- 1. Re: WD-40 turnover (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:05:01 -0600
- use a funnel and a glug of motor oil per cyl. Plews oiler works fine, no funnel needed. I keep one full of motor oil. It fits in either a spark-plug hole or an SU carb. Squirt, squirt. I would not s
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00122.html (8,412 bytes)
- 2. Re: tr3 front brake rotors (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:27:06 -0600
- Why? Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier@isd.net http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/ http://www.flickr.com/phot
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00141.html (7,440 bytes)
- 3. Re: Time for New Tires (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:56:15 -0600
- I think this is the successor to the Kumho "EuroMetric". I have a set of the EuroMetric in 165-15 on Dayton 4.5" 60-spoke wheels with inner tube. Worked out just fine. Picked up a three autocross tro
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00186.html (8,809 bytes)
- 4. TR4 brake caliper bracket needed. (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 00:12:13 -0600
- Once again I have the wrong part for our TR4. This is a very early The left-side brake caliper bracket bent before the mounting ears fractured off the brake caliper when the hub came off our TR4. Thi
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00688.html (8,288 bytes)
- 5. Re: Powdercoating top frame (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 20:24:56 -0600
- Sounds logical to me. The parts should be powder-coated, then assembled. Take pictures. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C p
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00705.html (8,672 bytes)
- 6. TR3 A or TR4 brake caliper bracket needed. (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:49:56 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- It has come to my attention that the brake setup on the front of my early TR4 is probably the same as a TR3A. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Su
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00726.html (8,843 bytes)
- 7. Re: TR3 lifting eyes (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:15:39 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- Agreed. The advice I have received here is better than that found in manuals. Especially Haynes manuals. There is no substitute for someone who has been there and done that. There is no index, archi
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg00931.html (9,684 bytes)
- 8. RE: Next Overdrive Question (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:31:23 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- flickr.com is free, and you don't need to know anything about HTML and the like to use it. Post up the pix on Flickr and quote the url here. While you are there check out my Triumph pix. Phil Ethier
- /html/triumphs/2006-02/msg01141.html (8,161 bytes)
- 9. Re: Frame restoration (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:55:38 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- No offense, but i think your local powder coater either does not know of which he speaks or is buying cheapo powder. Your post is the first time I have ever heard that power-coated surfaces are susc
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01030.html (9,242 bytes)
- 10. Re: Re: (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:00:59 -0600
- Don't need a web site. Have Flickr instead. see http:// www.flickr.com/photos/pethier Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C pac
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01087.html (7,306 bytes)
- 11. Re: TR4A Tire Choices (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:21:56 -0600
- I have the Kumho Euro Metric 165-15 on our TR4 w/60 spoke wires. WOrks fine. Couple of VTR nationals autocross trophies. The Power Star 758 is probably a successor to the Euro Metric. Phil Ethier We
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01151.html (8,770 bytes)
- 12. Re: More on TR4A Tires and Wires Todays Findings (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:02:36 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- The reason the second wheel is wider is because they need the extra room to put in the ridges which make the wheel a "safety rim" so that tire shops will mount tubeless tires. They will look much li
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01196.html (8,488 bytes)
- 13. Re: TR FULL HOUSE (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:24:05 -0600 spam=1 Known=true
- While we are on Flickr, go to the Flickr site in my sig for my pix and pointers to the Truimph Cars group. The more the merrier! Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01197.html (7,671 bytes)
- 14. Re: 3rd stop light question (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:48:12 -0600
- My uncle never got rear-ended in his DeSoto with the factory center brake light, so they must be good. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01269.html (8,438 bytes)
- 15. Re: door hinges (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:46:54 -0600
- That's why I envy people who can afford to fly to tropical places, lie on the beach and play golf. I have no desire to do any of these things, I just wish I could afford it, so I could blow the money
- /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01449.html (8,549 bytes)
- 16. Re: electric fan for tr3a (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:19:05 -0600 r=1071212708
- Sam ting. Wired straight from the battery with an in-line fuse. No point in further taxing the original wiring. Works great. I only need it when the car is traveling very slowly or stopped for a bit
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00846.html (8,189 bytes)
- 17. Re: SPEED CALCULATOR? (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:33:59 -0600 r=1071212708 spam=1 Known=true
- That may have been me. I will send you the Excel file. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier@isd.net http://fo
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00852.html (7,998 bytes)
- 18. RE: Interesting test results (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:30:41 -0600
- One of my co-workers is a MENSA member. He said he thought I could be a candidate and gave me a card to get a test. I sent off for the test (I had to pay 17 bucks or something). I got the test and i
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00890.html (10,484 bytes)
- 19. Re: Early TR4 Rev Counter???? (score: 1)
- Author: philip ethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:21:01 -0600
- Our 1962 TR4, CT2846L, has a domed-glass rev counter. It goes up to 6000, and the area between 5000 and 6000 is a red pie slice. No yellow or orange like later britcars. Phil Ethier West Side Saint P
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00950.html (9,243 bytes)
- 20. Re: Quizz Answers ... NO LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:45:46 -0600
- 20# = twenty pounds = 320 ounces - 320 oz Pound Sterling or English Pound or just "pound" and hope the meaning is conveyed in context. Do you folks in the UK use the Pound Sterling symbol for weight
- /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00964.html (9,823 bytes)
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