!better take a spare carb diaphragm! feeler gauge also. or is that feelher?
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From: <ROVER827@aol.com>
To: <mbullard@hawaii.rr.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: First Cross Country Trip (in the dead of winter)
> Mark:
>
> Here's what you need for any long trip in a TR6, bearing in mind you will
> find nothing in an auto parts store except for oil, fuses, spark plugs,
> lights and maybe a fan belt.
>
> --extra set of points, and condenser
> --extra distributor cap
> --one 15-inch tube (in case you get a flat in the middle of nowhere) Your
car
> has tube-type tires.
> --one container of brake fluid (castrol LMA)
> -- an assortment of the proper British fuses
> -- electrical tape
>
> Tools:
>
> --one set of open end wrenches, non metric
> --a good selection of screwdrivers
> --needlenose and regular pliers, viuce grips
> --a set of socket wrenches
> --Haynes TR6 repair manual.
>
> You can put all the parts in a plastic battery box. That's what I do.
>
> Additionally, for extra protection you could buy rebuild kits for the
clutch
> master and slave cylinders.
>
> If not, then take with you the numbers for The Roadster Factory, Victoria
> Britsh and Moss, so that you could get any part you needed overnighted if
you
> break down someplace.
>
> When you say you are having the car checked out, that should also include
the
> oil in the gearbox and differential, all other fluids, and the electrical
> system.
>
> For the first few tanks of gas, you should check the oil and coolant at
every
> fillup so that you know how much the car is consuming. And it will consume
> much more heavily than a modern car. You also should pay very close
attention
> to the gauges. TR6s are not great on the highway unless they have
overdrive.
>
> After a few hours on the road, you are going to be mighty uncomfortable.
>
> Richard Truett
> 1971 TR6
> 1980 TR7 Spider
> 1982 TR8
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