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1. RE: BMIHT Certificate Surprise (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:07:49 +0000 FILETIME=[972B29A0:01C61EB5]; Yes, I too was suprised! I had always wondered why our '59 TR3 had a Kilometer speedometer (left hand drive.) The former owner didn't know and he had owned it since 1973, and he had ask the previous; /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01094.html (7,947 bytes)
2. RE: Failed Head Gasket or Condensation? (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:00:15 +0000 FILETIME=[8C13E9B0:01C6241B]; I had the exact thing happen......on an air cooled VW many years ago (so I know I didn't have a head gasket water leak!) and I don't live in a relatively dry climate. In my case, I had a bad tranny w; /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01340.html (8,058 bytes)
3. re: drilling for oil (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:06:30 +0000 FILETIME=[2631F6D0:01C6249A]; Or do what I did on my '54 Swallow Doretti which had sat for 25 years - I made up a little pressure tank full of oil and pressurized the system through the oil pressure guage port. Piece of 2" PVC pi; /html/triumphs/2006-01/msg01367.html (8,045 bytes)
4. TR3A Wheelchair type and transport (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:17:20 +0000 FILETIME=[86667620:01C5F6E6]; Hmmmmm....... If you don't care for the problems of backing a trailer and don't want to put it on top of the trunk, what about reserecting the old idea of a one-wheel trailer? Make it real light, ply; /html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00798.html (7,855 bytes)
5. RE:throttle shaft bushings (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:31:59 +0000 FILETIME=[0D5AD340:01C5C92B]; comment to that? < I rebuilt my TR3 carbs a few months back and found that I didn't have to touch the carb bodies themselves. I didn't have bushings, just the aluminum body, but we measured them and; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01099.html (8,445 bytes)
6. Re: RE:throttle shaft bushings (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:03:45 +0000 FILETIME=[8B9798F0:01C5C972]; could happen; how do you tell? Thanks, Paul< Yep, we checked the body with an an inside micrometer and found that it was quite round and original in size. The shafts however are made from brass and; /html/triumphs/2005-10/msg01116.html (9,506 bytes)
7. Re: Battery Charge Time? (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:04:35 +0000 FILETIME=[008E4530:01C5BFCA]; .......and also remember that: Most volt meters are not all that accurate because: 1) They just aren't calibrated all that well 2) They usually are not reading good smooth direct current. Most charge; /html/triumphs/2005-09/msg01927.html (8,777 bytes)
8. RE: Channel Island car show (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:08:47 +0000 FILETIME=[C9009DB0:01C5869F]; Thanks, Tom< Didn't see anyone else pipe up, so here's the info. I think you are talking about the 15th annual Central Coast British Car Club show, this year to be held on July 24th, at a new locati; /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00868.html (7,064 bytes)
9. RE: TR4 Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:40:27 +0000 FILETIME=[2C94CBF0:01C58711]; I have had DOT 5 in my TR3 for fifteen years and love it, but have come to the conclusion that DOT 5 and the hydraulic switches don't mix well. I have replaced mine several times, and have dismantle; /html/triumphs/2005-07/msg00889.html (8,079 bytes)
10. RE: Windwings (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:16:48 +0000 FILETIME=[27923210:01C5769E]; My '3 had them when I got it. I like them, except that the wind now tends to come up under the windwings and hit you on the arm when at high speed. I t tends to blow your shirt sleeve up to your shou; /html/triumphs/2005-06/msg01516.html (7,036 bytes)
11. RE: Electronic Ignition (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:55:12 +0000 FILETIME=[A888FD20:01C5661A]; I have been using the Pertronix in two cars for quite a few years (can't remember how many, but not too long after they came out) and have had no problems what so ever. Just hooked them up, set the; /html/triumphs/2005-05/msg01969.html (7,682 bytes)
12. RE: Carrying Passengers in TR (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:20:14 +0000 FILETIME=[42F2B020:01C52699]; << Uhhhhh - the answer is obvious - you had the right ratio of boys to girls! I remember a simialiar situation in a Nash Metropolitan way back when....... Frank; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg01300.html (8,793 bytes)
13. RE: Personalized Plates (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:37:00 +0000 FILETIME=[623E4D50:01C51A3B]; Our '59 TR3, which does not have a top installed -- "COOL TR3" (Purchased several years ago after the previous owner almost finished restoring it, then parked it for eight years or so. Had a total of; /html/triumphs/2005-02/msg01759.html (8,579 bytes)
14. RE: SU H6 rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:36:30 +0000 FILETIME=[BD96FCA0:01C4E30F]; I recently rebuilt the SU's on my Tr3 - I found my throttle shafts were worn about .012" or better, but the bodies were just about normal and round. My choke was not working well at all either. I did; /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01152.html (8,257 bytes)
15. RE: SU H6 rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:08:20 +0000 FILETIME=[FE9695B0:01C4E3D4]; I could wiggle my shafts (about 0.012 as close as I could measure with a dial caliper). I took my carbs to a friends house to drive the little pin that holds the throttle stops out of the shafts bec; /html/triumphs/2004-12/msg01171.html (10,775 bytes)
16. Re: Triumph support vehicle (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:47:39 +0000 FILETIME=[3EAF7000:01C4C5D4]; Looks like Harold covered the subject well. My day was a partner in a IH truck and tractor dealership from the 50' into the late 60, when we got out of the business (couldn't make enough money as an; /html/triumphs/2004-11/msg00705.html (9,307 bytes)
17. SU carb shaft worn at .012"? (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:24:59 +0000 FILETIME=[64B5C930:01C4AFD0]; Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00877.html (6,628 bytes)
18. SU throttle shafts worn at .012" ? (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:33:40 +0000 FILETIME=[55AD0880:01C4B0BC]; Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00932.html (6,695 bytes)
19. Test only (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:30:13 +0000 FILETIME=[15642D70:01C4B185]; Test Only - sorry to disrupt Frank Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg00961.html (6,387 bytes)
20. RE: Starting a Long Dormant Engine (score: 1): Author: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:38:28 +0000 FILETIME=[6ACD1610:01C4B4CC]; I went throught the same thing with a TR2 engine in a Swallow Doretti a couple of years ago.... Being that you say the engine is free, your part way there. Some people might say I over-killed it, but; /html/triumphs/2004-10/msg01039.html (9,380 bytes)

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