- 101. Re: Gas Pedal (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:01:29 -0700
- I'm guessing you're asking for a pedal extender of some sort, not a complete linkage. The stock TR linkage has a fair bit of opportunity for slop in it - but I have always solved that by keeping the
- /html/fot/1999-04/msg00040.html (7,159 bytes)
- 102. Re: Overdrive Parts (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:10:44 -0700
- The best, bar none, source for this kind of parts is Name: O/D Spares Address: Unit A2 Wolston Business Park Main Street Wolston, North Coventry CV8 3FU Phone: (+44 1203) 543 686 (+44 1203) 544 973 f
- /html/fot/1999-04/msg00050.html (6,947 bytes)
- 103. Re: SMITHS GAUGES (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:11:19 -0700
- There are several folks mentioned in the Monster List. I've had reasonable luck with West Hollywood (I think that's the name), though one of the Smith's "dual safety gauges" that they rebuilt for me
- /html/fot/1999-04/msg00118.html (7,142 bytes)
- 104. Re: Fuel Pump Kill Switches (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:18:55 -0800
- I installed one of the ones sold by Moss in my street/autox GT6. I had to rework the wiring - it came with 20 gauge wire, which is way too small. MGBs apparently had a switch to this effect which can
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00029.html (7,291 bytes)
- 105. Re: Fuel Pump Kill Switches (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:05:07 -0800
- And as folks have pointed out in other forums, a healthy engine with a healthy oil pump will put out 3-7psi of oil pressure with a missing gallery plug - that won't save your engine. Fundamentally wh
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00035.html (7,962 bytes)
- 106. Re: Emergency Parts Kit (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:06:00 -0800
- book shows more interesting contents, including an intake and an exhaust valve ... they must have been expecting *really* bad trouble!
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00103.html (6,877 bytes)
- 107. Re: Fluid Dampeners (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:36:13 -0800
- I considered such a thing, but heard all sorts of horror stories about "if you use the wrong one, it's worse". I'd love to hear different - my GT6 lost its mechanical fan long ago, and installing one
- /html/fot/1999-03/msg00122.html (6,538 bytes)
- 108. Re: GT6 spring rates (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:25:14 -0800
- This sort of thing is in the TriumphTune catalog. GT6 standard front springs are 220 lb/in, fitted length 8.10".
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00006.html (6,483 bytes)
- 109. Re: Group 44 TR4/4A info request... (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:29:28 -0800
- For folks that want Minilites, there are several sources, including direct from the current license holder, mentioned in the Monster list. Jack, I don't think Brett Johnson is among them - could you
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00050.html (7,662 bytes)
- 110. Re: Re: Group 44 TR4/4A info request... (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:29:22 -0800
- Hmm. Stories like this about Yarwood are why he has his much-deserved reputation for ... less than perfect business practices.
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00055.html (7,680 bytes)
- 111. Re: Undercoating (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:29:16 -0800
- You might consider using a hot air gun, as is sold for stripping paint, rather than an open flame...
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00080.html (6,907 bytes)
- 112. Re: Air Horns (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:51:28 -0800
- Garry Polled is fairly well known in the Weber (and now FI) community; among other things, they're the main importer of ITG air filters and have a nice line of FI throttle bodies that bolt up to repl
- /html/fot/1999-02/msg00119.html (6,538 bytes)
- 113. RE: Moto-mentoring (was New Member Nomination) (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 14:36:48 -0800
- You're talking about TR2-4 rocker arms here, which actually *have* rocker arm bushings, right? The first time I had to do this job, very early in my TR stewardship, I was at the garage of a friend wh
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00019.html (7,479 bytes)
- 114. Re: 2001 and Goodwood (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:30:48 -0800
- Thanks, John ... I was going to say something similar. Folks, you should check out a past issue of R&T or AutoWeek if you don't know what the Earl of March's Goodwood Festival of Speed is all about.
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00039.html (7,162 bytes)
- 115. supercharged TR6? (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:02:47 -0800
- Just had someone call me looking for a company (perhaps in SoCal, he wasn't sure) that installs or sells a supercharging kit for TR6s. I've never heard of such a thing - anyone know?
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00068.html (6,473 bytes)
- 116. an opportunity for someone (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:14:19 -0800
- Thanks to all who answered my query about supercharging a TR6. Here's the back story. I got a phone call late last week from a guy who works with a guy who's just had a TR6 restored. (This is all a m
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00089.html (8,273 bytes)
- 117. Re: 2001 Triumph Odyssey-Candidates (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:33:44 -0800
- It used to be the case that a great deal of money was to be saved by renting the car *in the US* through a US agent, rather than reserving through Hertz or whatever and doing a normal rental upon arr
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00105.html (7,155 bytes)
- 118. Re: What the heck am I Doing??? (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:22:16 -0800
- Might have been Vizard, but more likely it was David Anton, his sometime partner in crime...
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00139.html (7,583 bytes)
- 119. Re: Fuel System Questions (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:58:08 -0800
- 5psi is too high for Strombergs; it may push the needle off the seat. Use a good quality regulator to make sure that you're not having this problem. I'll let others comment about the fuelpump issue.
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00189.html (7,640 bytes)
- 120. Re: EP GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:24:02 -0800
- No, I think that (if rules allow, I no longer remember) the right approach on an EP GT6 is to move the engine back. This solves some weight distribution issues as well as bonnet clearance, and allows
- /html/fot/1999-01/msg00196.html (6,985 bytes)
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