Sun Visor leaks:
You need to remove the windscreen capping; the caulking under it has dried
up and cracked allowing water to seep down and it comes out the lower screw
holes for the sun visors, and re-caulk. BTDT.
It doesn't leak there any more.
Al Salvatore
76 TR6
In need of engine rebuild
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lanoway, Brian" <Brian_Lanoway@standardaero.com>
To: "Triumphs Digest" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: [TR] better road trips in my TR6?
> I've just returned from the Vintage Car Rendezvous at Grand Rapids, Mn
> most
> ably hosted by the Minnesota Jaguar Club. It truly was a magnificent
> setting
> at Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge with a wide range of interesting cars - and
> more
> than a few lovely Jaguars - showing up from the US and Canada.
>
> One of the problems with my road trip was after placing two 200# plus
> occupants in the car, plus a full tank of gas, plus a trunk full of
> luggage,
> my TR6 tends to drag its butt down the road, frequently scraping its
> lower-than-stock Ansa exhaust system along the way. Someone suggested
> that I
> might want to consider installing heavy duty rear springs just for trips
> like
> this, and then revert to the stock springs for normal driving. Has anyone
> got
> any suggestions here to keep the rear of my TR6 off the ground when it's
> heavily loaded like this? Are there any springs from a particular vendor
> that
> you would recommend - or other solutions? By the way, my rear suspension
> was
> just rebuilt with all new stock components - so it was in good but
> standard
> shape before the trip.
>
> Also, we had the good fortune of travelling through several monsoon-type
> rainstorms. My TR6 was dry inside for the most part, other than the
> significant drips from the interior sun visor mounts (which, of course,
> drips
> right onto your crotch area - I was thinking about wearing Depends; inside
> out
> of course). All the TR6's in our 10 car convoy had this problem. Does
> anyone
> know how to stop or fix this leak?
>
> Other than that, the TR ran perfectly through 1200 miles of travel, tours
> and
> rallies.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that the List can offer on these two
> problems.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian Lanoway
> 1973 TR6
> Winnipeg
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