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41. [TR] TR3A Distributor (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:44:26 +0000; My '59 TR3A has a DM-2 dizzy. Uncle Dave at TRF gave me the bad news that no Petronix models are made to fit it. Unfortunately, neither do any of the readily available points sets, probably because t; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00138.html (7,079 bytes)
42. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:35:45 +0000; Chris, don't see here that you have double checked your valve clearances? Dunno if it's a possible culprit for your symptoms, but it is cylinder specific. Terry Smith, '59 TR3A New Hampshire _______; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00170.html (7,954 bytes)
43. Re: [TR] My worst car ever/Best car ever (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:08:14 +0000; Easy. Worst car ever was a 1959 TR3A I found in a shed in Ossinee, NY. It was covered with a 30 year, five inch encrustation of dried, powdery racoon dung. (How's that for powder-coated?) Floors had; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00365.html (7,362 bytes)
44. Re: [TR] TR3 tire recommendations? (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:46:30 +0000; Sorry I'm chiming in late here. I didn't catch whether these were 48 spoke wheels or more? Don't the old wire wheels take 165's, and the newer ones accept larger, 185's because of the width of the ri; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00470.html (7,589 bytes)
45. Re: [TR] re New Distributor for TR 2-4 ? (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:35:52 +0000; You might also want to check out Fred Thomas here on the List. I think he's offering rebuilt dizzies for the TR3's for about $70. NFI. Terry Smith, '59 TR3A New Hampshire ___________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00516.html (7,373 bytes)
46. [TR] Rain (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:56:35 +0000; Just curious. Does TRF or Moss offer Triumph monogrammed rainsuits for TR3 drivers to wear when rain forces them to put the top up so as to delay--not stop--the (side) curtains of water from spashing; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00595.html (7,429 bytes)
47. Re: [TR] Battery "Leaking" (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:41:13 +0000; Which raises a tangental question. I remember reading on the List some time back, that modern self-contained batteries don't leak acid like the old capped resevoir kind. Nevertheless, coming from th; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00635.html (7,941 bytes)
48. Re: [TR] tri metal bearings (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:48:32 +0000; This reminds me of another question around bearings: was it 20K miles or 50K miles that it is recommended to change the rod bearings after a rebuild, using of course the original size you used for t; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00637.html (7,953 bytes)
49. Re: [TR] Battery "Leaking" (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:25:15 +0000; Alack, the $50 versus the $8.00. :0) Terry _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs mailing list Triump; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00641.html (7,534 bytes)
50. [TR] FW: Re: TR6 electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:16:03 +0000; Love talking about things I know nothing about, because when the flames start coming back, I learn everything I could possible want to know! I notice you didn't say you'd replaced the rotor. Given ho; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00685.html (7,812 bytes)
51. [TR] Exhaust Pipe Color (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:31:58 +0000; Another dummy question: What color looking into the exhaust pipe is appropriate? ...I had thought tan. Black means too rich, right? Terry Smith, '59 TR3A _____________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00008.html (6,734 bytes)
52. Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 1, Issue 232 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:19:01 +0000; Wait a minute...wait a minute...wait a minute.... You mean the heater core DOES get above room temperature? And now I think about it, if the heater core heats the room, how could the heater core eve; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00060.html (7,834 bytes)
53. [TR] steering pins, TR2-3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:05:19 +0000; I haven't called TRF to inquire, but would these be the silent bloc that Randall has mentioned a few times as having drilled into in order to install a zerk? I'd be interested if I can grease it and; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00108.html (7,521 bytes)
54. Re: [TR] Kudos to John Esposito (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:10:43 +0000; Yes, well, I hate to think of the mess I presented him a few years back with on my TR3A front calipers. In trying to get the rusted bleed screws out, I buggered up not one, but two broken off Easy-Ou; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00118.html (8,004 bytes)
55. Re: [TR] steering pins, TR2-3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:40:58 +0000; Broad blanket thank you, then, to Joe Alexander. I ordered a set of these this morning. Must hasten to add, however, that real men do not require brakes (they slow you down), headlights (they only a; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00120.html (7,915 bytes)
56. Re: [TR] FW: Emailing: triumph (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:41:29 +0000; If this car were a cup of coffee, someone forgot to put the grounds in. Terry New Hampshire _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Registe; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00211.html (7,516 bytes)
57. [TR] TR3A Distributor (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:56:26 +0000; Shipswrong Disease. My distributor is original to the car (it seems, anyway). It's a DM2, and the points that I've been able to get didn't fit right. Also, the top and bottom points plates were wildl; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00259.html (7,907 bytes)
58. [TR] Grumpy (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:16:31 +0000; I drive my TR3A every day it doesn't rain, so am used to the stares, the approving catcalls from teenagers and the thumbs up from fellow drivers. Usually I smile and wave, recognizing how important i; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00261.html (7,943 bytes)
59. Re: [TR] TR3 to Spitfire: gas tank interchangable? (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:27:25 +0000; Paul, When I disassembled my TR3A wreck...'scuse, restoration project...I took out the gas tank, inspected, cleaned, wire brushed and POR-15'ed it. Felt pretty smug that I had such a good tank to st; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00326.html (7,914 bytes)
60. Re: [TR] rewiring my TR3 (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:31:12 +0000; In addition to what the others said, John, I decided not to solder, but rather to goop the copper with a bit of dielectric. Get good connection and still reduce the corrosion over time. Too soon to t; /html/triumphs/2007-10/msg00346.html (7,938 bytes)

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