I used to do that. I think the SVRA or maybe the SCCA required it. Iâ??ll start
doing it again. Thanks
You only get one chance at life, make it a TRIUMPH.
> On Jun 29, 2026, at 11:37â?¯AM, Joe <jaboruch@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Bob, something else you can do to help keep the oil filter in place is to
> safety wire it. Put a hose clamp on the filter and then attach the wire to
> the clamp and an anchor point. Keep tension on the wire so that it keeps
> tightening the filter.
> Joe(B)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 29, 2026, at 4:31â?¯AM, Bob Kramer <rkramer56@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> After I blew the engine at Mosport in 2003 my fellow Texas racers
>> rewarded me with a decal for my race car door with my name and
>> â??Fireballâ?? in the middle. It stayed there until I sold the car. I can
>> promise you this, if â??Oily Bobâ?? finds it way to my door it wonâ??t stay
>> there! What a painful experience.
>>
>> We drove to Connecticut after the weekend and visited family so I just got
>> home last night. I had a lot of time behind the wheel to theorize what
>> caused the second oil drop and even with all that time I got it wrong.
>>
>> The borrowed oil filter adapter to replace the one that is in the weeds at
>> turn 5c was given to me with the qualifier that he didnâ??t know if it had
>> the right o-rings. It was also a newer edition of the adapter than the one
>> that broke and I saw that it had a longer threaded section to screw on the
>> filter. Both of those things went caused me trouble. At home, with the
>> benefit of the Moss instructions I now know that the kit has 2 sizes of the
>> larger filter head o-rings. The thinner one wasnâ??t thick enough to hold
>> oil pressure at full tilt and it was making a mess. The leak was easy to see
>> with the car on the lift and the engine reved up. . Itâ??s got the thicker
>> one in there now and all is good.
>>
>> The bigger problem is that I didnâ??t fully tighten the oil filter. Mind you
>> I tightened it as much as I dared with the pliers style oil filter wrench I
>> had with me, but at home, with a ring style wrench I found that it needed
>> more than another full turn after what I thought was fully tight. So itâ??s
>> no longer a surprise that the filter came loose on track and caused the
>> second oil dump.
>>
>> So the events were unrelated in causation. The first oil dump was caused by
>> failed threads inside the Purolater filter head, nothing else. I guess
>> itâ??s time was up. The WIX 51516 filters were not hitting anything and turn
>> out to be the same length as the FL400â??s. Sorry WIX for blaming you.
>>
>> The left side bottoms of the car is cleaner than it has been in a long time
>> and has a nice shine to it. I donâ??t recommend the process.
>>
>> Anyhow, I hated that I cost led everyone racing laps and felt owed you all
>> an explanation or maybe a confession.
>>
>> And thatâ??s all folks.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> BTW, even with all my troubles I still had fun. Itâ??s a great track.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> You only get one chance at life, make it a TRIUMPH.
>>
>>>> On Jun 25, 2026, at 10:39â?¯PM, Chuck Gee <chasgee22@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice reporting Henry! I had nothing for you, you are truly the master
>>> at Mosport.
>>>
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>>>> On Jun 25, 2026, at 3:18â?¯PM, yellow04@tr4racer.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to everyone who made the trip to Mosport, it was my pleasure to
>>>> share my favorite event of the year. It was pretty amazing on so many
>>>> levels, the track, the Canadian hospitality, having all our friends
>>>> together again to race for the Cup.
>>>>
>>>> Our neighbors to the north always put on a great event, and this year was
>>>> no different. Being the featured marque, we had no less than 10 sessions
>>>> available to us, but I was only able to do 9. By the time that last race
>>>> of the weekend came around, I was spent. The car seemed ready and able, my
>>>> mind was all in, but it was my body that that convinced me I was done! I
>>>> was literally sore from tossing the car around all those laps at speed!
>>>>
>>>> I wish I could have been more effective setting the schedule a little
>>>> better, I did push back but we got what we got. One of the problems when
>>>> we get so much track time having cars that run in 4 different groups is
>>>> getting that track time spread out enough to be comfortable.
>>>>
>>>> I feel our racers who were seeing the track for the first time at speed
>>>> did a wonderful job. Congrats to all first timers for surviving turns 1, 2
>>>> and 8, plus figuring out how to get around 5B. It takes a very special
>>>> person to be able to grow that third testicle on their first visit to
>>>> Mosport, it took me years to be able to go all out in 1 and 2. I know
>>>> there is still more speed for me in turn 8, but that risk to reward buzzer
>>>> in my head goes off every time I try to find it!
>>>>
>>>> A heartfelt thanks to Keith Files who came over from the UK to be our
>>>> Grand Marshal, job well done Keith. It was a privilege to meet the lovely
>>>> Louisa as well!
>>>>
>>>> Kudos to Kallie Sukey, what a great job she did with only a handful of
>>>> races under her belt. The former Bill Rampe Spit was looking great out
>>>> there, I have no doubt Kallie will be mixing it up with the best of us
>>>> soon!
>>>>
>>>> The Darrow brothers came with that incredibly fast pair of matching Spits
>>>> and put on quite a show. They Triumphed over adversity all weekend, great
>>>> fun to watch.
>>>>
>>>> Then there was Fireball Bob Kramer. Surviving the epic tow from Texas, he
>>>> came trying to break the jinx of Mosport. He was unsuccessful, I am
>>>> afraid. He just earned another nickname, Oily Bob! Sorry Bob, hopefully
>>>> your next event goes better!
>>>>
>>>> Then we have the luckiest person at the track, our most recent Kastner Cup
>>>> winner Dave Gott. In one of the group races, we are circling the track
>>>> under double yellow for an unrelated incident when I come around and see
>>>> Dave's TR4 beached in a very peculiar place. I think nobody would pull off
>>>> there if they had a choice. Next time around, the flatbed was there
>>>> pulling the car backwards and I could see the left front wheel flopping
>>>> down, it looked like he broke a ball joint! I shuddered thinking how the
>>>> heck did that happen under yellow in the ONLY slow corner on the whole
>>>> track when only moments before I know he was running right hand corners at
>>>> full chat where that failure would be catastrophic. I suggested he buy a
>>>> lottery ticket... Of course I have no clue if Canada even does the lottery
>>>> thing! Turns out it was a snapped upright, it broke just above the threads
>>>> that screw into the trunnion. Unfortunately, Dave was done for the weekend.
>>>>
>>>> We had our share of mechanical issues on top of Dave's near calamity, I
>>>> saw at least 3 head gasket replacements, a diff failure, a gearbox
>>>> shredded some gears, and a blown out bespoke shock just to name a few.
>>>> Most persevered to get things fixed, some became spectators not by choice
>>>> but by necessity. A pretty typical showing for our group, as we know
>>>> attrition is part of the sport.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all the non-racers who showed up, we had no less than 10 of our
>>>> Western Pennsylvania Triumph buds, plus our friends Irv Korey and Jay
>>>> Holecamp came from Illinois. Dave Amys and his wife drove their beautiful
>>>> TR6 all the way from Minnesota to be with us! Plus more I can't think of
>>>> at the moment, sorry about that folks!
>>>>
>>>> I'll post a couple of race reports shortly, and call it a wrap on my time
>>>> as your race chair. I am thrilled that Jason and Brian are back on the
>>>> task for Grattan next year, it's on my calendar for the middle of August,
>>>> 2027!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Henry Frye
>>>> #29 TR250
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