Dan,
congratulations!!!
It sounds like it was worth missing you for the last couple of month.
One question/suggestion:
Can you generate a PDF file version that you are willing to send (of cause
for money). We would save fright costs as well as paper. Maybe you like to
sell it via your web site or find someone who is able to 'e-commerce' the
book in PDF format?
Anyway, good to have you back,
Best regards,
Jochen Saal,
Munich/Germany
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An: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>; 6pack@autox.team.net
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Datum: Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2000 00:05
Betreff: I'm back, and the book is finished!
>
>Listers,
>
>As many of you know, I dropped off the list last year to devote major time
to
>writing an electrical repair manual for the TR250/TR6. Well, I'm happy to
say
>it is finally finished! As usual, once I got started, I didn't know when
to
>quit. What I originally envisioned as a 75 - 80 page booklet gradually
>morphed into the pound and a half monster described below.
>
>I know this list is not intended to be used by commercial vendors to
>advertise, but I'm not really a "commercial vendor," and I am only making
the
>book available to list members at the present. Other than this list, I have
>no way of letting you know it's available, as I am not advertising anywhere
>else yet, so please accept my apology for the blatant commercial!
>
>About the book:
>
>The title is "Triumph TR250 - TR6 Electrical Maintenance Handbook." It has
>200 pages, 34 chapters, 223 diagrams, 49 photographs, 43 troubleshooting
flow
>charts, and 8 large scale (11" X 17"), complete foldout schematics. It is
>printed on a laser printer (each book is an original - no copies) at 1200
>DPI, on 24 pound, super white paper, for crisp legibilty. Is is bound with
a
>plastic comb binder so it will lay flat on your workbench, and has clear
>plastic covers, front and rear.
>
>Contents:
>
>GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES:
>1. Introduction
>2. General Procedures
>3. Bad Connections and Grounds
>4. Alternator Operation
>5. Batteries and Battery Charging
>6. Dwell vs Point Gap
>7. Fuses
>8. Ignition Theory
>9. Switches, Relays, and Solenoids
>10. Wiring Harness Repair
>
>SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
>11. Anti Run-on Valves
>12. Brake and Back-up Lights
>13. Charging Circuit
>14. Courtesy Lights
>15. Gauges
>16. Headlights
>17. Heater Fan Motor
>18. Horn Circuit
>19. Horn Repairing/Rebuilding
>20. Ignition System
>21. Oil, Brake, and EGR lamps
>22. Overdrive
>23. Power Distribution
>24. Seat Belt Interlocks
>25. Starter
>26. Turn Signals & Hazard Flasher
>27. Windshield Wipers & Washer
>
>UPGRADES AND MODIFICATIONS
>28. Air Horns
>29. Alarm Systems
>30. Alternator Upgrades
>31. Ballast Resister Bypass
>32. Electric Cooling Fan
>33. Electric Fuel Pump
>34. Fog & Driving Lights
>
>INDEX, SYMBOLS, AND APPENDIXES
>Index
>Symbols
>Appendix A - Electricity Flow
>Appendix B Wiring Diagrams
> B1 TR 250 Schematic
> B2 69 TR6 Schematic
> B3 '70 - '71 TR6 Schematic
> B4 72 TR6 Schematic
> B5 73 TR6 Schematic
> B6 74 TR6 Schematic
> B7 75 TR6 Schematic
> B8 76 TR6 Schematic
>
>Price:
>
>As much as I hate to, I must charge $25 for it (plus $3.70 for postage and
>packing -- $3.20 for the stamp, and $0.50 for the mailer). It is VERY
>expensive to produce books in small quantities. I tried commercial
>publishers, but either the quality was extremely poor, or the cost was
simply
>prohibitive. Postage and packing to most European countries is $10.70.
$14.25
>to Australia, and $6.16 to Canada. For other countries, the book and
packing
>weighs 1 pound, 8.8 ounces, so check with your post office. Those prices
are
>for 5 - 10 day air mail. For 4 - 6 week surface mail, the prices are $6.78
to
>Europe and Australia, and $4.20 to Canada. If you want more than one copy
>(clubs, etc), up to five can be shipped for $5, if you can wait 2 - 10 days
>for delivery. Ask for pricing and discounts on orders for more than five
>books.
>
>To order, send check or money order, in US dollars, to:
>
>Dan Masters,
>PO Box 6430,
>Maryville, TN 37802-6430
>
>By the end of this week, I will have 100 copies ready, and I can print and
>bind about 10 - 15 per day after that. Under duress, and under protest, I
can
>do as many as 20 - 25 per day (it takes 25 minutes just to print each
book!)
>Please be patient with me, as this is a one-man operation. (I spent five
>hours yesterday, just folding the schematic diagrams - 800 for the first
100
>books!) If I get more orders than I think I will, it may be a few days
>before I can fill your order. My goal is to have the book out the door
within
>two working days after I recieve your order, but that is based on not
having
>many orders. If I'm lucky, and the book is successful, it will take longer.
>
>Guarantee:
>
>As much as I would like to, I cannot say with 100% certainty that the book
>doesn't contain errors -- given the nature of the problem, that is not
>possible. Two Triumphs, just a few numbers apart off the line, may have
>several differences in the wiring, and, after all these years, it is very
>difficult to find truly original examples. I can say, however, that any
>errors in the book are minor in nature, and the supporting material will
>provide sufficient guidance that the errors will not be a real problem.
>About 80% of the material comes from personal knowledge, about 15% from
>converstions with other owners, and about 5% from published documentation
and
>plain old guess work.
>
>Nevertheless, I do guarantee your complete satisfaction. If you are not
happy
>with the book, for any reason, return it within 2 weeks, in resalable
>condition, and I will refund your money, minus shipping, no questions
asked.
>
>If this book is sucessful, I will follow up with a second volume for the
TR2
>- TR4A, and maybe a later volume for the Spitfire and GT6.
>
>Thank you, and sorry for the commercialism. It's good to be back on the
list
>again (digest version for a while, as I work to fill orders).
>
>Dan Masters,
>Alcoa, TN
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