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1. Re: TR3 lifting eyes (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:31:47 -0500; Something called experience, from SCCA racing days. And from having pulled apart God knows how many TR-3, 3A and -4 engines. Almost all had the longer stud at the site of the heater control valve. Th; /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00950.html (9,631 bytes)
2. Re: TR3 lifting eyes and teenagers (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:13:21 -0500; Good one...I think they are much more reliable. Totally and aside, but I've seen marginal cars become widely accepted (VW Beetle, for example) and basically very reliable cars, such at the TRs, given; /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00960.html (9,353 bytes)
3. Re: Interesting TR3 on eBay (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:46:27 -0500; Perhaps not "as is," but rather "as was...." == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org == unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net; /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg01172.html (8,552 bytes)
4. Re: Quizz Answers ... NO LBC (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:51:50 -0500; Of course, the "copperplate" L with the bar is as incongruous to England as our "#" mark is here: its origins are from the French word, "Livre," which was a weight of one pound. The basic unit of cur; /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00975.html (11,086 bytes)
5. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:20:14 -0500; I own a couple of BMWs that have been superb cars, very low maintenance, and great performers. My latest acquision is a Z-3 3.0L, which I got because it is so much a kindred sprit to my 1960 TR-3A, i; /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg01027.html (10,204 bytes)
6. TR-3A box vs rack&pinion steering (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:49:35 -0500; The issue of the steering box on TR-3s is interesting. I still have the original box, only minimal play. Many years ago, because of the wear concern relating to the worm and peg arrangement relates t; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00759.html (7,651 bytes)
7. Re: Laylock O/D and transmission ID ? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 09:42:44 -0500; Yep. Take the top, which includes the shift mechanism, and have a look. The structure of first gear will tell: if the gear teeth are straight, then it is non-synchro, if they are spiral, as the other; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00840.html (8,464 bytes)
8. Re: powder blue TR4 from 1961, first owner the actor/comedian "Jerry Lewis"? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:31:25 -0500; You've been watching too much Seinfeld....; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00941.html (8,661 bytes)
9. Re: TR1 Cutaway drawing? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:09:06 -0500; Yeppers, that's the car that was first shown at the Earl's Court autoshow in the early '50s. You can see in the look of the tail the style that was so popular in the late, pre-war '30s, in many cars,; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01045.html (8,317 bytes)
10. Re: Mystery Year TR3 on eBay? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:31:17 -0500; It could be anything from a '58 to a '63 B. It is post TS60000, which you can tell by the rear "package shelf," which is level, rather than sloped. Otherwise they are all the same. Cheers. == This li; /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01144.html (9,249 bytes)
11. Re: CS130 Alternator part number (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:21:42 -0400; For the earlier TRs, you can get a "notched" V-belt that has none of the problems that the older, much heavier belts had, including installation. Cheers. == This list supported in part by The Vintage; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01139.html (10,405 bytes)
12. Re: rare tube grill on eBay? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:37:09 -0400; This is an aftermarket from the 50s'/60s. Triumph never made these. "Tube" grills were a very popular "hotrod" addition to many American cars, just like all the "air effects' junk kids put on their H; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01292.html (9,304 bytes)
13. Re: thermostats (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:52:59 -0400; Triumph always used a front-side shroud on the TR-2s and -3. They used a back-side shroud on the -4s and 6s. Both simply formed an "air tunnel" so that all the air flow went through the whole radiato; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01709.html (11,233 bytes)
14. Re: transmissions (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:18:53 -0400; The only change between the -3s and -4s lies in the much older (not as of Commission no. less than 60000) TRs that used what was called a "long nose" starter. This starter required a different bell h; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01772.html (9,077 bytes)
15. Re: I'm putting a Ford 302 V8 in my TR3 like Paul and Tom . . . (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:28:25 -0400; You could embarass the big healeys' pretty easily with an 87mm conversion, plus some balancing, etc. I've done it on numerous occasions years ago. Also, some years ago there was a TR-3 that had an ov; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01891.html (11,483 bytes)
16. Re: Tenax Question (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:37:35 -0400; The windscreen frame is made of brass, so welding is out of the question. If you brase it, you will ruin the chrome. Check to see if there is someone who will provide a stud with a slightly larger th; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01905.html (9,793 bytes)
17. Re: Transmission check plug -- what size? (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:40:06 -0400; I did the exact same thing some 10 years ago, for the exact same reason. Solenoid on a J-type. I bought a new "Sears Companion" not "Craftsman" wrench. Much cheaper. About $1.95 at the time. Cheers.; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01223.html (9,598 bytes)
18. Re: I was just wondering... (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:41:36 -0400; The only problem with painting the engine compartment is that IF you get it clean enough to paint black, why not just go with the original color? If it is not clean, the black will peal and you'll se; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01301.html (10,225 bytes)
19. Re: TR3A cylinder head torque (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:54:17 -0400; Actually, the correct way to torque the head on the Triumph 4-bangers is to run them all up to 45-50 ft-lb, then, following the prescribed torque sequence, you go up in increments of 10 ft-lb, until; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01573.html (10,877 bytes)
20. Re: Auto Paints (score: 1): Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:40:17 -0400; I think it is "Imron." and was on of the first polyurethane paints by Dupont. Highly touted for its durability, but all depended upon, as you implied with the baking, how it was applied. As a rule, f; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01680.html (9,756 bytes)

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