- 21. FW: XJ6 Parts car? for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:31:04 -0500
- The owner of the car mentioned in an earlier post and duplicated below is very motivated to get rid of the car. He said, "Best offer by Christmas". Can someone post this to the Jag list and let me kn
- /html/triumphs/2005-11/msg00611.html (7,745 bytes)
- 22. 71 E type jag for parts? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:16:25 -0400
- A while ago I posted a message to let people know that a friend of mine wanted to sell his Jag. He did not see a lot of interest at the price he wanted and was pretty much given the impression that i
- /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg00062.html (7,079 bytes)
- 23. no Triumphs in Moodus (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:04:50 -0400
- I attended the Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival in Moodus CT this past week end and one of the events was an antique car show. There were a number of MGAs, Bs, TF and TD, I think, a few E type J
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00057.html (6,400 bytes)
- 24. customized Spit? seen in North Attleboro, Sunday. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:46:08 -0400
- I saw a beauty of a customized Triumph on Route One in North Attleborough, Sunday afternoon about 3:45. Does it belong to anyone on the list? I gave a thumbs up but the driver didn't wave. I hope he
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00272.html (6,614 bytes)
- 25. RE: TR 3 running hot (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:04:35 -0400
- I owned a 1958 TR 3 from 1968 to 1971. I don't ever remember it running hot except when the coolant slushed up from lack of antifreeze. Nor do I remember the battery discharging in the winter when he
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg00982.html (6,764 bytes)
- 26. RE: TR 3 running hot (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:30:24 -0400
- Actually, the 3 had anti freeze in it, just not enough to cover the sub zero temps of an unusually cold winter that year. My night time winter driving was mainly highway, 60 mph or more, coming home
- /html/triumphs/2005-08/msg01029.html (7,012 bytes)
- 27. right hand drive pedal positions? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:41:41 -0400
- A friend was complaining that his leg bothered him when he drove for any length of time so I suggested that he get a right hand drive LBC. This got us to wondering if the gas pedal is nearest the out
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00061.html (7,518 bytes)
- 28. Selling my '60 TR-3A (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 19:51:33 -0400
- Don't sell it. Park it and start it every month or so, drive it up and down the driveway and park it again. I did that to my '73 TR-6 for years and am doing it again until child support payments end.
- /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg00869.html (7,012 bytes)
- 29. Increasing TR3 Heater Output (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:00:37 -0500
- I hate to ask the obvious but you are opening the scuttle vent in front of the windshield, right? Ron L
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00423.html (7,071 bytes)
- 30. RE: Sheet metal nuts and bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:57:31 -0500
- Back in 1968, while in college, I removed the front fender of my '58 TR3 to clean it up before fiberglassing over the hole(s) in the fender. Naturally I had trouble with captive nuts, some of which I
- /html/triumphs/2005-01/msg00930.html (7,159 bytes)
- 31. [TR] Eyeball vents. (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:03:21 -0400
- If you are running with the top down, close your heating vents and close the dash "Eye balls". The open "Eyeballs" under the dash will then deliver more air to keep your legs cooler. Ron L == This li
- /html/triumphs/2006-05/msg00179.html (6,596 bytes)
- 32. [TR] Red TR-3 in Ayer, MA (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:16:29 -0400
- A recent posting reminded me of this. Last Thursday, the 15th, there was a red TR-3 parked outside of O'Hanlon's Pub on the main street in Ayer, MA. It drew quite a few admiring looks. I was wonderin
- /html/triumphs/2006-06/msg00509.html (6,750 bytes)
- 33. [TR] Dimmer switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:05:28 -0400
- The opposite of using the floor based dimmer too little, of course, is using it too much. I bought a 1958 TR 3 in 1968, one evening I used the switch and heard a sproing, clang and then the switch di
- /html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00697.html (7,225 bytes)
- 34. [TR] jag mufflers (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:08:33 -0500
- I'm selling a set of '74 XJ6 mufflers on E-bay for a friend. I've received two questions about the years they fit. Does anyone know if the '74 part will fit a '73 and an '83 XJ6? Or does anyone know
- /html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00028.html (6,673 bytes)
- 35. [TR] crack propagation (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:36:08 -0500
- I'm not sure if this is universally true, but I think so. Cracks have a small tip which is the point at which energy is concentrated. The crack tip helps force apart more material. If you can release
- /html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00442.html (7,135 bytes)
- 36. [TR] RE: inaccessible fender nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:11:27 -0400
- In 1968 or so, while in College, I had a 1958 TR3. I had to remove a front or maybe it was to remove the front cowl to replace the timing chain. At any rate, the caged nuts were toast. Being on a lim
- /html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00316.html (6,965 bytes)
- 37. [TR] aux oil feed (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:45:09 -0400
- Has anyone tried putting a restrictor in the external feed, maybe by closing off most of the end of the hose? That way some oil would get up there but maybe not as much/too much. I have one and yes,
- /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00585.html (7,117 bytes)
- 38. [TR] tubes (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 16:15:03 -0400
- Why can't you patch a puncture in a tube? You can still buy tube repair Ron L _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vt
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00010.html (6,652 bytes)
- 39. [TR] Cooling fans running and 6/32 threads (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:21:18 -0500
- Cooling the radiator of a car after the engine stops might keep the coolant from expanding into the reservoir, I think. I believe I've heard the fan on one of my cars run after the key is turned off.
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00262.html (6,939 bytes)
- 40. [TR] a piece of string (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron L" <lherault@bu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:27:39 -0500
- How long is a piece of string? Twice the distance from the middle to one end. And before anyone else asks how far can a dog run into the woods, I'll tell you that he can only run half way in because
- /html/triumphs/2007-11/msg00425.html (7,315 bytes)
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