- 61. Re: [TR] ZS O-ring specs (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:16:16 -0600
- Hi dean, If you are referring to the small o-ring that keeps the oil in the dashpot, you can get a standard buna-n o-ring. I believe the trade size is 010. Greg Gelhar 1973 TR6 1980 TR8 Osseo, MN . 2
- /html/triumphs/2008-02/msg00308.html (8,756 bytes)
- 62. Re: [TR] TR6 Model (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:47:28 -0500
- Have a look at what is available at http://www.triple-c.com/Store_Detail.cfm?ID=110018&InfoID=2441 This one used to be offered in red but has since sold out. I have not found any TR6 in 1/24 or 1/25
- /html/triumphs/2008-03/msg00258.html (8,125 bytes)
- 63. Re: [TR] tap and die question (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:30:37 -0500
- First, a 1/8 NPT equals 27 threads to the inch. A 3/8-24 of course makes 24 threads to the inch, they are not compatible. Second, while the 3/8-24 tap cuts straight (parallel) threads, the pipe tap c
- /html/triumphs/2008-03/msg00388.html (7,731 bytes)
- 64. Re: [TR] Misc. Items (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:46 -0500
- I like to use a large 1 ohm resistor between the battery + and the device I am testing. If the device is faulty and shorted the maximum current that flows is 12 amps. A serviceable substitution for
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00563.html (7,700 bytes)
- 65. Re: [TR] update to tranny bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:35:19 -0500
- Yes, there are metric threads used on some places on a 1957 TR3. A typical 5/8 bolt will measure .620 inch diameter and a M16 bolt will measure .625 (allowing for some rounding of the thread form so
- /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00559.html (7,883 bytes)
- 66. Re: [TR] turning dizzy/timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:35:58 -0500
- Is there some reason you can't just move the spark plug wires in the distributor cap all one hole over? That would give you a 60 degree benefit to reposition the vacuum unit before you time the engi
- /html/triumphs/2008-08/msg00332.html (7,520 bytes)
- 67. Re: [TR] fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:29:47 -0500
- A while back I put my account of the rebuild process on Photo Bucket. Look here to see if you can use the information. http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa68/gmark_01/Fuel%20Pump/?action=view&cu rr
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00510.html (7,892 bytes)
- 68. [TR] TR4 Line drawing (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:53:06 -0500
- Hi all, Can anyone send me, or point me to, a line drawing of a TR4 or 4A looking straight at the front of the car. Greg Gelhar 1973 TR6 1980 TR8 Osseo, MN . _________________________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-09/msg00560.html (6,806 bytes)
- 69. Re: [TR] TR6 Hub Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:53:45 -0500
- I put silicone 5.0 brake fluid in my TR6 in 1989. I have not had to rebuild any brake hydraulic parts since then. I highly recommend the silicone brake fluid. I just got internet and phone back toda
- /html/triumphs/2008-10/msg00283.html (7,685 bytes)
- 70. Re: [TR] New TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:51:26 -0500
- Fellow listers, I too am back on the list after more than a year off-list! I just needed to drop off the list for a while in order to more time to spend finishing the long in process restoration of m
- /html/triumphs/2008-10/msg00336.html (7,334 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TR] TR3 Steering wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:34:01 -0500
- Hello List, I will be signing of the list due to Hurricane Ike for a while. It has been nice reading and commenting on the various topics that come up. Regards, Greg Perry ___________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-10/msg00390.html (8,240 bytes)
- 72. Re: [TR] Spindle Nut Torque (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:02:20 -0600
- My younger son has just acquired a somewhat pristine (almost) Spitfire 'competitor' that will soon be moving into the family. Though I say it myself, it'll be fun to again be at the wheel of a Midget
- /html/triumphs/2008-11/msg00370.html (8,731 bytes)
- 73. [TR] TR3A Drawing (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:37:35 -0600
- Won't work. On this side of the Pond they are commonly referred to as "clothes pins". Pegs? Forsooth! -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ __________________________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-11/msg00459.html (7,004 bytes)
- 74. Re: [TR] TR3A Drawing (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:54:51 -0600
- Down here in Florida in the Land of Gated Communities, many have automatic openers for swinging gates. Some of the gates are not swingers, and that is the type of community I live in. David Lylis 69
- /html/triumphs/2008-11/msg00461.html (7,605 bytes)
- 75. [TR] Gold plated Triumph (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:23:12 -0600
- Just another way for the "Gummint" to subsidize the idiots in charge of the big three. What a difference you'd see if Americans paid world priced for gasoline etc. ___________________________________
- /html/triumphs/2008-12/msg00128.html (6,942 bytes)
- 76. Re: [TR] 2000 Moss Catalog (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:58:34 -0600
- Phillips Transport in Red Bluff (530) 529-0741 marymeed@sbcglobal.net transported my TR250 from Medford to Tucson, door to door, in fast time at an excellent price. Not a major company, just a 3car r
- /html/triumphs/2009-01/msg00510.html (8,647 bytes)
- 77. Re: [TR] TR Toolbox (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Gelhar" <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:47:07 -0500
- If you have verified that the adjustment is 100% compressed, you might try taking a little off the leading and trailing edges of the linings. Maybe a 1/16", sometimes the ends protrude just a little
- /html/triumphs/2009-04/msg00185.html (7,646 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TR] I need schooling regarding side curtains (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Gelhar <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 04:46:08 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- Jim, mine had the same problem. I had it welded (don't remember the name of the technique, but it involved heating the block in an oven, then plasma spraying some $$$ stuff in the crack). It worked r
- /html/triumphs/2009-05/msg00173.html (8,795 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TR] Thread size for TR6 instruments? (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Gelhar <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:48:29 -0400 (EDT)
- The owner said "There is no doubt when you see the modifications that the car was raced...". What modifications is he talking about? The numbers on the doors? Is he implying that the brakes have been
- /html/triumphs/2009-06/msg00114.html (8,962 bytes)
- 80. [TR] Lucas alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Gelhar <ggelhar@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:19:19 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- I was scared near to death! I just knew I must have forgotten to tighten something or put something on wrong and that a wheel or the suspension would fall off at any moment with catastrophic results.
- /html/triumphs/2009-07/msg00389.html (6,997 bytes)
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