[TR] TR3 Differential color

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Thu Mar 13 14:29:50 MST 2008


> Well, I spent much of today on my rear end.   

Me too, but I was nowhere near a car !

> After using a putty knife to scrape all the crud from around the diff
> housing I discovered it is dark red in color and the rear 
> cover and axel
> tubes appears to have been originally black.  Is this the 
> correct color
> combination for the TR3 in 1958?  

On my 58, the housing was black as well (under all the dirt and grease).
Doesn't mean dark red is wrong of course.  TRA guidelines also say "usually
painted black".

Randall


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