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121. thermostats... (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Mon, 30 Dec 91 19:52:34 -0600; OK, I've got a naive question. It's about thermostats. I figured this had to be the best group to ask :-) Are all thermostats pretty much equal? I used to think so. I figured the only things that are; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00555.html (7,470 bytes)
122. Dean's fuel pump problems (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 09:44:01 -0500; Your Alfa DOES have the same Bosch FI as the TR8 (ob brit bit :-)! Besides checking the fuel delivery stuff, I should add one important item: air leaks. False air (air that gets into the engine with; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00003.html (6,973 bytes)
123. Puzzle from Joe Lucas (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 10:23:59 -0500; Here's the puzzle: I've noticed a peculiar thing on my TR8 lately. The left turn signal blinks almost half as slow as the right one. In fact, sometimes it barely seems to manage to blink at all. Any; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00160.html (7,875 bytes)
124. COMMENT on Puzzle... (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 14:42:54 -0500; WOW! Sounds like this has happened to a lot of you :-) I'm positive (no puns) that all the lights are working. That's what I checked first. I will go about checking the connections and the types of b; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00172.html (6,671 bytes)
125. Puzzle solved (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 23:21:49 -0500; The winner is Barry Klawans (as well as SEVERAL others :-) Crazy business that old bulb. I took it out of its rear tailight socket, looked at it, cleaned it up some, scraped its bottom clean, tried i; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00192.html (7,060 bytes)
126. Re: plastic windows (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Fri, 18 Oct 91 10:20:34 -0500; I've actually used some of that Novus Plastic polish (TRF sells it) on the windows of my TR8. It works quite nicely. My windows were pretty cloudy and now I can see out of them! There are two kinds:; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00334.html (7,795 bytes)
127. dying seat belts? (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Sat, 19 Oct 91 12:10:06 -0500; The seat belts in the TR8 have faded from black to light tan. Has anyone dyed seat belts? How do you do it? Or do I get new ones? Any suggestions? jim jatc@emx.utexas.edu; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00359.html (6,441 bytes)
128. dyeing and 1975 (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Sat, 19 Oct 91 14:35:00 -0500; I've just been told dyeing is the correct spelling I was wanting in my last letter. Sorry.... (perhaps the seatbelts ARE dying too :-) An off-the-wall question from my brother: He owns a 1975 TR7. He; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00360.html (6,518 bytes)
129. Japanese electrics... (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Mon, 28 Oct 91 16:20:01 -0600; Leatherwork Japanese. Odd, but ok. Electrics British. What?? Why this odd arrangement? Am I wrong? I would have thought the bodywork/leather would be brit, and the rest Japanese, this seemed kind of; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00514.html (6,777 bytes)
130. Fuel Injection, opinions please? (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Tue, 13 Aug 91 14:57:11 -0500; Someone suggested I ask the opinion of wiseones.net so here goes. Those of us on this list who have fuel injected TR-8s are running up against a problem. The only part of the TR-8's fuel injection sy; /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00164.html (7,814 bytes)
131. Batteries (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Wed, 28 Aug 91 13:20:34 -0500; The TR8 has a nasty design flaw: the starter always seems to get cooked by the catalytic converter (causes hard starting when hot, especially here in TX). Sooo, I'm always interested in batteries wit; /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00308.html (6,631 bytes)
132. Video of VTR? (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Fri, 30 Aug 91 12:42:38 -0500; Does anyone know of anyone who videotaped the Concours or the autox at the latest VTR meet? No one from our local club made it and some of us would be interested in seeing such a video... E mail me a; /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00361.html (6,421 bytes)
133. tyre pressures (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Fri, 8 Feb 91 09:40:48 -0600; Yes, Road and Track concurs! A few years back (in the Tech Correspondence I think), someone asked the same question about tire/tyre pressures. The answer was pretty much the same as Jim's. I've been; /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00082.html (6,780 bytes)
134. speedo cable lube? (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 11:55:19 -0600; On the subject of speedo cables: What does everyone use to keep them lubed? Tri Flow? Graphite? Anything new that works great? jim jatc@emx.utexas.edu; /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00156.html (6,366 bytes)
135. The shape of things to come (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 12:55:02 -0600; Has anyone seen or read of a place which has old commercials? I'd like to get videos of the old TR7 commercials. (Remember those triangular garages?) jim jatc@emx.utexas.edu; /html/british-cars/1991-02/msg00160.html (6,617 bytes)
136. TR7 broken gear shift lever (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 15:12:52 -0600; Sorry to take up bandwidth. Someone wrote in earlier saying that TRF now has gearshift levers for the TR7/8 fivespeed. I'd like your old broken one! Could whoever it was write me back at the address; /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00044.html (6,427 bytes)
137. TR8 Insurance (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 09:24:16 -0600; Insurance rates are going up in Texas again--this time they're trying for a 30% rate hike. I've got my 80 TR8 insured with Allstate and they've insured it just like a normal car. My insurance agent A; /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00135.html (7,470 bytes)
138. TR6, Dual Carb tuning (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Mon, 14 Jan 91 10:07:40 -0600; This weekend, I offered to help a friend (Pete) tune the carbs on his 74 TR6. It's not in great shape but it's sound: he uses it as his daily driver. It has dual Z-S 175's with manual choke. Not long; /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00166.html (8,271 bytes)
139. TR8/Insurance (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 11:35:49 -0600; To Bill Sohl and everyone else out there interested in my insurance findings: Insurance coverage (even among the same company) seems to vary dramatically depending on which state you live in. It even; /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00189.html (8,511 bytes)
140. Mileage TR7 TR8 (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James TenCate); Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 08:54:55 -0600; FYI: My brother's 75 TR7 gets 31 mpg highway (with the 4 speed!) and about 25 mpg city. He's not got his air pump anymore, and I think he's missing some of the usual smog plumbing but I thought he's; /html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00012.html (6,716 bytes)

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