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1. [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: P Caffrey <pcaffrey@ymail.com>; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:15:22 -0700 (PDT); Depends on which oil pan you have. Early pans had straight threads in the drain plug, with a fiber washer and hex head on the plug. Later pans used standard tapered pipe threads. The SPC gives the c; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00324.html (7,360 bytes)
2. 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)
3. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: <wbeech@flash.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:49:17 -0600; Perhaps the operative word here is 'niece' ... I learned to drive automatics since that was all my father, grandfather, and driving school had. Then my first car had "3 on the tree" and I had no tro; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00326.html (8,651 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: acekraut11@aol.com; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:50:38 -0400; After a few oil changes on my TR6 with a magnetic plug, I noticed it dripping as well.....not sure why. I replaced the plug with a stock plug and always use a little pipe dope on the threads just fo; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00327.html (8,169 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:12:30 EDT; But perhaps that is effect rather than cause? IOW those who had trouble with the kind of coordination required to drive a stick were more likely to seek out automatics in the first place? I suspect; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00330.html (8,753 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "Ken Gano, home PC" <triumphs@consolidated.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:53:02 -0500; Yup, removed at TS50000, same time the transmission tunnel was slightly reworked to clear the bigger starter bulge, required for the later starter and flywheel. The dipstick was replaced by a fill p; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00332.html (9,220 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:16:17 -0500; Both of our Children, Son and Daughter learned on a non-synchro 1st speed Toyota FJ-55 Landcruiser, which is essentially bullet proof. They survived, and have had several jobs that being able to easi; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00333.html (9,174 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:35:10 -0500; Here's how I taught my wife to drive a standard tranny. I sold her 1972 Buick Skylark (in 1976) and bought a 4-speed 1972 Boss 351 Mustang. I already had a 1972 Mustang 4-speed coupe. She had no choi; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00334.html (8,674 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:44:13 -0500; Nice story, Sam. Tim Dyer, Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals 427 Kings Creek Road, RR3 Ashton, ON K0A 1B0 Canada Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_ (http://www.kingscreektrees; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00335.html (8,957 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: tom white <tswhitez123@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:09:46 +0000; IMHO, it all depends on: the teacher, the student, and the car. I have 2 daughters, aged 18 and 21. Both learned to drive in an automatic. I originally justified buying the '65 TR4A so the older daug; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00336.html (8,794 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:09:55 -0700; Thanks Chip and everyone. I sure got a lot of good info....The niece, like most kids her age (early 20s), learned to drive cars with power assist brakes/steering plus auto trannys. She currently has; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00337.html (8,844 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: KingsCreekTrees@aol.com; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:45:34 EDT; This is an interesting one. My TR4A has syncromesh on all 4 gears, but if you want to change from 2nd to 1st you have to double declutch on the way (just as you had to do on those 20's and 30's cars; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00342.html (9,951 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:50:51 -0700; I have been trying to pull up the French Spitfire Club website (Amicale Spitfires) for several days without success. Does anybody know if the site has changed addresses or has been taken down? I shut; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00343.html (8,758 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: Chip19474@aol.com; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:05:03 EDT; I started driving when I was about 8 - on the family tractor. I thought my age must have been exaggerated downward in my mind over the years but then some old home movies surfaced and there I was. Af; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00345.html (8,786 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:06:56 -0700; funny - I started out on a lawn tractor, too. not the same as the hay puller, but it taught me how to work a clutch. also learned how to back up with a trailer. that's been helpful, too! first manual; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00347.html (8,594 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "Francis Precht" <FPrecht@frostburg.edu>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:55:15 -0400; The lawn tractor theme reminded me of my teaching my son to drive a stick - in a large blade-less lawn tractor - an MG Midget. At the time we were living in Pittsburgh, PA (the land of constant hills; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00353.html (10,035 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: P Caffrey <pcaffrey@ymail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:07:15 -0700 (PDT); "Once the basics of driving are ingrained, you have more brain free to deal with learning the stick part." Agreed. It also helps to have been a cyclist among traffic before you get to drive a car. Br; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00354.html (9,913 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: P Caffrey <pcaffrey@ymail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:34:04 -0700 (PDT); ...was a VW Automatic Stick Shift. There may have been alcohol involved. I never did quite figure it out. Then I got my hands on a Fiat 124. Lots of stalling, but I got the hang of it pretty quick. N; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00355.html (10,843 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: Brian Jones <tr4zest@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:07:18 -0400; All right, I'm ready.B Done.B It's time to move on it.B Gadfrey. I'm using the original oil pan and a valve cover from E-Bay.B The valve cover leaks, even with that terrific silicon gasket.B The oil; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00358.html (10,827 bytes)
20. [TR] Learning to drive a TR (score: 1): Author: "David Brister" <david.brister@wanadoo.fr>; Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:47:05 +0200; We cut a magnet out of a used refrigerator magnet. At first teardown it was working fine... Tom -- Original Message -- From: <terryrs@comcast.net> To: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com> Cc: <triumphs@au; /html/triumphs/2010-03/msg00359.html (8,991 bytes)

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