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1. Re: Turbo (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 17:03:55 EDT; Details deleted. Sure, anything's possible - how much do you want to spend? John rjl6n@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU; /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00228.html (7,930 bytes)
2. Re: paint colors (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Wed, 26 Apr 95 18:36:09 EDT; I've seen this color on a TR-2, and I've have to say that it loks *very* '50s to me. In fact, while its kinda neat, it looks extremely dated by now. I have a friend who got the build sheet on his TR-; /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00234.html (7,094 bytes)
3. Re: wheel straightening (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 12:18:02 EDT; I wasn't going to jump in on this discussion, but I feel that I have to now. I had some steel wheels straightened while I was doing everything else on my TR-3 (the proverbial 8 year restoration). Soo; /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00278.html (7,584 bytes)
4. RE: What you say? (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 15:25:18 EDT; There was a fellow who lived in Boulder who was autocrossing a GT-6 with a BOP 215 V-8 a few years back. He had to cut a hole in the bonnet for the air cleaner to protrude through and had to amke a f; /html/triumphs/1995-04/msg00285.html (7,234 bytes)
5. TR-3 doglegs (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 2 May 95 07:54:34 EDT; Rik Schlierer and Andy Mace both made good points about recovering the doglegs and door cappings of TR-3's. While I don't know for sure whether they are "supposed" to be leather or vinyl, I can tell; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00025.html (7,232 bytes)
6. Re: TR3 Rear Hub Removal (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Thu, 4 May 95 07:19:53 EDT; Nope, sorry; TR-3's and TR-4's are unusual in having rear wheel studs that screw in from the front and are then peened over from the back. Please do not weld them in place - I've just recently gone t; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00084.html (8,156 bytes)
7. Re: TR3 Rear Hub Removal (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Thu, 4 May 95 08:59:14 EDT; That wasn't stated very well. I was removing some studs that had been welded when they were installed, and then broke at a later date. No-one welded broken studs into my TR-4's rear hubs... BTW, shea; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00085.html (7,231 bytes)
8. Re: TR3 hub removal (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Thu, 4 May 95 11:03:14 EDT; No kidding - when I picked up my axles at the machine shop, they told me that they had had to use their 50 ton press, and it was nearly maxed out before the hub came off. As he said "and then there w; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00097.html (7,177 bytes)
9. Re: Brakes Grabbing (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 May 95 07:21:39 EDT; This is often caused by leaving the car sitting for long periods of time with the handbrake engaged. Remember to release the handbrake and chock the wheels when you put your car away for the winter.; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00142.html (7,791 bytes)
10. Re: Webers or SUs, that's the (second) question (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 May 95 07:23:42 EDT; My experience with a semi-race prepped TR-4 motor is that properly set up SU's will produce essentially as much power as side draft Webers. However, I've gotten better throttle response from the Webe; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00415.html (7,755 bytes)
11. Mayflower anyone? (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 May 95 10:18:06 EDT; Hi all, The father-in-law of a co-worker knows of a Triumph Mayflower that is for sale in Maryland. Apparently it has been sitting for a while, but he knows nothing of its condition other than that.; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00502.html (6,495 bytes)
12. Re: (TR) Spit-6 back on Road!!! (X-post) (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 May 95 17:36:45 EDT; Not quite. What you have is indeed a locked rear, however, a Detroit locker is something different. A real Detroit locker uses a geared ratchet-type of lockup mechanism. It allows the wheels to slip; /html/triumphs/1995-05/msg00511.html (7,993 bytes)
13. Re: Anyone ever relace a wire wheel? (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 27 Jun 95 06:51:19 EDT; I've enver done it on a car wheel, but in my serious bicycling days, I've built lots of wheels. BWW is right that there's an art to it; but I'd guess that its possible to do if you've got enough time; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00498.html (7,234 bytes)
14. Re: Upcoming VTR Convention (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 Jun 95 16:32:33 EDT; Hey Larry, I'm planning on making it - but you already know me ;-} later, John rjl6n@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU; /html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00535.html (6,438 bytes)
15. Re: Veneer for dashboards (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Mon, 3 Jul 95 09:58:10 EDT; It was great fun to get together with Greg - Scott Tilton, you missed a great time talking Triumphs and vintage cars with Greg. And you missed a *lot* of great pictures. Thanks again for the video, G; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00010.html (7,279 bytes)
16. Re: GT6+ Back On The Road (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Mon, 3 Jul 95 10:03:09 EDT; Hey Larry (and others), If you don't feel like making the spring compressor tool, TSSC sells them for a reasonable price. I recently got one and felt it was worth the money. later, John rjl6n@uva.pcm; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00011.html (6,783 bytes)
17. RE: A TR3 question (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 95 16:18:03 EDT; description of the boot lid construction deleted Mark, while you're right that the structure of the boot lid didn't vary in the early cars, the method of locking them did. The 2's only had the budget; /html/triumphs/1995-07/msg00032.html (7,747 bytes)
18. Re: Carbon removal (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 09:53:39 EDT; If you don't want to buy a full case, you can pick it up in individual bottles at any Chevron gas station, assuming there are any near you. I've also seen it at several higher quality auto parts stor; /html/triumphs/1995-08/msg00171.html (7,028 bytes)
19. Re: Uni-syn for TR6 carbs (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 07:02:47 EDT; Ummm, they do completely different things - you need to adjust both the idle mixture and balance the carbs to properly tune an engine. John Lye rjl6n@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU; /html/triumphs/1995-09/msg00252.html (7,301 bytes)
20. Re: throw away the rubber hose (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 18:22:33 EDT; This part is correct - the Colourtune helps to get the idle mixture set correctly. This part is not correct - even though you'll have the correct mixture at this point, you may or may not have the ca; /html/triumphs/1995-09/msg00295.html (7,730 bytes)

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