Speaking of Duh!
You're not alone Dan, there are lots of us out there. I hate to admit it --
but:
1. I drove the TR3 for a year with the wrong radiator cap. It was a "short"
one rather than a "long" one, so my radiator was never sealed -- until one
day at a show when Michael Ferguson discovered it for me.
2. Early in my TR days, I neglected to tighten the wheel nuts on a front
wheel. I didn't know what all that thumping was, and continued driving
until the wheel actually fell off, damaging the fender. Fortunately, I was
driving very slowly on a country road, way over to the right, just trying to
get home so I could check on all that racket!
Sumner Weisman
62 TR3B
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:43:15 EDT
From: DANMAS@aol.com
Subject: Duh! stupid, stupid, stupid!
Listers,
I got the engine in my TR6 back together just in time for the May 1st
Townsend show. It didn't seem to have the power it used to have, although it
was still quite peppy. More like a stock TR6 than the slightly modified
version it used to be. Time kept me from doing anything about it prior to
the
trip to Illinois last week. All the way up and back, it just didn't seem
right -- running strong at partial throttle, but just a tad slow at WOT. I
was a little bit disappointed (well, a lot disappointed) with the times I
turned in on the dragstrip -- 73 mph, equal to a stock TR6. I thought it was
just me, and I just wasn't remembering correctly. You know the routine - the
older I get, the better I was.
Well, this afternoon, I was going back over the engine, retorquing
headbolts,
etc, when I decided to take a look at the throttle linkage. DUH! It was out
of adjustment so that I was getting significantly less than full throttle
opening. I'll let you know tomorrow how it feels with full throttle.
Dan Masters (with a red face),
Alcoa, TN
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