<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">You're waxing poetic, Terry! As a fellow New Englander with snow still remaining on the lawn, I can sympathize. I, however, have MUCH work to do to get my '59 TR3A on the road. Not even sure where to begin. But I have been ordering parts in anticipation of a complete rebuild, frame included. Been waiting for semi-decent (read 'warm') weather to find it's way to the Northeast before seriously digging in..... <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">As for your "bonnet squeak", those can be elusive to find. On my TR6, which also had a bonnet squeak, it turned out to be the bonnet prop rod rubbing against the prop-rod guide. A opened-up the slot in the guide, using a Dremel tool and the squeak was gone. Sure don't miss that sound! Would that all issues we had were that easy<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">to diagnose and fix....<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Dave<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">'59 TR3A<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">TS42312L<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Maine<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:57 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net" target="_blank">terryrs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Snow still on the lawn, but 60 degrees today and took the first drive of the year today. Felt like the thundering temperature spike of an Arizona silky heat wave.<br>
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OD wasn't working. Sorted it by discovering I'd crossed the OD switch wires. Now it clicks every time like it's supposed to, though haven't tested on the road yet for any intermittant short.<br>
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Bonnet squeaked at certain resonant frequencies of engine vibration. Ground a gap in a large washer and placed under the bonnet latch spring to stiffen it. We'll see.<br>
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After this particular New England winter, the relief wow factor is palpable. Nothing even piddly left to fix. Spring at the time when last year's corn stubble still spikes the fields, it's the time of ultimate hope. But then my MBA wife hasn't done taxes yet....last year she mistakenly imbued me with a $5,000 tax bill that took 5 seconds to make and three months to correct.<br>
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Car cost $41.20 to register. What confuses me is why veteran plates and antique plates cost more than regular ones. I eschew them. If someone can't tell a '59 TR3A is an antique by looking, impressing them with an antique plate seems pointless. And as far as veteran plates, I was Viet Nam era and still have a hard time believing all that "Thank you for your service" stuff.<br>
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Best to all, and much obliged for all your help yet again. Will probably lapse into silent lurking...at least until the unexpected glitch happens as expected.<br>
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Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667<br>
New Hampshire<br>
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