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41. Re: [TR] Test (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:12:40 -0400; Should I ignore it first? -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00335.html (6,524 bytes)
42. Re: [TR] Winter Storage Oil Change (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:26:32 -0400; Or the dash light stays off because the system knows it doesn't have enough juice to operate the dash light and the headlights too. :-) -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ == This; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00341.html (8,474 bytes)
43. Re: [TR] Winter Storage Oil Change (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:23:16 -0400; Well, you have several choices. You can keep cranking and cranking and cranking and cranking the drain plug with your socket or wrench. When that last thread finally comes free the plug will drop int; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00396.html (9,051 bytes)
44. Re: [TR] Why to drain oil hot (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:11:18 -0400 (EDT); Yes, but should you fill it with hot oil or cold oil? Well-lubricated minds want to know. -- Jim Muller, '70 somethingorother '80 somethingorotherdifferent == This list supported in part by The Vinta; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00441.html (7,173 bytes)
45. Re: [TR] voltage leak? (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:34:32 -0400 (EDT); I'm shocked, shocked to find that voltage is leaking around here. You can recover some of that lost voltage by putting an oil-drain pan under the car when you park it. Use a plastic pan, not a metal; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00442.html (7,687 bytes)
46. Re: [TR] voltage leak? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:59:24 -0400; Awesome! Er, I wonder how much manifold vacuum it will support. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00459.html (8,123 bytes)
47. Re: [TR] breaking in an engine in first gear (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:38:51 -0400; I have less authority on this subject than most of you, but I'll toss out ideas anyway. I was told that it was important to vary the rpms so that the cylinder walls wouldn't develop a ridge from the; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00543.html (8,532 bytes)
48. Re: [TR] Engine knock (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:43:41 -0400; This reminds me of a comment made by some racer back in the 70's about why he dropped out of a race. "Electrical failure. A connecting rod cut the battery strap." -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00581.html (6,847 bytes)
49. Re: [TR] Re: Gear Ratios (General Automotive Question) (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:29:28 -0400; Speaking of terminology w.r.t. the diff, when people speak of a "higher diff", is the convention that this means the gearing is higher or that the numerical ratio is higher resulting in lower gearing; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00588.html (7,439 bytes)
50. RE: [TR] Re: Triumphs Only (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:30 -0400 (EDT); Mark Hooper pointed out that: Just don't pull an Enron on us, okay? Nor an HP neither, for that matter. -- Jim Muller "Ah don' know nuthin 'bout birthin' corporations." == This list supported in part; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00668.html (7,209 bytes)
51. RE: [TR] Air Compressor questions (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:04:09 -0400; Air compressors? AT least you have the need for one. I just need to top up my tires occasionally. My most convenient local gas station now wants 75 cents for the use of its only slightly effective ai; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00673.html (8,142 bytes)
52. Re: [TR] Theft Prevention (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:34:20 -0400; I have to agree with this. Lo-jack is good if your insurance company gives you a discount for having it. It might be good for retrieving a classic car like a TR, but for ordinary cars it doesn't make; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00720.html (8,815 bytes)
53. Re: [TR] headlamp choce? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:03:06 -0500; Many years ago I put a set of Hellas in my Porsche 912. For no reason as obvious as taking a stone the reflector in one began immediately to corrode. That car never illuminated the road as well as it; /html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00165.html (8,147 bytes)
54. RE: [TR] Theft Prevention (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:15:13 -0400; If the car is a TR then you probably do want it back. But if it's your average commodity Tercel or Accord or Chevy or Ford or whatever and a chop shop works on it for a day, it will be hacked to piec; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00724.html (9,303 bytes)
55. RE: [TR] Theft Prevention (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:00:39 -0400; In theory yes, but this assumes that it can or will be restored to the same condition. I've had plenty of experiences with normal repairs or body damage from minor collisions (no fault of mine, for e; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00735.html (9,631 bytes)
56. Re: [TR] Theft Prevention (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:41:56 -0500; In fact, I did have Lo-jack on our previous minivan. The car was never stolen so I don't know how effective it would have been. It isn't that they plant the car somewhere to lure the thieves back. Th; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00747.html (9,384 bytes)
57. RE: [TR] Thrust washers (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:11:32 -0500; The original, umm, complaint was a clunk, right? Perhaps it isn't internal to the gearbox or engine, but external. Like a broken rear mount, or something else underneath. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.; /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00808.html (6,827 bytes)
58. [TR] a test (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:51:19 -0500; this is a test Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org; /html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00032.html (6,292 bytes)
59. Re: [TR] TR4 Turn Signal Lever (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:42:07 -0500; Everyone knows that the proper place for the OD switch is on the shift knob. Which Triumph finally got right in *some* of our cars, now didn't they? -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70; /html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00116.html (8,016 bytes)
60. Re: [TR] Cleaning foggy convertible windows (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:14:38 -0500 (EST); Wow. What sort of vapors do you have in there that would make a brand new window un-see-out-of-able in just two years? Are you brewing something we should know about? Jim Muller Spitfire, GT6+ == Thi; /html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00144.html (7,722 bytes)

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