- 101. Re: [TR] Toggle switches (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:05:03 -0600 (CST)
- I have an original selenoid on my car and I was doing some spring (early) housekeeping and cleaned up the solenoid. I have a questions regarding the order of the wires...I just had a spark when I tri
- /html/triumphs/2010-02/msg00250.html (7,643 bytes)
- 102. Re: [TR] TR--non tr-ebay (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:15:30 -0600 (CST)
- Very cool sight indeed. Here's thought, because we all tend to list our cars along with our names at the close of an email, why not add the link to the posting as well. It does not have to be the www
- /html/triumphs/2010-02/msg00343.html (7,770 bytes)
- 103. Re: [TR] TR--non tr-ebay (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:05:16 -0600 (CST)
- I'll recommend Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/ Like the others, you need to sign up and give them some basic information (but most of it can be fake, if you wish). They of course get their incom
- /html/triumphs/2010-02/msg00346.html (8,569 bytes)
- 104. Re: [TR] keys (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:51 -0600 (CST)
- That is the way mine was/is. _______________________________________________ Triumphs@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.
- /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00094.html (8,083 bytes)
- 105. Re: [TR] Distributor bits (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:20 -0600 (CST)
- Was on my way to a Detroit Triumph event yesterday afternoon (Friday 03-12), when what do I spy, but a GT6 shell and bonnet on a trailer. Was wondering if it was someone on these lists, or another D
- /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00117.html (9,259 bytes)
- 106. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:09:03 -0500 (CDT)
- Perhaps a lot of it depends upon the level of interest the student has. I think my son is almost forcing his girlfriend to learn to drive a manual and I'm not convinced she's all that interested. Als
- /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00325.html (8,053 bytes)
- 107. Re: [TR] Gas Fill Neck O-ring (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:37:51 -0500 (CDT)
- Hi, Mark. It is rare to be able to determine a bad U-joint without removing the shaft from the car. Since you have a 72 it is likley you can remove the shaft easily from the car. it should easily com
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00062.html (7,817 bytes)
- 108. [TR] Promise of oil analysis to the list (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:37:10 -0500 (CDT)
- Another reason for stuck float valves on SU's and Strombergs is gums/glues sticking to the fins of the needle valve itself. In my experience, this is the most common cause. Remove the valve and gentl
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00263.html (8,413 bytes)
- 109. Re: [TR] Promise of oil analysis to the list (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:29:37 -0500 (CDT)
- I had two guys come over to look at a mga I had for sale. I had filled the cylinders with arc and put corks in the plug holes. One guy was in the cockpit with the other bent over the engine when I ca
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00277.html (10,867 bytes)
- 110. Re: [TR] Promise of oil analysis to the list (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:11:33 -0500 (CDT)
- You are right, lock-tite is probably not the answer. It is just a friction-fit, give it a light squeeze with a pair of pliers and you should be OK. If everything is too worn for a squeeze, maybe a n
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00278.html (11,143 bytes)
- 111. Re: [TR] Promise of oil analysis to the list (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:08:37 -0500 (CDT)
- You've gotten lots of good advise on the cause and I agree. Here's how I deal with clogged fuel needle valves. First get used to taking off the bottom half of the fuel chamber bowls with the carbs s
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00286.html (8,290 bytes)
- 112. Re: [TR] Promise of oil analysis to the list (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:09:09 -0500 (CDT)
- As another data point, I have a 75 TR6 with Grose Jets. The car suffered from never being driven before I got it. In my case, FWIW, the valves were stuck shut. I disassembled the carbs and soaked the
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00287.html (9,064 bytes)
- 113. Re: [TR] TR air cleaners? (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:52:29 -0500 (CDT)
- I've been using K&N or other, very similar filters in everything for decades. The only problem I've ever heard is that people tend to over-oil K&N and that can make them less efficient passing air, i
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00334.html (9,846 bytes)
- 114. Re: [TR] TR air filters (K&N) (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:43:13 -0500 (CDT)
- Correct me if I'm wrong... but the idea of K&N's is that you allow more air flow by providing a less dense/restrictive filter medium than say, paper, but it has a trick up it's sleeve to balance the
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00389.html (8,480 bytes)
- 115. [TR] ZDDPlus oil analysis - Done (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:37:11 -0500 (CDT)
- The independent tests I've seen (and quoted) say otherwise. Certainly one should weigh benefits and disadvantages. All I suggested was to be aware that one of the disadvantages is more dirt in your
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00392.html (7,640 bytes)
- 116. Re: [TR] ZDDPlus oil analysis - Done (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:11:29 -0500 (CDT)
- We are restoring a 1960 TR3 and realized that one door check strap is shorter than the other. Anyone know which goes on which side? Pretty basic question but we have had lots of different answers.. A
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00404.html (7,324 bytes)
- 117. Re: [TR] ZDDPlus oil analysis - Done (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:57:05 -0500 (CDT)
- Hi List, My TR4A has a toggle switch in the upper left of the dashboard. The switch was never wired to anything and is broken. I'm looking for a replacement switch so it can be used to activate an el
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00405.html (11,181 bytes)
- 118. [TR] Independent air filter test (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:31:06 -0500 (CDT)
- Wayne, that block would be a circa 1972 Spitfire MkIV "Federal" (hence the "U" in the suffix) engine, low compression and recessed bores. As for the head, the "unleaded" might mean just that; that it
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00413.html (11,453 bytes)
- 119. [TR] Independent air filter test and oil test (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:10:28 -0500 (CDT)
- The VTR Judging guide Sez: "It is believed that the release mechanism and prop rod was installed prior to painting of the body shell so that the components were painted body color." Bill Beecher '58
- /html/triumphs/2010-04/msg00497.html (7,228 bytes)
- 120. [TR] Triumph TR6 interior question (score: 1)
- Author: thenicholls@verizon.net
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:04:13 -0500 (CDT)
- The main advantage, IMO is that it keeps the radiator completely full instead of having air space at the top. That increases cooling slightly, but more importantly helps keep air from getting mixed
- /html/triumphs/2010-05/msg00011.html (7,581 bytes)
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