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I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant called =
DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever heard =
of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!
Au contraire, mon ami.=C2=A0 Dum Dum is readily available state-side at ma=
ny body shop supply depots.=C2=A0 I have a box of it in my garage which I u=
sed to seal up the aluminium finish piece on top of the TR6 windscreen fram=
e.
But you are right about many products being local specialties where name br=
ands are not available everywhere but equivalents certainly are.=C2=A0 Dum =
dum included, I'm sure.=C2=A0=20
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Dave=20
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Macartney <John.Macartney@Ukpips.org.uk>
To: Dan Cronin <adcronin@mi.rr.com>
Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>; FOT List Triumph <fot@autox.tea=
m.net>
Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 10:43 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses
Interesting that the factory workshop manuals do not specify a particular =
product or brand=E2=80=A6.
Basic Reasons:
1. Unless absolutely essential, the company policy was not to recommend any=
one product over another except for things such as oils and fuel octane ra=
tings which latter are calculated still in two different ways.
2. Some products are known in only a few markets and not all of them. Compa=
ny was supplying product to over 100 different markets.
3. The cars were only designed to last for a maximum period of 10 years, so=
why bother as mostly the cars would be maintained by the dealers for all b=
ut the simplest tasks.
Yes, I remember each car handbook described how to set valve clearances and=
ignition timing whereas today, the handbook in my wife=E2=80=99s new car p=
oints out the dangers of drinking battery acid.
I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant called =
DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever heard =
of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!
Jonmac
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l some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant called DumDum - a=
nd of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever heard of DumDum.=
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<div> <font size=3D"3">Au contraire, mon ami. Dum Dum is readily avai=
lable state-side at many body shop supply depots. I have a box of it =
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<div><font size=3D"3">But you are right about many products being local spe=
cialties where name brands are not available everywhere but equivalents cer=
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size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: John Macartney <John.Macartney@Ukpips.org.uk><br>
To: Dan Cronin <adcronin@mi.rr.com><br>
Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>; FOT List Triumph <fot@=
autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 10:43 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"> Interesting that the factory workshop manuals do not spec=
ify a particular product or brand=E2=80=A6.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"=
none">Basic Reasons:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">1. Unless absolut=
ely essential, the company policy was not to recommend any one product over=
another except for things such as oils and fuel octane ratings which latte=
r are calculated still in two different ways.<br clear=3D"none">2. Some pro=
ducts are known in only a few markets and not all of them. Company was supp=
lying product to over 100 different markets.<br clear=3D"none">3. The cars =
were only designed to last for a maximum period of 10 years, so why bother =
as mostly the cars would be maintained by the dealers for all but the simpl=
est tasks.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Yes, I remember each car ha=
ndbook described how to set valve clearances and ignition timing whereas to=
day, the handbook in my wife=E2=80=99s new car points out the dangers of dr=
inking battery acid.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">I do recall some =
manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant called DumDum - and of c=
ourse, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever heard of DumDum. Even t=
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