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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.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt" class="elementToProof"><b>From:</b> Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen@outlook.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 6, 2022 7:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> list Triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [TR] First long road trip</font>
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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
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span>). 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:</p>
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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?</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in">
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.</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in">
Check the boot/trunk for sealing. The bag I put in there smelled of exhaust.</li></ul>
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Life is too short to drive boring cars,</p>
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