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321. RE: [TR] Re: Wood dash in TR (score: 1)
Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:11:10 -0500
I've refinished more antique furniture than I care to recall, and what I've used to follow up a heat gun was medium then fine steel wool doused in de-natured alcohol. Wear rubber gloves. Alas, be fo
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00406.html (7,069 bytes)

322. RE: [TR] Re: Christmas (score: 1)
Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:02:51 -0500
Funny you should mention that. I roused the 3A from its nap today and drove it south to Concord, New Hampshire, a 2 hour round-trip, to do a last minute Christmas present for my wife. God I love thi
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00553.html (7,769 bytes)

323. RE: [TR] Re: Christmas (score: 1)
Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:00:02 -0500
Nope, two hours round-trip. Where were you from in New England? ...And have you Ever seen LBC weather this late in the year? Terry == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == h
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00557.html (7,128 bytes)

324. RE: [TR] Re: Christmas (score: 1)
Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:07:34 -0500
Perfect, Jim! A bit west in the Lakes Region, near Newfound Lake and Bristol. And to be honest, I only say an hour each way because that's how long it takes most people to drive to Concord. I am a b
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00558.html (7,738 bytes)

325. [TR] Sacrificial Blood to the Gods of Triumph (score: 1)
Author: "Terry Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:39:57 -0500
Bill and Annabelle, Yeah, about that sacrificial blood offering to the metal gods. Hard on the heels of Randall's posting about how close he came to an exploding air compressor recently, it's a time
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00611.html (9,135 bytes)

326. RE: [TR] New Year's Day (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:15:04 -0500
All right, all right, enough of this! Mark B., I think the list needs to have a rule that acknowledges the angst of northeastern members who are stuck in snow, that nobody gets to have fun until spr
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00058.html (8,196 bytes)

327. RE: [TR] New Year's Day (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 20:03:50 -0500
fun Er...uhm, Teri, this is somehow not exactly what I had in mind. While I do offer credit for the words "miserable," "suffered," "drab," and "extreme cold," somehow the spirit doesn't imply the ki
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00085.html (8,490 bytes)

328. RE: [TR] TR3a accelerator spring (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:07:45 -0500
Jim, Another spot I found was the carb shield that I think Joe Alexander sells, because I couldn't find the connection Randall mentions. What I did was drill a hole in Joe's shield to attach the spr
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00108.html (7,938 bytes)

329. RE: [TR] TR3a accelerator spring, now January spring...thaw. (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:28:19 -0500
Yep, Jim, you're right about the residual salt on the roads. You're also right that it's supposed to rain Friday and Saturday, which I expect will clean the roads enough to drive on Sunday! Whoo Hoo
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00116.html (7,477 bytes)

330. RE: [TR] Rear brake line "straps" TR3 (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:24:57 -0500
Did I understand Teri to state in an earlier e-mail, that white electrical ties deteriorate fastest? ...That does rais a good question, and that is what electrical ties Do last longer, and is it rea
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00233.html (9,177 bytes)

331. RE: [TR] hardened valve seats - do I need them? (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:37:42 -0500
Bit of an alternate view here...I do agree not to pull the head specifically to install hardened seats. However, my '70 Datsun 2000 roadster did not have hardened valves, and I Did use Lead Substitu
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00380.html (8,028 bytes)

332. RE: [TR] TR lifters (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:46:27 -0500
There is one rather simplistic solution even knowledgeable people overlook when it comes to catastrophic LBC engine failure. I have found, through personal study and hard perseverence, that if one dr
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00381.html (7,472 bytes)

333. RE: [TR] TR3a: Where do these go? (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:13:06 -0500
http://www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/P1150070.jpg Jim, Waited to see if anyone else responded. I just finished a three year ground up on my '59 TR3A, but I honestly can't remember a part that looks l
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00573.html (7,826 bytes)

334. RE: [TR] Nu-Chrome Replater (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:36:24 -0500
Brooks, As ever, your experience (as apparently that of others has) may vary. I have to say that I did use Nuchrome on my '59 Tr3A restoration for the windshield parts, shift lever, and grab handle.
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00678.html (7,460 bytes)

335. RE: [TR] TR3/4 Tranny What did this UPDATE (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:00:33 -0500
Ed, just a wild guess. If you're not finding anything missing inside, if you didn't have an inspection plate, would it have been possible for gravel pebbles to have gotten kicked up into the housing
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00727.html (7,655 bytes)

336. [TR] Sway Bar (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:35:08 -0500
I'll be e-baying off spare parts leftover from restoration of my '59 TR3A this spring, when I can catalog them all. One of the parts I sourced was a new sway bar. But since I've actually driven the c
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00772.html (7,336 bytes)

337. RE: [TR] Boot (trunk) Seal (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:52:42 -0500
Kevin, Weldwood Contact Cement, available from Home Depot,etc. Best stuff I've found (thanks to folks here on the list) for upholstery and things like rubber gluing. I think that most are trim to fi
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00773.html (7,800 bytes)

338. RE: [TR] Help! Tappet noise (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:33:48 -0500
What are you setting the valve clearances at? I ask because I had a similar problem, only to find that the book I used showed two different gap measures, and I was u sing the wrong one. (I've alread
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00821.html (8,093 bytes)

339. [TR] TR3A Alternator Conversion (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:36:57 -0500
First, I've done my homework. I've spent a couple of hours researching the archives for information on the alternator conversion for a '59 TR3A. Sort of all over the place, but here's some things I'v
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00913.html (9,506 bytes)

340. RE: [TR] Brake pads tight (score: 1)
Author: "Terry R Smith" <terryrs@adelphia.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:28:26 -0500
Ray, I didn't notice any other replies, so thought I'd fertilize the ground with my thoughts. Actually, wild guesses. There may be a number of things causing the drag you mention, perhaps related to
/html/triumphs/2007-02/msg00013.html (7,752 bytes)

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