[6pack] Too quiet.

[Richard Lindsay]

As I get older, I decide which jobs I want to do and which ones I wish to
farm out.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 5:50 PM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> Or done the same job twice.  As I get older I am starting to expect to do
> a job twice.  First to learn how to do it and the second to do it right.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay at gmail.com>
> To: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
> Cc: TR6 <6pack at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2019 1:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [6pack] Too quiet.
>
> Yes sir! So many times I have bought the same part twice!
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 12:04 PM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
> >
> > I hear you.  I have another project (TR8) in a garage about 12 miles
> from home and I forget how many times I arrived there with 3/4 of the
> parts/tools I needed.  This project has been stalled so long I forget where
> I put some of the parts.  I lost one thinking that if I get a replacement
> the original will show up (as per usual)but so far no  show.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Lindsay via 6pack <6pack at autox.team.net>
> > To: 6pack <6pack at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2019 9:25 am
> > Subject: Re: [6pack] Too quiet.
> >
> > Awesome report, Dave! Thanks! Today I planned to connect the new battery
> in my TR6 project. But when I got to the shop (20 minute drive) I realized
> that I had left all the freshly cleaned, decontaminated, and refinished
> parts on the home garage workbench. So alas, another day delay but the
> other cars did get their exercise. Headed back home now to replace that
> other thermostat...
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 8:54 AM DAVID MASSEY via 6pack <
> 6pack at autox.team.net> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Richard, it is too quiet here.
> >
> > I somehow fell off the list many years ago but I am back (sorry).  The
> TR6 was off the road for several years after a pending major frame failure
> was discovered.  As much as I would LOVE to get a RATCO frame I don't LOVE
> it  6G's worth.  A local club member who happens to be a fitter/welder by
> trade offered to rework my frame so I disassembled the car and took the
> frame to him and after 7 months or so he rebuilt the main frame rails from
> about the mid point right to the rear of the car.  He also reinforced
> notorious week points such as the diff mounts and the attach points for the
> (aftermarket) rear sway bar.  He also handed me a 3-lb bag of rust scale he
> extracted from inside the frame.
> >
> > I spend an afternoon with prods and compressed air and removed some more
> rust, then I treated the inside of the frame with Eastwood's frame
> rustproofing kit (I think I used two of them), painted the frame with POR15
> (Note: POR15 does a very poor job of sticking to old paint) and reassembled
> the car.
> >
> > I set up a camera on a (cheap) tripod and took a picture.  I installed
> the LF suspension and took a pic.  I installed the RF suspension and took a
> pic, front sway bar and took a pic, steering rack and took a pic... (you
> get the picture) so I now have a nice sequence of pictures of the car
> coming together.
> >
> > The car has been on the road for a year now and so far I have 1) blown
> the diff and 2) blew a head gasket.  I drove this car for nearly 2 decades
> with nary a problem but I guess my luck had run out.  Keep in mind that
> this car has been to both coasts, Canada and up Pike's Peak so it is no
> slouch.
> >
> > Dave
> >
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