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I sometimes wonder what the ratio is between time spent working on the car
and time spent driving.
I suspect it may be close to 1:1 but, like that box of receipts I have, I'm
better off not knowing the specific totals.
Geo
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comcast.net> wrote:
> My wife had an old college roommate over for lunch on Sunday, so better
> part of valor I made myself scarce with a 4 and a half hour aimless drive
> in the TR3. I should say four hours and twenty-eight minutes, because
> exactly two minutes from home the car lost all power. No coughing,
> stumbling, fluttering. Just total power one minute, complete shutdown the
> next.
>
>
> Towed it home with the loader, got it in the garage and went to work
> testing. No spark out of the plugs. Good spark out of the coil. Swapped
> the Pertronix unit out for points, engine started and car ran fine. I
> think I'm done with electronic ignitions. I very likely killed the thing
> leaving the key on or somesuch idiocy to which I am prone. Fluke number
> one.
>
>
> Next I ran it up to temperature at high idle so I could check the mixture
> one last time, I noticed it was overheating. There are no knocks, rattles
> or grindings going on. Oil pressure is steady and good. Tested this
> twice, so I've either got a water pump or thermostat problem. Fluke number
> two.
>
>
> Happen to have a new spare water pump already so I thought to replace both
> the thermostat and pump while the coolant was already drained. I got
> under the car to unscrew the plug from the radiator to let the water out.
> Got the plug out, then noticed that not only the plug came out, but the
> threaded housing came out with it. Apparently it's like a plug within a
> plug, one threaded, the other weakly soldered it in. This is one of the
> new radiators from one of the Big 3. Fluke number three.
>
>
> Gadfrey.
>
>
> Spent today pulling the valence and the radiator. I'll take it to some
> radiator place to have the plug housing brazed in instead of soldered. At
> least getting at the water pump is going to be easier.
>
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667
>
> New Hampshire
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I sometimes wonder what the ratio is between time spent wo=
rking on the car and time spent driving.<div><br></div><div>I suspect it ma=
y be close to 1:1 but, like that box of receipts I have, I'm better off=
not knowing the specific totals.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue,=
Jun 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM TERRY SMITH <<a href=3D"mailto:terryrs@comcast.=
net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204=
,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;colo=
r:rgb(51,51,51)">My wife had an old college roommate over for lunch on Sund=
ay, so better part of valor I made myself scarce with a 4 and a half hour a=
imless drive in the TR3.=C2=A0 I should say four hours and twenty-eight min=
utes, because exactly two minutes from home the car lost all power.=C2=A0 N=
o coughing, stumbling, fluttering.=C2=A0 Just total power one minute, compl=
ete shutdown the next.=C2=A0 <br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family=
:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style=3D"font-s=
ize:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Towed =
it home with the loader, got it in the garage and went to work testing.=C2=
=A0 No spark out of the plugs.=C2=A0 Good spark out of the coil.=C2=A0 Swap=
ped the Pertronix unit out for points, engine started and car ran fine.=C2=
=A0 I think I'm done with electronic ignitions.=C2=A0 I very likely kil=
led the thing leaving the key on or somesuch idiocy to which I am prone.=C2=
=A0 Fluke number one.=C2=A0 <br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:=
helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style=3D"font-si=
ze:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Next I =
ran it up to temperature at high idle so I could check the mixture one last=
time, I noticed it was overheating.=C2=A0 There are no knocks, rattles or =
grindings going on.=C2=A0 Oil pressure is steady and good.=C2=A0 Tested thi=
s twice, so I've either got a water pump or thermostat problem.=C2=A0 F=
luke number two.=C2=A0 </p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica=
,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;f=
ont-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Happen to have a=
new spare water pump already so I thought to replace both the thermostat a=
nd pump while the coolant was already drained.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I got under the =
car to unscrew the plug from the radiator to let the water out.=C2=A0 Got t=
he plug out, then noticed that not only the plug came out, but the threaded=
housing came out with it.=C2=A0 Apparently it's like a plug within a p=
lug, one threaded, the other weakly soldered it in.=C2=A0 This is one of th=
e new radiators from one of the Big 3. Fluke number three.=C2=A0 <br></p><p=
style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5=
1,51,51)"><br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sa=
ns-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Gadfrey.=C2=A0 <br></p><p style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p=
style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5=
1,51,51)">Spent today pulling the valence and the radiator.=C2=A0 I'll =
take it to some radiator place to have the plug housing brazed in instead o=
f soldered.=C2=A0 At least getting at the water pump is going to be easier.=
=C2=A0 <br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-=
serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:h=
elvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Terry Smith, '59 TR3A=C2=
=A0 TS 58667<br></p><p style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,=
sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">New Hampshire<br></p><p style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p=
style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5=
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