- 1. Re: new topic-oil coolers for my TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:55:51 -0800 (PST)
- I faced the same dilemma, and I decided to make holes in the valence. I did it neatly, trimmed them with chrome strip, and it looks like the factory did it. John Lye used a MGB fresh air grille for
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00071.html (8,116 bytes)
- 2. Re: new topic-oil coolers for my TR4A (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 10:17:13 -0800 (PST)
- I took the TR250's holes as my model, but made three instead of two. You can get a glimpse of them at http://www.dimebank.com/images/sarah/1997-front.jpg == unsubscribe/change address requests to maj
- /html/fot/2005-12/msg00077.html (8,099 bytes)
- 3. Re: Hurricane Katrina (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:44:24 -0700 (PDT)
- And they drive far shorter distances, so it doesn't matter as much. Not to mention that their cars get lots better gas mileage.
- /html/fot/2005-09/msg00007.html (7,521 bytes)
- 4. RE: Hurricane Katrina (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:07:56 -0700 (PDT)
- Yeah, they spend time in their cars, but they don't drive nearly as far as we do. Not nearly. The 'easy' 30 minute commute here is borderline insane there; no one would drive 90 minutes one way to ge
- /html/fot/2005-09/msg00011.html (7,805 bytes)
- 5. Re: brake flaring (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:03:27 -0700 (PDT)
- You didn't say what kind of flare. If you're using AN, the Rol-Aire Imperial can't be beat. Aircraft Spruce carries them. If you're making double flares, you should be using AN :-) chris
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00096.html (6,471 bytes)
- 6. Re: brake flaring - AN flares? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:35:24 -0700 (PDT)
- I haven't bothered to convert the rears on any of my cars, since I've never had to replace a brake pipe there. My AN work has been in the area of the flex hoses - the Girling flare will mate up to an
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00099.html (7,250 bytes)
- 7. Re: GT6 rear sway bar (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:00:56 -0700 (PDT)
- I have an Addco bar (bought from JC Whitney, of course) sitting around. I've never installed it - my concern has always been that it will cause *more* inside rear wheel lift in corners, since it furt
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00464.html (7,509 bytes)
- 8. Re: Oil pan gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:26:35 -0700 (PDT)
- Get thee a can of "The Right Stuff" gasket in a can.
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00503.html (6,870 bytes)
- 9. Re: GT6 rear sway bar (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
- I've been talking about a rotoflex GT6+ with a slightly de-arched spring, stock shock mounts (to be relocated to the frame eventually) and Quaife. My sense has always been that I am reaching the rebo
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00504.html (8,335 bytes)
- 10. Re: APTFAST-Opinions solicited (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
- I've done lots of business with them - much of it A series, but also some GT6 engine bits. They had Rimflo valves for Triumphs when no one else in the US did (and when Moss Europe/TriumphTune were be
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00220.html (7,478 bytes)
- 11. RE: Winches (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:46:12 -0700 (PDT)
- Harbor Freight sells a fairly inexpensive winch that appears to be a Superwinch clone or badge engineering item; it's used by a fair number of low-budget off-road folks for self-rescue. It probably w
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00221.html (6,610 bytes)
- 12. Re: RE: Brake Master Cylinder Needed -- Spitfire and GT6 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 18:35:55 -0700 (PDT)
- Send it off to Sierra Specialty (see the monster list) and see what he can do for you.
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00488.html (7,599 bytes)
- 13. Re: Churchill tools (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 09:06:19 -0700 (PDT)
- Same old tune from this corner: did you try the Monster List? Robb Nortier has been trying to make reproductions of these tools for a decade now. I haven't heard from him for a long time, but his Br
- /html/fot/2005-05/msg00512.html (6,807 bytes)
- 14. Re: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 20:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
- About the hog feed/corn/methanol ... there's actually a better, more likely process. See http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2003/Anything-Into-Oil1may03.htm among others. This guy has got a working plan
- /html/fot/2005-04/msg00067.html (7,740 bytes)
- 15. RE: Phone number needed for Moldex (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:41:25 -0700 (PDT)
- The monster list knows ... www.dimebank.com/monster
- /html/fot/2005-04/msg00259.html (6,860 bytes)
- 16. alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:15:17 -0800 (PST)
- The NipponDenso unit has a good reputation. Doing the alternator conversion is laid out very well somewhere in the www.vtr.org pages. No need to buy a "kit"!
- /html/fot/2005-02/msg00201.html (6,282 bytes)
- 17. RE: Personnel Announcements for Walter Mitty 2005 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 11:29:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Careful, it's starting to sound like the Thickos in here ... (not that that's a bad thing :-)
- /html/fot/2004-10/msg00039.html (6,813 bytes)
- 18. Re: Hot manifold question (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
- It could be nothing. Then again, when I rebuilt my first A series, I ended up with a small head gasket leak between #2 and #3 (a common problem), which meant that I was pumping some raw mixture into
- /html/fot/2004-07/msg00013.html (7,015 bytes)
- 19. empty trailer headed west? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:38:49 -0700 (PDT)
- I need to get a non-running TR4A from Palo Alto, CA to Salt Lake City. There's no great hurry, but I thought I'd put the word out now in case someone has an empty trailer headed that way in the next
- /html/fot/2004-06/msg00178.html (6,352 bytes)
- 20. Re: TR6 adjustable pushrod for clutch system (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:37:34 -0700 (PDT)
- Gee, I always just bought the parts from TriumphTune... they have the threaded clevis and pushrod.
- /html/fot/2004-06/msg00190.html (6,605 bytes)
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