[TR] TR6 transmission leaks

[John Macartney]

Bob Danielson wrote:

> Let's face it...........Triumphs leak! :-)

Smiley notwithstanding, ALL British cars leaked somewhere or other - and most Triumphs leaked 
everywhere. Ask any early Herald owner.
The fact is that you people still haven't cottoned on to the fact that leaks - good, satisfying, 
meaningful leaks that really upset owners of newly surfaced driveways, were a design feature built 
into British cars with "hand-tooled loving care by wizened old craftsmen." That was why you got 
valve covers you could easily crush with 500 ft/lbs of torque on the nuts, cork gaskets and crank 
oil seals made out of old fag packets.
Don't forget, the majority of cars made in the UK were sold in the UK and we Brits *expected* them 
to leak. If they hadn't, questions would have been asked in the House of Commons and people would 
have written protest letters to the Editor of The Times newspaper. Fact is, Brit cars have always 
leaked since the beginning of time - so why go out of your way to do something about it? Our weather 
is permanently leaking, so why shouldn't our cars? In any case what do you expect for a thousand 
quid at 1970 prices - surely not *Japanese* build quality and reliability?????????????
You paid peanuts, you got a monkey. End of story.
Hey, that was why you also got a 12,000 mile warranty in the sure and certain knowledge you'd never 
need it because the car would be stuck at the dealer for the first year of its life waiting for 
back-ordered parts that never arrived and allowing the rust that started in England, accelerated as 
deck cargo across the Atlantic, to really take hold.
And you guys are all still grumbling about this, thirty or forty years later.
I give up!

Jonmac :)