- 1. Re: TR4 Fan Conversion (again) (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:55:41 -0800 (PST)
- One of my first bad experiences in my TR4A was the wobbly fan that wobbled so much it took out the radiator. I had no idea what was going on... quite the adventure. Needless to saw, she came home on
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg00782.html (8,098 bytes)
- 2. Re: Re: TR5 / 250 reverse lights (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:43:16 -0800 (PST)
- Reversing lights didn't become the law of the land until 1968, so they were optional/non-existent until then. When I installed a new tranny in my TR4A, I wanted to add reversing at the same time. I s
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg00880.html (8,248 bytes)
- 3. Re: more than 1 kind of starter push switch? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:53:49 -0800 (PST)
- This sounds like the underhood switch that completes the circuit to the starter, not the dash switch. It would have a rubber button at one end, two heavy duty copper stud contacts (battery, starter)
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00897.html (8,665 bytes)
- 4. Re: Joe Curto Carb Rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:30:04 -0800 (PST)
- Read about experience with Joe Curto and hundreds of other vendors in the Monster List, www.dimebank.com/monster ... and send me your experiences to add there! chris == This list supported in part b
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg01319.html (7,906 bytes)
- 5. Re: 71 GT6 master cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
- Most emphatically no. The interior diameters are different from the GT6 version. If it's leaking between the plastic reservoir and the cast iron body, you've either got a cracked reservoir or failed
- /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00927.html (6,760 bytes)
- 6. Re: GT6 Hot Box? You weren't kidding! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:07:03 -0700 (PDT)
- Insulation is key. I used Reflectix, a 3M product found in home stores in the US. It's bubble wrap that's been coated with mylar. Put it under the carpet, everywhere (replace the jute underlayment wi
- /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00928.html (8,882 bytes)
- 7. Re: torque reaction arm (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:06:28 -0700 (PDT)
- I've often thought I'd like one for my TR4A, which doesn't have one, and I believe never did (it's not shown in the factory parts book). Though I admit that I've wondered if the factory had a reason
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01372.html (7,251 bytes)
- 8. Re: filling is draining me (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:12:03 -0700 (PDT)
- When you finally get the plug, do two things: 1. throw away the one you buggered up 2. wrap the new one with teflon plumbing tape before installing
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01539.html (7,609 bytes)
- 9. Re: more TR6 brake issues (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 07:39:35 -0700 (PDT)
- And you can buy these 'aftermarket' for standard Girling m/c from Dave Bean Engineering. They're great.
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01621.html (7,714 bytes)
- 10. Re: TR4 driving lamps (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:43:30 -0700 (PDT)
- When contemplating badge bars, be aware of the difference between the 4 and 4A/250/5 bumpers - the overriders are mounted in different places! The 4 mounts them narrowly, but the later cars spread th
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01217.html (7,500 bytes)
- 11. Re: TR6 Brake Servo Unit Repair (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 14:49:25 -0700 (PDT)
- The Monster List knows! www.dimebank.com/monster will tell you about the guy in Cincinnati as well as three others...
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01470.html (6,824 bytes)
- 12. Re: Electric radiator fan attachment (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:03:15 -0700 (PDT)
- The ties are OK, but adding brackets is so easy it's never seemed worth *not* doing. I am usually doing this as part of refurbishing the radiator, so it's out of the car anyway. I bend up small brack
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01497.html (8,288 bytes)
- 13. Re: VTR Site Restricted (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 09:36:45 -0700 (PDT)
- I, for one, am not very happy about this. I speak as the VTR's TR4A Vehicle Consultant and a long time contributor to the VTR website - I wrote the 4A buyer's guide, much of the GT6 buyer's guide, as
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01534.html (9,861 bytes)
- 14. Re: Electric fans & amperage (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:08:15 -0700 (PDT)
- The PermaCool fan from Jegs looks nice, but I'll put in my usual pitch for the fans from Scotts Manufacturing in Valencia, CA - they make some really skinny fans that really move air, and might cost
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01670.html (8,629 bytes)
- 15. Re: Elitist Triumphs (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
- See, there you go, leaping from "Triumph" to "TR". What about the poor GT6 and Herald? They've been completely left out of this discussion - even the Spitfire and Stag guys look down on us! :-)
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01671.html (7,697 bytes)
- 16. Re: Reassembling rear drive-line (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
- I find the U-joints to be pretty stiff on assembly. That's a good thing. The goal with the zerks is to be able to get a grease gun on them when everything is assembled. This maye take a couple of ite
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01672.html (7,962 bytes)
- 17. Re: Tr4 dash lights (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
- I'm not *certain* about the TR4, since my experience behind the dash is with a 4A, but I suspect that there should be a black wire with a ring terminal that goes to the bridge of each of the small i
- /html/triumphs/2005-04/msg01421.html (7,682 bytes)
- 18. Re: SuperTrapp on TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:09:59 -0800 (PST)
- Sure, it's been done. I can't remember the name of the guy who had twin small SuperTrapps on his 6 at the National in ... Seattle? Someone will help me out. You could use the "concealed" model and tu
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg00817.html (6,947 bytes)
- 19. Re: Flyoff handbrake (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:15:00 -0800 (PST)
- Well, sure. It certainly saved me when I was driving Diner across the US without any other brakes. (OK, halfway across the US.)
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg00912.html (7,597 bytes)
- 20. Re: Fly-off Handbrake (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:08:11 -0800 (PST)
- A well-timed grab of the brake to lock up the rears is a time-tested technique, still used today at the highest levels of rallye competition. Those fancy WRC cars with all wheel drive have their brak
- /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg00945.html (8,898 bytes)
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