[TR] My Tr3 garage find folly

[Wbeech@flash.net]

Always a fun challenge.  For my first TR3 all I had was the exploded views in the Moss catalog and parts and advice from TRF. 
Bill

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On Jan 2, 2019, at 11:42 AM, David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com> wrote:

Good luck, Chris! I have, more than once, undertaken TR projects for which I took pictures along the way. In looking back at them, I find myself wondering: "What was I thinking when I undertook this!?" But with the end in view, it all now seems quite worthwhile....

Happy New Year all!

Dave

> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 8:46 AM Chris Simo <ccsimonsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> A few months ago, I bought two tr3 basket cases from a long time stalled dreamer.  It's really bittersweet to some extent, he planned to take classes to weld and paint..... Unfortunately, the two cars are parts cars at best.
> 
> So now I'm trying to save them. I've enlisted two friends, but I'm the bodywork guy.
> 
> I have since been retrieving all of my old fabrication tools lent out over the years. my plasma torch is not coming back, he said after 7 years its his... But the brake and roller are back.
> 
> Soooooo. ive been soaking the stuck engine with a cinderblock attached to my tr2 crank with conduit and hose clamps. Read on an old tractor forum that could unstick a stuck motor. A couple months later, I saw the cinder block closer to the ground!
> 
> i stuck it in gear, sprayed more kroil and started rocking back and forth. Soon had 360 degree rotation, with nice sucking sounds from the spark plug holes.
> 
> Tomorrow, I will hook up the starter and do a compression check. If all look somewhat promising, we will attempt firing procedure.
> 
> fingers crossed!
> 
> 
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