- 121. Re: TR3A Body Queries (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:13:23 -0800
- The first thing you need to do is decide the purpose of the vehicle. Is it to be a show car or a daily driver? If it is a show car you get to become an overly obsessive authenticity nazi (My house m
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00026.html (13,118 bytes)
- 122. Re: New Guy - Maybe (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:41:14 -0800
- Triumph and MG were both aimed at the same market segment, but I always thought the TR2-3 had more in common with Morgans than TDs or MGAs. Of course every once and a while I day dream about a MGA f
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00037.html (7,169 bytes)
- 123. Re: wide/narrow belt (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:37:05 -0800
- I believe it would "ruin all the fun". Evidently men in general derive a great deal of pleasure inventing ingenious ways to cobble a functional field fix without using correct replacement parts. This
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00048.html (8,979 bytes)
- 124. Re: wide/narrow belt (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:15:32 -0800
- Is that a later TR thing? I never had that problem with my TR3A. It was a tad tight but would squeeze past. You should have replaced the bearing earlier. Humm never had an issue with that. But I hav
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00050.html (9,170 bytes)
- 125. TR3A wheel cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:57:09 -0800
- The time has come to replace the rear brake shoes & rebuild the rear wheel cylinders. I've dug out a spare set of new brake shoes & some miscellaneous wheel cylinder parts. So the question comes are
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00143.html (6,639 bytes)
- 126. Re: steering box oil (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 19:16:40 -0800
- My money is on swivel ball grease (more like a cross between grease & oil) for Range Rovers. It was designed to lube a U joint in the front swivel balls and not leak out the seal. Seems to work just
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00172.html (7,086 bytes)
- 127. Re: carpet matting - TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:14:46 -0800
- (...Actually, the biggest reason I'm not going with wool carpet is the That's probably why the TR3 had easily removable rubber mats on the floor and not carpet. Easy clean up and dry when it gets wet
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00210.html (7,539 bytes)
- 128. Re: carpet matting - TR3A (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:01:39 -0800
- Rubber mats are easier to check for dampness than carpet lining and easier to take up. I had to replace the floor because a previous owner let wet after market carpet sit on the floor. Rubber mats s
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00212.html (7,765 bytes)
- 129. Re: Auto Museum (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:50:12 -0800
- It probably could not shake off a Triumph Spitfire that got on its tail. Spits were the bane of many a Messershmitt. TeriAnn
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00220.html (6,742 bytes)
- 130. Re: TR futures (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 07:30:49 -0800
- I suspect that is what has happened to a lot of "classics" as they get restored. They become too good to be degraded by use unless you have the time and inclination that Jim has to put into keeping
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00262.html (12,678 bytes)
- 131. Re: TR futures (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:29:38 -0800
- The other warning should be: The less we have these cars out on the road the fewer people will be touched by them and the fewer people will yearn for them as they mature. That my friends translates
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00267.html (7,842 bytes)
- 132. Re: TR futures (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:10:56 -0800
- Thanks! I suspect my occasional long posts are what I'm known best for on this list. They were a lot more numerous back on the old British car mail list when Scott Fisher and I were inspiring one an
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00275.html (9,703 bytes)
- 133. Re: TR futures (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:08:25 -0800
- Dido, a greenish ex-back to nature hippie here. Dido there too. I feel that keeping these old vehicles on the road as the daily driver saves a great deal of energy and resources over the long run. My
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00285.html (9,224 bytes)
- 134. Re: 1958/9 TR3A Engine Bay Cleanup (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:24:27 -0800
- It doesn't make sense to me but when I placed a Ford 302 in my series Land Rover it didn't make sense to Land Rover purists either. You might consider going to a Land Rover 2 speed motor. It has the
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00321.html (9,310 bytes)
- 135. Re: 1958/9 TR3A Engine Bay Cleanup (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:34:39 -0800
- They both have about the same diameter wheel that goes round & round. The single wiper LR system & the LR system are very similar. The TR3 wipers look lazy because the motor is lazy.
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00328.html (7,728 bytes)
- 136. Re: 1958/9 TR3A Engine Bay Cleanup (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:38:15 -0800
- When a 302 replaced the 2.25L LR four in my Land Rover the weight was very close as well. Really heavy four cylinder engines. I ended up using the low compression heads so I could run regular gas an
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00343.html (8,114 bytes)
- 137. Re: TR3 V8 Engine Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:34:00 -0800
- When I went to a 302 in the Land Rover my stated goal was to go the speed limit up hill. I told people LR four cylinder performance is 0-60 same day assuming no head winds or up hill sections. Now i
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00345.html (6,934 bytes)
- 138. Re: Guages (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:33:30 -0800
- 2) I think it's unlikely you'll find a SunPro that will work with the Most British cars have a standard sending unit mounting arrangement to fit standard Lucas/Smiths sender units. Last time I looked
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00406.html (8,271 bytes)
- 139. Re: Birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:51:15 -0800
- Well I guess this means that in 8 days I'll be 29 for the 30th time. TeriAnn 1960 Land Rover Dormobile owned since 1978 1961 Triumph TR3A Owned since 1986 (The new car) One of the first 10 members of
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00474.html (8,220 bytes)
- 140. Re: birthdays (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:30:28 -0800
- Well it is not mandatory but it sure beats the alternative. TeriAnn "The heirs of the person who dies with the most toys win"
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00506.html (8,137 bytes)
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