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1. TR6 Oil Pressure (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 00:32:56 -0600; One of the great things about the Triumph 6-cylinder engine is the amount of wear it will tolerate and still keep working! I always offer the same advice for these engines - the oil pressure thing co; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00040.html (7,604 bytes)
2. Re: We are what we make... (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 08:22:16 -0600; Typical Chapman design - always make each part do at least two jobs, and if it never breaks it's too strong, heavy and expensive!! Richard Smith (richard@mole.demon.co.uk) Antique & classic Auto res; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00118.html (6,983 bytes)
3. Naming Cars (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <Richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 23:56:36 -0600; I've just realized the content of this thread (slow, I know, comes of spending too much time inverted under an LBC!) I've had: 'The Tart' - a very tatty-looking Triumph 2.5PI sedan, named so because; /html/british-cars/1994-06/msg00487.html (7,892 bytes)
4. TR6 Speedo flutter (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 1 May 1994 00:43:03 -0600; 'S easy, this one - your speedo drive cable's shot. A bit of corrosion or crap in the cable momentarily stops or slows the continuous rotation of the cable, so your speedo flutters. Solution: New ca; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00000.html (7,434 bytes)
5. Valve tightening on TR250 (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 23:05:01 -0600; This is a classis sympton of valve head wear or valve seat recession, sometimes happens on TR 6-cylinder engines if: a) not enough lead in the gas, and/or: b) engine running at too high a temperature; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00045.html (8,331 bytes)
6. TR6 Speedo (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 14:21:04 -0600; It's actually a magnet spinning on the end of the cable, which drags a disc attached to the needle around against a light spring pressure. Richard Smith R.G. Smith Automobile Engineering - Triumph &; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00100.html (6,757 bytes)
7. Cleaning engine blocks etc. (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 23:51:11 -0600; I use some weird chemical brew for cleaning engine blocks, it's sold by a UK firm called 'Chemsearch' under their brand name of 'Carb-Free'. I get a similar substance from another UK company at about; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00184.html (8,145 bytes)
8. Nerfmobiles in Britain? (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 23:52:04 -0600; No, they're offered on up-market vehicles as a cost-extra option (although one or two makers are beginning to offer them as standard fitting) British drivers don't like to be *told* to do anything -; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00266.html (8,595 bytes)
9. (TR6) A couple of more questions (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 23:20:56 -0600; No. Yes, new. Yes. Yes, very. No. No. Richard Smith (richard@mole.demon.co.uk) Antique Auto restorer, Agricultural engineer, shepherd, electrician, electronics design engineer (in order of income!); /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00679.html (6,866 bytes)
10. Re: How tight? (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 23:27:11 -0600; Reading this thread has just reminded me about a job I completed a few months ago: Picture the scene: Man drives into my garage in rented car, he's come to pick up his own car, a Triumph 2.5PI estate; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00735.html (8,105 bytes)
11. Freeze Plugs (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 23:27:16 -0600; Well, just to confusticate some more, in the UK they're called 'core plugs'. A welch plug is an altogether different animal, it's a domed steel disc which is fitted into a counter-bored hole and tap; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00736.html (7,650 bytes)
12. Re: Richards Re: How tight? (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 09:49:01 -0600; The jury's still out... So far, I've paid (and I've also paid for rebuilding his engine 'cos he didn't check the oil level and ran it with no oil in for a few hundred miles!) But I've also still got; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00812.html (7,257 bytes)
13. TR6 gearbox / J overdrive (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 09:49:03 -0600; Easy nuts-&-bolts job. BUT... You'll have to strip the gearbox, beacuse you also need to replace the gearbox output shaft for one intended for the J overdrive. The only way you can do this is to tota; /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00813.html (7,230 bytes)
14. Introduction (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 00:07:50 -0600; I'm Richard Smith, a classic car (antique auto?) restorer from the North-West of England. I'm mainly interested in Triumphs and Alvis - both have lovely six-cylinder engines! I'm mainly dealing with; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00499.html (7,092 bytes)
15. TR6 scuttle vent seal (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 23:07:03 -0600; Every time I've come across this problem (like, every TR I've done any work on!) it's not been a problem with the seal, but rather the hinge plate that's spot welded to the vent cover has begun to se; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00598.html (7,577 bytes)
16. Re: Safety & Colors (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 23:07:36 -0600; I've just come to the conclusion that it's not the colour of the car, but which planets were in conjunction on the day of its' manufacture or something <big grin>. For example: I've been driving a br; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00599.html (6,972 bytes)
17. TR6 / GT6 pistons (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 23:08:58 -0600; No way! The TR6 piston will never give you a measurable compression in a GT6 bore - the gudgeon pin (you call them wrist pin?) is too far up on the 2500 piston, so that piston on a 2000 crank will st; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00600.html (7,095 bytes)
18. Jaguar rack bushings (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 22:58:07 -0600; (bits deleted) If this is anything like a PAS Triumph, (I guess it'll use an Alford & Adler or an AdWest rack, same as Triumph do), the rack is usually held to the chassis with botls fitted through f; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00811.html (7,636 bytes)
19. Spin on filters (score: 1): Author: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 22:58:02 -0600; When I started fitting these filter conversions, I went to the local motor factors, looked at as many different filters as I could find. Most have the same thread at the top, some have internal non-r; /html/british-cars/1994-04/msg00812.html (7,450 bytes)

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