- 1. TR4 badge bar diameter (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:06:50 -0600
- Greetings Joe, I have a "Desmo" brand badge/light bar on my TR4. The diameter is 3/4 inch. brgds, Jay '64 Triumph TR4 since '67 Wheaton, Illinois == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01376.html (6,923 bytes)
- 2. Clikadjust valve adjust tool (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:46:34 -0600
- The ClikAdjust screwdriver clicks every .001" .005" or .010" (I'm not sure) giving you 'sound feedback' rather than 'feeler gauge feedback'. This is not quite the way the ClikAdjust tool functions. E
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01387.html (8,143 bytes)
- 3. Re: Clikadjust valve adjust tool (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:44:49 -0600
- Greetings Steve: A quick web search comes up with ($ US): Moss Motors (386-205) 68.95 Auto Expert Products 59.95 eBay (last one sold) 71.50 Little British Car (G-4095) 50.00 I didn't go so far as to
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg01399.html (8,501 bytes)
- 4. Garage Floor Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:41:07 -0500
- In the summer of 2004, my neighbor had the concrete floor of his garage painted w/ Rust-0-Leum Garage Floor 2 part epoxy. A painter did the work and took great care to clean, etch, etc. I've been ver
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01044.html (7,373 bytes)
- 5. A Type O/D drain plug wrench (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:02:54 -0500
- The wrench I use to turn the "big brass plug" with notches around the circumference, on the bottom on the A Type Overdrive case on my '64 TR4, is as follows in the McMaster-Carr on line catalog: htt
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01107.html (7,406 bytes)
- 6. gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:23:08 -0500
- Greetings Fred, I also have, since rebuild in '95, 87 mm sleeves/pistons, stock cam, hardened valve seats in my '64 TR4, and have since used unleaded "regular" with no pinging or adverse results I ca
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01353.html (7,061 bytes)
- 7. RE: TR3 OD slow in engaging (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:35:04 -0500
- Scott, when you try engaging the solenoid with the engine off (key on, shift in 4th), is the click from under the car still instantaneous ? Have you checked the solenoid drop ? (How far the plunger
- /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01482.html (8,533 bytes)
- 8. TR4 flat fan: parts flying off? (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Holekamp <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:03:09 -0700 (PDT)
- In the fall of 2003 I was driving south on I-75 about midway between Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky, on my way to the SE Vintage Triumph Register meeting at Jekyll Island, Georgia, when the
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg02233.html (8,109 bytes)
- 9. obscure TR4 question (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:07:10 -0500
- On my late '64 TR4 (owned since '67), on the center line of the floor to dash bracket, [# 806506, bracket, support, fascia to floor assembly, in the Parts Manual] just below the 3 heater controls -
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01349.html (7,888 bytes)
- 10. filling is draining me (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:50:20 -0500
- Try an 8 Point 7/16 socket (Sears, McMaster-Carr, Snap-On, etc). This tool should properly grip the square head of the several drain/fill plugs on your TR6 - if the plug is not too rounded. I'm off t
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01471.html (9,015 bytes)
- 11. TR4 top frame paint question (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:30:42 -0500
- I have decided to repaint the folding top frame (hood sticks) on my '64 TR4 and I'd like to repaint to the original tan color. Has anyone on the list done the search for correct color specification -
- /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01652.html (8,122 bytes)
- 12. TR4 driving lamps (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 13:37:02 -0500
- Here's how I mounted lamps to the front of my TR4 using a hard to find Desmo bar which was available as a dealer accessory : http://tinyurl.com/4wzov The Desmo bar is very similar to the bars Vern B
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01218.html (7,834 bytes)
- 13. VTR 2005 Convention (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:55:48 -0600
- The VTR 2005 Registration Form is now available! To download your copy, visit the VTR 2005 website at http://www.vtr2005.org Go to the Registration page, then click on the link for the "VTR 2005 Conv
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg00989.html (6,712 bytes)
- 14. birthdays & TRs (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:43:50 -0600
- Greetings All: On 30 Jun 67, age 22, while riding in a U.S. Army M151, 1/4 T (Jeep), on the way home from turning in my field artillery battery's monthly payroll, I saw a TR4 on the rear row of a use
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg01603.html (9,323 bytes)
- 15. TR4 white steel dash, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:26:26 -0600
- Greetings Nick, You may be right that my 64 TR4 (CT38895LO) [built 13 Nov 64, dispatched 18 Jan 65] is one of the (or maybe even the) latest TR4s now in the U.S. w/ a white painted steel dash. The ca
- /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg01673.html (8,984 bytes)
- 16. Stuck A type O/D (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:18:13 -0600
- Classic symptom of an O/D stuck IN overdrive - a very dangerous condition which if reverse is forced will cause great damage to the O/D. Often the stuck O/D will disengage when the oil pressure blee
- /html/triumphs/2004-11/msg00702.html (7,637 bytes)
- 17. TR4 badge bar / fog light mount (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:51:01 -0600
- Since there seems to be some wider interest in this subject, I'll try to recap the information (a little better organized this time) I recently sent to Bob S. (initial list inquiry) : The bar (w/ lig
- /html/triumphs/2004-11/msg01065.html (10,588 bytes)
- 18. Clickadjust (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:36:01 -0500
- I'm thinking about buying a "Clickadjust" tool simplify valve adjustment on my TR4. Any opinions about the value of this tool - aprox cost US$ 50.00 ? brgds, Jay '64 TR4 since '67 Check out the new B
- /html/triumphs/2004-08/msg01374.html (6,903 bytes)
- 19. TR4 overheating (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:39:51 -0500
- Greetings Cosmo, Sorry to hear of your TR4 overheating w/ coolant in the oil. This is the classic symptom of a blown head gasket and exactly what happened on my TR4 on the way home from SE VTR in Apr
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01437.html (6,987 bytes)
- 20. Overdrive Issues (score: 1)
- Author: "James R. Holekamp" <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 07:15:35 -0500
- Greetings John, I glade to hear that your A Type overdrive spontaneously started to work again. The electrical side of things is the first thing to check, after being certain the oil is topped up. If
- /html/triumphs/2004-07/msg01629.html (7,110 bytes)
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