- 1. Re: TR4 Speedometer calibration/question (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:16:29 EST
- Here's my experience with setting speedo needle properly (maybe your's got played with by previous owner) ... looking very closely at the 0 (zero) you will see a tiny white dot painted on speedo dia
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00606.html (8,454 bytes)
- 2. upgrading horns/identifying Lucas #s (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:13:26 EST
- Hi Listers, In preparation for today's highway driving I want to upgrade my TR4's quaint Clear Hooters to louder horns. Today I tested a bunch of Lucas units at a Brit yard and took home a nice loud
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00765.html (7,811 bytes)
- 3. Re: upgrading horns/identifying Lucas #s (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:13:19 EST
- Thanks Ed, Yes these are Windtone horns and marked 9H underneath. I have a feeling you're right - that they are indeed 1978-79 MGB horns.. Lucas 69157D Low 1978 9H Lucas 69158E High 1978 9H Also boug
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00776.html (7,703 bytes)
- 4. looking for MG midget body.. (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:06:57 EST
- Hi Listers, Anyone trying to sell (or know of) a 'chrome bumper' MG Midget for cheap? My friend is looking for a decent body shell within the San Francisco Bay Area (50 miles or so). Guess I will ask
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00813.html (7,223 bytes)
- 5. tr4 clutch (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:17:19 EST
- Don't know if this means anything but I remember seeing your car (it was the Hawaii car right?) when it was on eBay underneath photo showed the pushrod being connected to the bottom hole - not the m
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00970.html (7,056 bytes)
- 6. re: Reverse Lamp retrofit on TR4 - is it required to tap the trans cover? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:52:31 EST
- I suspect the TR4 reverse light kit supplied as an 'option' came with lamp, wiring, and a dash pull switch - not a knockout type switch for the tranny cover. I recently had a switch hole installed i
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg01146.html (9,408 bytes)
- 7. TR tranny specs? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:00:46 EST
- Hi Listers, Can you advise on my tranny condition? If I grab the input shaft and the output flange and twist I get about 1/16" or 1.5mm play back and forth - is that a sign of overworn gears, wornout
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg01148.html (7,030 bytes)
- 8. Re: TR4 Dash Question (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:06:45 EST
- I agree with most of Bill Piggott's info but on the dash I believe many were Mohagany not Walnut. And I like the mohagany alot! Regards, Carl '63 TR4 since '74 ... with a TR4A mohagany dash since lat
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg01149.html (8,585 bytes)
- 9. re: shipping costs were a killer? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:00:50 EST
- Sometimes buying oversees makes sense to me even here in California. I bought the very unique and specialized trunnion cross shaft 'locking-washers' for the TR4 (4 required) from all of the big 3 her
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg00796.html (7,665 bytes)
- 10. re: Does a TR4 windscreen fit a Spitfire? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:22:32 EST
- I bought a nos TR4 windshield glass from NOSLOCATORS on eBay - cost about $225 incl shipping. Made by OE factory in late '90's- came packed in foam and it's thick laminated glass with the Triplex lo
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01058.html (8,134 bytes)
- 11. re: TR4 status and ZS question (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:02:37 EST
- sounds reasonable to me.. you could remove bowl in situ, then the float, then the check valve.. for cleaning and checking.. but probably easier on your limbs, eyes, and delicate carb parts, to remov
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg01094.html (7,747 bytes)
- 12. re: Door striker adjustment on TR4 (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:38:44 EST
- Here's a guess; if you have old rubber door seals maybe you need fresh ones so door doesn't ever reach 2nd position, then you can adjust plates to line up flush? Note; the way you say 'upper part' o
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg01126.html (8,624 bytes)
- 13. re: Joe Curto Carb Rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:47:24 EST
- I had good experience with Curto Inc. several years ago. I sent 4 carb bodies (two totally stripped down SUs and two stripped down Strombergs) along with 4 new shafts and new standard butterfly plat
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg01320.html (8,347 bytes)
- 14. re: TR4 fan (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:25:17 EST
- 1) If you're talking about the original TR4 crankshaft driven aluminum 4 square paddled fan blade used on mid to late TR4s, the 'strengthening ribs' protrude frontwards. 2) aerodynamically it will pu
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00835.html (8,155 bytes)
- 15. re: TR4 steering rack compatability question (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:23:37 EST
- For my late production TR4 CT22362 (improved mounts) steering rack I was able to get a brand new 'pinion gear' Moss $35 and a good used 'rack' bar from Triumphs Only ($85.00 - I dug through about 15
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00897.html (8,234 bytes)
- 16. Re: Click-Adjust (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:31:33 EST
- Last year I bought a later production Snap-on VALVE ADJUSTER (#V-22A with the crooked handle) for $26 on eBay. The cool thing about it is, 1/4 turn of the knob equals .010" away from seated position
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01359.html (10,238 bytes)
- 17. re TR4 Woes (continued) (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:03:44 EDT
- Sounds like ignition coil going out? Carl '63 TR4 since '74 -- My '64 is being a real pain. Tim == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01182.html (6,425 bytes)
- 18. re:re: rare tube grill on eBay? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:50:55 EDT
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TRIUMPH-TR3-1959-RARE-TUBE-GRILL-VERY-NICE-ITEM _W0QQitemZ4581096969QQcategoryZ46093QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem At the Palo Alto Brit meet in September I got
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01334.html (9,516 bytes)
- 19. re: Re: rare tube grill on eBay? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:35:57 EDT
- Naaa, they were just the usual after-market do-dads that the hot rodder kids liked to add. The owners of today's surviving TRs are only interested in original. Cheers. the I'll agree - MOST want orig
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01340.html (9,427 bytes)
- 20. Re: rare tube grill on eBay? (score: 1)
- Author: CarlSereda@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:05:41 EDT
- Joe >> sorry - thought I was Joe.. ie; "looks good to me!" Carl == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01342.html (8,806 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu