[TR] First long road trip

[DAVE HOGYE]

On my street/race TR3, I designed a sturdy dead pedal where the dimmer bracket went and moved the dimmer to the dash.  The dimmer button is a miniature of the standard switch.  The dimmer switch is at the far left on my dash.  Turn signal below the heater control and horn button on the other side of the column.  Keeping the dimmer as foot switch is a more natural position. 
Dave H. 

>     On 09/06/2022 12:04 PM Joel Justin <j_bar_j at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>     I had the same annoyance with the footrest/dipper switch in my TR4. I cut a piece of 1/2" 9-ply birch plywood to 2-1/2" x 9". I painted it black and added a piece of no-slip rubber table to it. I removed the dipper switch and aligned the bottom edge to the plate the dipper switch mounted to. I mounted the dipper switch at the top. Now I've for a nice footrest and to activate the dipper, I reach up with my toe to push the switch.
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>     Joel Justin...
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>     From: Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen at outlook.com>
>     Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 7:17 AM
>     To: list Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>     Subject: [TR] First long road trip
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>     Last week, I drove the 4A from Albuquerque NM to Breckenridge CO and back: 780 miles total with top down the entire trip. My passenger on this trip was a shoulder bag with a laptop, as I had work in Breckenridge for a few days (some one had to go 😊). My route was through Santa Fe, Taos, NM/CO border, Alamosa, Buena Vista, Fairplay. Great scenery and a cool stop between Chimayo NM and Taos at the Classic Gas Museum.
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>     My hearing, sun and wind protection worked admirably. It rained only once, after I had stopped for the night in Alamosa on the way home.
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>     As far as improvements before the next trip:
>         * A footrest in place of the headlight dipper switch. I’ve got a scheme to use two relays to repurpose the flash-to-pass part of the light switch as both flash-to-pass and headlight dipper. Anyone have other ideas?
>         * A better heater/defroster fan. I can’t tell if it’s actually moving air. The motor is running based on current draw, so perhaps it’s missing weather-stripping or something inside that housing.
>         * Check the boot/trunk for sealing. The bag I put in there smelled of exhaust.
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>     Life is too short to drive boring cars,
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>     Cliff
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