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Good for you, Rick. =C2=A0
Just another one of us unstoppable...tenacious Triumph merry masochists...d=
own, but not out!
I am proud of you. =C2=A0
Bill Dentinger
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick McCurdy via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, May 13, 2019 4:17 am
Subject: [Fot] What a week. What a month. What a year.
Some of you may have heard about a New Yorkers=E2=80=99 attempt to get to t=
he=C2=A0K Cup last weekend, but here=E2=80=99s the skinny:
After long weeks of long days, I finished repairing bodywork from when I sm=
acked the wall backwards at the Canadian Vintage Gran Prix at Mosport last =
June, and the car reassembled (just) in time to depart New York=E2=80=99s H=
udson Valley on Sunday morning, =C2=A0April 28. Of course, the one thing I =
didn=E2=80=99t have=C2=A0time to do before loading was to get the car runni=
ng. Since I was planning on passing through Dayton, I called a long time Su=
nbeam club friend and asked for help. (How tough is it to get a tractor eng=
ine to run?!) Doug Jennings, who owned Tiger Auto in Dayton for decades bef=
ore retiring a few years ago was the perfect choice.
I arrived at Doug=E2=80=99s around 8:30, had a quick bite of his wife=E2=80=
=99s (wonderful!) Lasagna, and winched the car into his garage to get the t=
r3 started. 3 hours later, nothing. Bupkis. Nada. We could not get the car =
to even cough using starting fluid! New plugs the next morning didn=E2=80=
=99t matter. The car would. not. start.=C2=A0
I left Dayton for home sometime after noon the next day, an unhappy camper.=
Disappointing as it was, there still is no sense in dragging a dead race c=
ar to California and back. So, I went home.=C2=A0
There is spark, fuel and (barely)compression. When I got home I took it to =
another Brit car friend who owns a shop and offered to give it a look. We m=
easured an average 105 lbs for comp (it should have done SOMETHING!) and ti=
ming was judged to be correct. What we did not do was a leak down test. I d=
on=E2=80=99t know why we didn=E2=80=99t think of that before removing the h=
ead... Where the heck is mine when I need it?!
Head removal revealed some scoring of the walls, ugly corrosion in the cham=
bers, but nothing blatant. When I crashed last year, apparently the top rad=
hose popped off the spout and water was introduced into the intake. Who kn=
ew!? I hit the wall backwards after rounding turn 10, and the little birdie=
s were flying around the little stars before I shut down the motor and ging=
erly extricated myself from the car. I didn=E2=80=99t know for 6 more weeks=
that I had a handful of broken vertebrae (thank you, HANS device..!), now =
fully repaired with the neurosurgeons approval to race, by the way. I disco=
vered the water evidence when I had to remove the manifolds to weld up the =
ripped exhaust collector. Inside the ports were rust remains that definitel=
y should not have been there- and the starter didn=E2=80=99t spin the motor=
until I pulled plugs, squirted WD-40 into the cyls and bumped the started =
button until it loosened up and spun freely.=C2=A0Next season, when the wat=
er is drained for winter, it will get the cylinders lubricated! That is, wh=
en I finally get the darn thing to run...
My big adventure was a bust. Bummed I missed it (a good one, from all the g=
reat comments!), bummed I didn=E2=80=99t get to see west coast friends, but=
still determined to be at Mid-Ohio next year!
Since I=E2=80=99ve had the head and manifolds off a number of times, it=E2=
=80=99s time for a new gaskets (both head and manifold). The solid copper g=
asket worked great, but took me at least three tries to get it to seal afte=
r the prev head gasket failed at the =E2=80=9817 Lime Rock Historics. I end=
ed up using silicone ll. It worked, but it=E2=80=99s messy and unorthodox.
So, does anyone have a suggestion for replacement gaskets? I=E2=80=99m not =
trying to be a frontrunner, I just crave reliability at this point- a weeke=
nd where I can drive off the trailer, race, and drive back on the trailer w=
ith nothing broken or suspect. Just once!
Down, but not out. Yours truly,
Rick McCurdyNewburgh, NY
I know... I know, I waited a long time to work on the car, but I was workin=
g on restoring a friends big Healey, and that had priority. It=E2=80=99s be=
autiful, but took much longer than anticipated. Just call me =E2=80=9CMr. V=
ertical Learning Curve=E2=80=9D!___________________________________________=
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<div>Good for you, Rick. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just another one of us unstoppable...tenacious Triumph merry masochist=
s...down, but not out!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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or: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size:=
13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; lette=
r-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; tex=
t-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-=
space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I am proud of you. </span></div>
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</div>
<div>Bill Dentinger</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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Original Message-----<br>
From: Rick McCurdy via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
To: fot <fot@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Mon, May 13, 2019 4:17 am<br>
Subject: [Fot] What a week. What a month. What a year.<br>
<br>
<div id=3D"yiv4065875020">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>Some of you may have heard about a New Yorkers=E2=80=
=99 attempt to get to the </span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>K Cup last weekend, but here=E2=80=99s the skinny:</=
span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span><br>
</span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr"><span>After long weeks of long days, I finished repairing =
bodywork from when I smacked the wall backwards at the Canadian Vintage Gra=
n Prix at Mosport last June, and the car reassembled (just) in time to depa=
rt New York=E2=80=99s Hudson Valley on Sunday morning, April 28. Of c=
ourse, the one thing I didn=E2=80=99t have </span><span>time to do bef=
ore loading was to get the car running. Since I was planning on passing thr=
ough Dayton, I called a long time Sunbeam club friend and asked for help. (=
How tough is it to get a tractor engine to run?!) Doug Jennings, who owned =
Tiger Auto in Dayton for decades before retiring a few years ago was the pe=
rfect choice.</span><span><br>
</span>
<div><span><br>
I arrived at Doug=E2=80=99s <a dir=3D"ltr" rel=3D"nofollow">around 8:30</a>=
, had a quick bite of his wife=E2=80=99s (wonderful!) Lasagna, and winched =
the car into his garage to get the tr3 started. 3 hours later, nothing. Bup=
kis. Nada. We could not get the car to even cough using starting fluid! New=
plugs the next morning didn=E2=80=99t matter. The car would. not. start.&n=
bsp;<br>
<br>
I left Dayton for home sometime after noon the next day, an unhappy camper.=
Disappointing as it was, there still is no sense in dragging a dead race c=
ar to California and back. So, I went home. <br>
<br>
There is spark, fuel and (barely)compression. When I got home I took it to =
another Brit car friend who owns a shop and offered to give it a look. We m=
easured an average 105 lbs for comp (it should have done SOMETHING!) and ti=
ming was judged to be correct. What we did not do was a leak down test. I d=
on=E2=80=99t know why we didn=E2=80=99t think of that before removing the h=
ead... Where the heck is mine when I need it?!<br>
<br>
Head removal revealed some scoring of the walls, ugly corrosion in the cham=
bers, but nothing blatant. When I crashed last year, apparently the top rad=
hose popped off the spout and water was introduced into the intake. Who kn=
ew!? I hit the wall backwards after rounding turn 10, and the little birdie=
s were flying around the little stars before I shut down the motor and ging=
erly extricated myself from the car. I didn=E2=80=99t know for 6 more weeks=
that I had a handful of broken vertebrae (thank you, HANS device..!), now =
fully repaired with the neurosurgeons approval to race, by the way. I disco=
vered the water evidence when I had to remove the manifolds to weld up the =
ripped exhaust collector. Inside the ports were rust remains that definitel=
y should not have been there- and the starter didn=E2=80=99t spin the motor=
until I pulled plugs, squirted WD-40 into the cyls and bumped the started =
button until it loosened up and spun freely. </span>
<div><span>Next season, when the water is drained for winter, it will get t=
he cylinders lubricated! That is, when I finally get the darn thing to run.=
..<br>
<br>
My big adventure was a bust. Bummed I missed it (a good one, from all the g=
reat comments!), bummed I didn=E2=80=99t get to see west coast friends, but=
still determined to be at Mid-Ohio next year!</span></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Since I=E2=80=99ve had the head and manifolds off a number of times, i=
t=E2=80=99s time for a new gaskets (both head and manifold). The solid copp=
er gasket worked great, but took me at least three tries to get it to seal =
after the prev head gasket failed at the =E2=80=9817 Lime Rock Historics. I=
ended up using silicone ll. It worked, but it=E2=80=99s messy and unorthod=
ox.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So, does anyone have a suggestion for replacement gaskets? I=E2=80=99m=
not trying to be a frontrunner, I just crave reliability at this point- a =
weekend where I can drive off the trailer, race, and drive back on the trai=
ler with nothing broken or suspect. Just once!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Down, but not out. Yours truly,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div id=3D"yiv4065875020AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Rick McCurdy
<div>Newburgh, NY</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I know... I know, I waited a long time to work on the car, but I was w=
orking on restoring a friends big Healey, and that had priority. It=E2=80=
=99s beautiful, but took much longer than anticipated. Just call me =E2=80=
=9CMr. Vertical Learning Curve=E2=80=9D!</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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