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1. RE: [TR] fluiffs and solids/gel type materials. (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:44:49 +0000
Some mixed messages about breaking in a new rebuilt engine on synthetic oil, so I went with straight 30 weight non-detergent oil for 2,000 miles. I think it was Ken Gilanders of British Frame and En
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00211.html (8,294 bytes)

2. [TR] test: please delete (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 22:02:10 +0000
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/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00214.html (6,261 bytes)

3. [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 23:40:57 +0000
I have been driving this restoration of a '59 TR3A for five months total, counting three last season, every day to work when it doesn't rain. Most of my drive is down Route 3A, a winding, someone tra
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00269.html (7,719 bytes)

4. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:06:16 +0000
Holy Cow. This totally kills my old college MGB. Uhm, I do wonder, though, if my first ever car, a 1299 cc AH Sprite, wasn't a bit faster. Well, at least it might have been if I drove off the top of
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00275.html (7,983 bytes)

5. Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:39:34 +0000
185/65R15's. Pretty sure the rear end is stock when I pulled it off the car after it sat since 1975, but of course can't be absolutely sure. Tach and speedometer match what people are saying to be th
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00320.html (7,826 bytes)

6. FW: Re: [TR] MPH TR3 (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 23:00:59 +0000
This is the Live Free or Die state! No income taxes, no sales taxes, but do have great sales in the state - owned liquor stores. I drive fast, I admit. So life's irony: I've got no speeding tickets,
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00321.html (8,266 bytes)

7. RE: [TR] TR3a Overdrive Relay (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 23:14:31 +0000
Actually, I've been meaning to ask, Randall. How's that coming? I think I remember you said you had a restoration waiting in the wings (at your father's?), but also didn't you buy another 3? Terry Ne
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00323.html (7,306 bytes)

8. [TR] Convertible Tops and Rainy Days (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:42:08 +0000
Challenged the gods and drove the 3 to work this morning with the top down. Deep overcast, but no rain, and I made it in. All day, though, people asked me how I was going to drive home. Uhm, duh. I h
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00332.html (7,467 bytes)

9. [TR] Alternator Conversion, TR3A (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 23:48:43 +0000
Spent about 4 hours today doing the alternator conversion on the 3 today. Most of the time was spent trying to prepare the tabs on the alternator and get the spacers right so the belt lines up cleanl
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00392.html (7,548 bytes)

10. [TR] Alternator Conversion and Overdrive (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 12:58:20 +0000
As I wrote yesterday, I completed an alternator conversion in my TR3A. Used the Dan Masters instructions. Everything works fine. ...Except.... On my way to work this morning, flipped the overdrive sw
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00406.html (7,237 bytes)

11. RE: [TR] wire wheel lubricant (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 23:00:46 +0000
Hi, Alex. I use Permatex Copper Anti-Seize Lubricant, Item # 09128. Terry Smith, '59 TR3A New Hampshire == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00474.html (7,473 bytes)

12. Re: [TR] TR3a emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 07:19:04 +0000
Jim, just so I'm clear, when you lift the emergency brake lever to it's peak position, then press the button, it does not lock? (I remember how surprised I was that simply lifting the lever didn't a
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00482.html (7,556 bytes)

13. [TR] TR3A Oil Leak (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:41:56 +0000
7 years ago, when I had my Datsun roadster, it leaked oil from a bad rear seal on the pavement in the parking garage. I offered to put a pan down under the leak each day, but they kicked me out of th
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00506.html (7,824 bytes)

14. [TR] Radio Static: Resistor Wires or Resister Plugs (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:45:28 +0000
First, I've done the alternator conversion, so the static I'm getting from the new radio I installed this weekend is most likely coming from the copper core spark plug wires. Reading the archives, I
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00542.html (7,662 bytes)

15. RE: [TR] Radio Static: Resistor Wires or Resister Plugs (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:11:45 +0000
Thanks, Randall. Where have you been getting yours? I just had a quick and thoroughly enjoyable drive through bright sunshine to the couple of usual culprits who were open today and none carried the
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00547.html (7,843 bytes)

16. RE: [TR] Radio Static: Resistor Wires or Resister Plugs (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 22:56:52 +0000
Randall, do either of the two listed here with JC Whitney look okay as RFI suppressing, metal core spark plug wires? http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=spark+
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00551.html (8,213 bytes)

17. Re: [TR] weak spark (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:56:53 +0000
Just a suggestion, when cleaning an engine bay, it is a nice prevention to put a plastic supermarket bag over the distributor, voltage regulator, coil, and generator/alternator. Probably you're safe
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00007.html (7,564 bytes)

18. Re: [TR] final update (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:07:51 +0000
Congratulations, Bob! Another Triumph saved. == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00107.html (6,385 bytes)

19. [TR] Soaked and Snookered (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:57:37 +0000
Well, first, the confession. I'm a big fan of soldered connections, but used a crimp connection for the big wire from the alternator to the solenoid. Snookered. When the starter wouldn't start the ca
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00127.html (7,471 bytes)

20. Re: [TR] Part needed (score: 1)
Author: terryrs@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:08:03 +0000
Jim, hoods are one of the most commonly available body parts available on E-Bay. Cheap prices and probably local to you. If he's doing a frame off, Keith has plenty of time to source one. Terry Smit
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00147.html (7,189 bytes)


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