- 1. [TR] Snow Out (score: 247)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:48:27 +0000 (UTC)
- Thank you to all, but especially David, who reminded me that we make a blood sacrifice everytime we wrench these things! _______________________________________________ Triumphs at autox.team.net Don
- /html/triumphs/2011-04/msg00395.html (10,113 bytes)
- 2. [TR] Spring: Non-Triumph (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:15:35 +0000 (UTC)
- Apologies for bombing the list. Am turning to the most knowledgeable guys I know for this. Have been renovating a study upstairs, building a dream desk, all that. Have an oak swivel office chair I st
- /html/triumphs/2011-02/msg00302.html (8,321 bytes)
- 3. [TR] Spring: Non-Triumph (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:29:56 +0000 (UTC)
- Oh, and coil body 1 and 3-8ths outside to outside. Thanks, everyone, for even looking at this! ** Apologies for bombing the list. Am turning to the most knowledgeable guys I know for this. Have been
- /html/triumphs/2011-02/msg00303.html (8,453 bytes)
- 4. [TR] Solenoid? (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:18:42 +0000 (UTC)
- Woke up the TR3A from it's winter nap. Started fine. Second time, though, I got the "click of the dead." Sometimes not even the click. Starter wouldn't turn over. Keying the ignition switch on someti
- /html/triumphs/2011-03/msg00548.html (7,958 bytes)
- 5. [TR] Non-TR Tractor Engine Question (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:24:34 +0000 (UTC)
- Sorry to bomb the List. My '59 Case 211b 30 hp farm tractor makes a loud click when I turn the key, but the starter doesn't even attempt to turn over. I've pulled it and put the postive post on the p
- /html/triumphs/2011-04/msg00349.html (8,284 bytes)
- 6. [TR] Stalling Issue (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:56:14 +0000 (UTC)
- ...So, is it possible that a starter that is shorting to ground inside (or something!), could work well enough for a time to start the engine, but somehow cause an engine to stall after three or so m
- /html/triumphs/2011-04/msg00368.html (7,222 bytes)
- 7. [TR] Snow Out (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:54:32 +0000 (UTC)
- New Hampshire got no snow until nearly January this year. It's been making up for it with snow dumps late into April. Nevertheless, made it out of the bog pit that's my 880 yard driveway with the TR3
- /html/triumphs/2011-04/msg00390.html (8,120 bytes)
- 8. [TR] Purely Subjective Question re. TR3A Valve Settings (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 23:08:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Just curious if anyone cares to venture: what would be the loss of power due to poor breathing, if one (omigoodness, not me, no--not me!) were to, say, adjust the valves properly...well, except when
- /html/triumphs/2011-05/msg00332.html (8,483 bytes)
- 9. [TR] Gear Shift Kob Rattle (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:34:29 +0000 (UTC)
- Haven't seen this one on the List. Just curious, though. My gearshift rattles at speed without a bump road. As I recall, there's a spring holding the lever in place? ...Is it possibly a sign that the
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00596.html (7,563 bytes)
- 10. [TR] Another Crazy Question: Beware, chestnut related (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:37:11 +0000 (UTC)
- Haven't researched archives, so don't feel obligated to respond. I seem to remember hearing a couple of different recommendations on how much to set the advance on a TR3A engine. ISTR one was 4 degre
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00597.html (8,704 bytes)
- 11. [TR] Another Crazy Question: Beware, chestnut related (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 23:11:26 +0000 (UTC)
- Lord I love this List! Nuanced follow up question, then. I replaced the copper vacuum tube with a rubber tube that fits over that. Is there a Physics type reason that's a bad idea? Terry Smith, '59
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00616.html (9,503 bytes)
- 12. [TR] rust removers recommendations (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:46:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Did a frame-off nut twisting, bolt churning, restoration of my TR3A. Sawed the body in half to get it off the frame...easy because the rockers and floors were mostly gone anyway! Suspect am proud po
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00759.html (10,308 bytes)
- 13. [TR] Shaking TR3 (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:04:43 +0000 (UTC)
- Ensconced in the bliss of engineering ignorance, I'm wondering if the drive shaft might be out of balance, or a bad u-joint, that makes it seem like a front end wobble? Terry Smith, '59 TR3A New Ham
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00820.html (8,583 bytes)
- 14. [TR] Shaking TR3 (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:38:53 +0000 (UTC)
- ISTR that Jay Leno talked about getting stranded in antique cars as a perk. Drags one out of the schedule of the day, forces one to contemplate the chaos factor in life, and ultimately is fun. You ge
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00953.html (8,143 bytes)
- 15. [TR] Just sort of interesting.... (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:50:35 +0000 (UTC)
- Been reading the posts about originality, and it occurred to me that my TR3A was built in 1959, sold in 1960. Somebody(s) drove it until 1975,then it was purchased and parked in a shed in Ossinee, NY
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg00996.html (9,037 bytes)
- 16. [TR] Just sort of interesting.... (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:10:23 +0000 (UTC)
- Oh. ...Uhm...she doesn't subscribe to this list!
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01026.html (8,095 bytes)
- 17. [TR] Camshaft selections - TRactor Engines (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:54:09 +0000 (UTC)
- Not strictly on topic for the thread, I'm just curious. I use Mahle pistons and liners...87's I think. I not only keep up with highway traffic, I tend to pass most of it at 3700 to 4 grand RPMs. So q
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01064.html (9,569 bytes)
- 18. [TR] Electric Fuel pump tr3a (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:02:58 +0000 (UTC)
- George, others have responded better than I could about how to wire. However, I would add that now's a pretty good time to add in a cheap anti-theft device: an electrical switch that will turn off y
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01065.html (8,063 bytes)
- 19. [TR] Camshaft selections - TRactor Engines (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:56:55 +0000 (UTC)
- <g> OMG! I thought the speedometer was wrong!!!!!
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01067.html (9,017 bytes)
- 20. [TR] TR3A Blown Head Gasket (Again) (score: 240)
- Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net)
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:30:24 +0000 (UTC)
- Blew the head gasket on my 3 again. Last time was at the end of last year's driving season, so really only have a thousand miles on the replacement. This time I plan to take the head in to the machin
- /html/triumphs/2011-06/msg01124.html (8,328 bytes)
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