- 161. Re: Cleaning Guages (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:49:13 -0500
- Ed, see previous postings on this topic from just last December/January, February (I forget which). Use a very small straight slot to gently pry the bezel up, if it doesn't twist free. Word to the w
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00895.html (7,688 bytes)
- 162. Re: Cleaning Guages (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:37:14 -0500
- Hmmm. Yes, they can be rebuilt. ...But I think it takes someone with skinnier fingers and better eyes than mine. Reason is, when the copper coil posts come out, they are connected by gossamer copper
- /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00911.html (7,628 bytes)
- 163. Re: Iowa's TR3A-Tip for keeping engine bay cleaner .... (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:11:13 -0500
- Hmmm....delightful! Joe, can you replace all hose with this method? Terry Smith New Hampshire
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- 164. steering wheel (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:17:26 -0500
- I confess, I've been resisting. For the two years, as I've been restoring my '59 TR3A TS58667, in my heart I've wanted to upgrade to a wood steering wheel, a laminated version. ...But, price conscio
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00012.html (7,156 bytes)
- 165. Carpet Fading (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:27:24 -0500
- I'm ready to buy carpet for my TR3A restoration. I haven't decided on color, but I can't seem to find the archived list advice on fading, that is which colors stand up to solar rays best. I seem to
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00013.html (6,876 bytes)
- 166. Headlight trim (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:18:42 -0500
- Hello, everyone. I have new headlight rims that came with the TR3A restoration, but the ones on there are good and I don't want to bugger them up taking them off. Trouble is, I can't see how they're
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00162.html (6,593 bytes)
- 167. Re: carpet matting - TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:19:34 -0500
- -- I wonder, is there a way to protect the underlayment from water leakage? It just seems that felt would more likely be ruined, whereas some kind of sturdy foam could be squeezed and dried? ...Bett
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00202.html (8,512 bytes)
- 168. Re: carpet matting - TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:56:36 -0500
- Nope, I didn't notice. Apologies. Now I don't have an excuse not to buy it! Ah, what the hay. Maybe the wet look will come back? Terry
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00205.html (8,085 bytes)
- 169. Re: TRF Side Curtain Rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:12:00 -0500
- -- Hello, everyone. Speaking of side curtains, is rebuilding them something an amateur can do? ...Or is it pretty much advisable to shop it out? Terry Smith TS 58667 New Hampshire
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- 170. TRF Side Curtain Rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:37:25 -0500
- My TR3A is a '59 TS 58667. The side curtains that came with the project car (never had them on), has a clear vinyl window sewn in, like the back of a top, not the sliding screens that TRF. It's got
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00363.html (7,577 bytes)
- 171. Re: TRF Side Curtain Rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:52:03 -0500
- -- Well, rats. It would appear from responses that I have the aftermarket JC Whitney side curtains. Does anyone know what the going rate for a used set of side curtain frames is? I'll have to decide
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00367.html (8,187 bytes)
- 172. Dash/Caps Recovering (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:14:07 -0500
- Pardon me for probably the billionth reappearance on the list of this question on how to recover caps and dashes. The guy on E-Bay who sells these mentions he uses Weldwood Contact Cement. Is this th
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00369.html (6,789 bytes)
- 173. Guages (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:43:32 -0500
- I just received the bad news from MoMA on my TR3A temperature guage rebuild: "To replace bulb, charge /change line and calibrate is about $140.... we do lots of them, yes still at the 1321 Second NW
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00402.html (7,584 bytes)
- 174. Re: Guages (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:06:00 -0500
- Hi, Teri. Sorry, I'm a bit lost. Do you think the Lucas universal sending unit work with a Sun Pro guage?
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00430.html (7,237 bytes)
- 175. Re: Birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:04:42 -0500
- I like to think of myself as "vintage." ...Only 48 years until my next 50th birthday, at which I hope to get as a birthday present another TR3 parts house gift certificate. ...Either that or a four-w
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00510.html (8,209 bytes)
- 176. Bezel Coaxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:23:32 -0500
- I've researched archives on how to remove gauge bezels from the instrument, and as I understand it, there are three tabs on the bezel. Simply twist until they align appropriately, the voila! Off she
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00591.html (6,669 bytes)
- 177. sandblasting equipment (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:05:28 -0500
- In addition to the TR3A restoration project, I have a '59 Case 30 HP tractor, firewood trailer, snow removal equipment, and other 'outside' equipment that are in advanced need of sandblasting and re
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00608.html (8,438 bytes)
- 178. Re: sandblasting equipment (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:55:29 -0500
- Thank you, everyone, for your replies on sandblasting. Any suggestions on products and where to buy them? Terry
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00619.html (9,393 bytes)
- 179. Re: sandblasting equipment (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:23:10 -0500
- I was especially hoping you would respond, Randall. Thank you. Terry
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00624.html (10,144 bytes)
- 180. Side curtains, rebuild before fit? (score: 1)
- Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:04:07 -0500
- Oh, man, here I am again. Sorry folks about yet one more side curtain TRF is having a sale on top, boot cover, and side curtain rebuild. I need all three (though frankly I'd probably do without the b
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00836.html (7,448 bytes)
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