great guy, pretty much retired from it all, but has a garage of stuff from ye
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01076.html (8,014 bytes)
- 108. Car Shipping/No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:51:37 -0400
- Hello, everyone. I'm selling my '70 Datsun 2000 Roadster on Ebay (again, because the first buyer became a wisp of deadbeat smoke after the bidding ended). Anyway, I have a question from a Florida guy
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01078.html (6,822 bytes)
- 109. Re: Spit Running Problem - Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:26:14 -0400
- Randy, I had a similar problem in my '70 Datsun 2000 Roadster. What finally solved it was taking the bowls' fuel valves completely out. Put your mouth on the fuel inlet, and blow while lifting the f
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00047.html (7,834 bytes)
- 110. Re: '59 TR3A brake caliper problems... (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:38:52 -0400
- Roland, Try www.applehydraulics.com. They fixed my front calipers after I'd buggered the relief valve with not one, but two broke-off easy-outs ( which I think cost me just $20 extra). NFI, but thes
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00048.html (7,474 bytes)
- 111. Fw: por-15 (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:27:53 -0400
- Frank, POR-15 is incredible stuff, though others (i.e., Eastwood) may make great stuff too. I restored the frame of my '59 TR3A by the same method, wiring brushing (albeit a wire wheel on a drill).
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00053.html (8,313 bytes)
- 112. Re: steering wheel refinish (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:09:31 -0400
- Hi, Cliff. I'm in the last third of my frame off restoration of TR3A TS 58667, and have recently done my steering wheel. One product the list referred me to is JB Weld. It's a two-part epoxy type th
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00207.html (7,489 bytes)
- 113. Re: smoke/steam/vapor from oil filler cap (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:15:20 -0400
- I seem to remember someone on the list recommending putting a sock over the breather cap to capture the gook before it coated your engine bay. I don't remember whether the rest of the list thought t
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00208.html (7,667 bytes)
- 114. Re: NEW ENGLAND CAR SHOWS (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:34:45 -0400
- Harold, where in New England will you be? I'll buy you a coffee if you're Terry Smith '59 TR3A TS 58667 New Hampshire
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00257.html (7,033 bytes)
- 115. Re: unshaken gearbox cap (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:26:37 -0400
- Paul, I had the dicken's own time of removing this from one of my transmissions, a not so bad time from the other. I used power blaster, followed by alternate heat/cold/heat, more power blaster, and
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00334.html (7,929 bytes)
- 116. Center Dash Knob Location (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:52:12 -0400
- I've checked the pictures I took while dismantling the TR3A dash, and the knobs were in such bad shape the writing on them doesn't show up. I've also been all over the internet, but while I find clo
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00473.html (6,971 bytes)
- 117. Switches, knobs and knob springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:22:42 -0400
- I'm not holding out much hope on this one. TR3A switches have holes drilled into their stem. Tiny dowels fit into these holes, and the dowels are held in place on one side by clip springs. After 45
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00483.html (7,071 bytes)
- 118. Re: Switches, knobs and knob springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:10:57 -0400
- Great idea, Randall. I'm going to pick up the tap and allen screws tomorrow. Thank you. Terry
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00487.html (7,111 bytes)
- 119. Inset screws for TR3A Dash Knobs (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:13:20 -0400
- Hello, everyone. I did try this today. So easy.... The tap is 6 - 32, the inset screws are 6-32 3/8. You don't have to redrill the hole at the end of the switch stem, just tap it, and it all goes in
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00522.html (7,128 bytes)
- 120. Oil and Metal (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:31:06 -0400
- I'm almost embarrassed to ask this stupid question. All this talk about compression testing on a wet or dry ring surface dredged up an old curiosity I've had. I swear, it seems to me sometimes that
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00583.html (7,149 bytes)
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