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1. [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: Chris Buckley <chris.buckley51@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:41:09 +0100 (BST); I am now almost at my wits end and considering TR arson or other forms of destruction. It still appears to be missing on No 3 as plug is sooty (powdery rather than oily) while others are burning cle; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00165.html (8,075 bytes)
2. 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)
3. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:14:17 EDT; Swap plug wire 3 to cyl 4 ( on both ends ), run the car, if the problem moves, you have a leaking wire. If not, inspect the cap for a _carbon track_, caps usually don't crack, they get a line of carb; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00171.html (7,594 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: Chris Buckley <chris.buckley51@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:50:45 +0100 (BST); Just checked valve clearances and all were about 1/2 screw turn too tight so re-adjusted to .01 inch. Could this have caused some unseen damage? Problem persists. TIA Chris than Chris, don't see here; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00173.html (9,445 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:54:12 -0700; If the plug is sooty, the cylinder *is* firing. If it wasn't running at all, the plug would be wet; the soot is a byproduct of combustion. Might be a carbon track in the dizzy cap; but I would look; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00174.html (8,375 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:58:06 -0700; Possible, but not likely IMO. A compression test will tell you for sure. Did you swap the plugs around, and #3 still fouls with black fluffy soot ? Randall __________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00175.html (8,051 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:54:14 -0400; There's your problem. They should be adjusted to .010. (But what's a zero among friends?) Adjust while cold. I mean the valves. -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ -- Version: 7.5.; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00176.html (8,049 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Wayne Lee" <motorcarriage@charter.net>; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 15:13:11 -0400; Sounds like a Compression Test might be in order. Wayne _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs mailing; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00177.html (9,054 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 18:03:37 EDT; There's your problem. They should be adjusted to .010. (But what's a zero among friends?) ==AM== I may have missed something (possibly "the joke"?), but my limited mathematics skills make those two n; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00181.html (8,339 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:55:52 EDT; That reminds me of the joke about a physicist, a mathematician and an engineer were each give the same task: Find the volume of a spherical object. The physicist submerged the object in water and mea; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00182.html (9,258 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:18:41 -0400; The mathematician got it wrong. It's (4/3)(pi)r3. Given that he wanted a volume, it has to be linear distance cubed, and since there were no other linear distance factors, the r squared part couldn't; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00185.html (9,089 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "David Brister" <david.brister@wanadoo.fr>; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:12:55 +0200; I am surprised by a possible rare mistake from one of the learned list leaders but unless I am very much mistaken, when I was a young lad the volume of a sphere was represented by 4/3 pi r cubed! Of; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00187.html (9,241 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: David Greed <david.greed@wave.co.nz>; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:24:03 +1200; Way off TR topic, but relevant to this thread... http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3da6d2c3f2bd19e7b9d6 David Greed 74 Stag Man O/D 79 2500S Man O/D __________________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00188.html (9,202 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:50:09 EDT; Sorry, you loose. Jim Mueller was the first to correct my formula. Of course I know the formula for a sphere is 4/3(pi)(r)cubed. All you have to do is integrate (pi)(r)squared once (with respect to r; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00190.html (8,979 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: John Young <jeyoung_2@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 08:00:20 -0700 (PDT); Pie are not squared, it's round! John Young NASS# 528 Indiana '66 Spitfire '59 TR3A (needs body work) '59 TR10 ruuning, but not ready for the highway. _______________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00191.html (9,219 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:04:44 EDT; Indeed. Pi are not squared, Pi are round, Cornbread are square. _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00192.html (7,965 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:18:59 +0000; Sorry, you lose. I don't know the calculus, but I know English. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethi; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00194.html (8,475 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:44:10 +0000; Cornbread are johnnycake. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00196.html (8,888 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 13:10:45 -0700; I dunno, this thread seems pretty loose to me. No doubt some of the contributors are, too. It's Sunday, so I haven't had a drink either ... Randall _______________________________________________ Th; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00205.html (8,460 bytes)
20. Re: [TR] TR4A missing. The saga continues.... (score: 1): Author: "THOMAS FANSHER" <tfansher@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:13:11 -0400; Is Johnny Cake the guy who went on vacation and had his automatic responding email on?? _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register htt; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00210.html (9,635 bytes)

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