[Fot] Started the TR4 today!!!

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Terrific!...
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Mehl" <mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
To: "EDWARD BARNARD" <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>
Cc: "Triumph Friends of" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Started the TR4 today!!!


> Well I worked on the TR4 again today.  I followed Ed's thoughts and used 
> an
> non cogged belt.  No squeak now.
>
> I am getting there!!!
>
> Thanks ED and FOT.
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: EDWARD BARNARD
> <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>
> To: Triumph Friends of <fot at autox.team.net>; Mike
> Mehl <mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 7:33:41 PM
> Subject: Re:
> [Fot] Started the TR4 today!!!
>
>
> Mike: Are you running a cogged belt? I have
> found these to squeak more often then non-cogged belts.  Try an old style
> solid belt if you are using a cogged one.
> Just my two cents worth.
> -Ed-
> --- On
> Sun, 3/21/10, Mike Mehl <mike.mehl at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>From: Mike Mehl
> <mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Fot] Started the TR4 today!!!
>>To:
> "Triumph Friends of" <fot at autox.team.net>
>>Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:42
> PM
>>
>>
>>Well today I started chasing some of the things that need sorted out.
> One is
>>the squeaking (you can hear it in the video).  I thought is was the
> pump
>>pulley.  It is not.  The water pump is new and I ran it with a drill to
> see if
>>I could get it to squeak.  No luck.  Do these aluminum pulleys just
> squeak
>>with the belt running over them.  I thought maybe it is the throw out
> bearing
>>but it is not a howl.  I guess it could be the alternator but that is
> new
>>also.  Any thoughts???  At idle it does not squeak.  Give it some revs
> and it
>>squeaks.  I really think it is the water pump.  Any imput would be
> helpful.
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>From: Mike Mehl
>><mike.mehl at yahoo.com>
>>To: Triumph Friends of <fot at autox.team.net>
>>Cc: Mike
>>Mehl <michaelm at fcpi.com>
>>Sent: Sat, March 20, 2010 7:34:04 PM
>>Subject:
> [Fot]
>>Started the TR4 today!!!
>>
>>Well after 18 months of work, I pushed the
> button
>>today with the help of my
>>race rabbit friend Dave Barton and the car
> started.
>>We had a few minor issues
>>that a quick call to Jeff Quick in
> Seattle help
>>solve.  I am attaching the
>>link to the you tube video my son
> shot.  I have
>>some small isuses.  Water
>>leaks with my Ford aluminum
> radiator, the rear of
>>the valve cover is leaking
>>and the new water pump is
> squealing (could be the
>>pulley rubbing on the bolts)
>>and the oil temp gauge
> is not working.  By the
>>end of the day i drove it
>>around the block.  You can
> hear the water pump in
>>the video.
>>
>>I am pretty
>>excited!!
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1veQZ-pqRA
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRQ5wTUfsU
>>
>>Mike Mehl
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