[TR] tr-6 woes..........use of professionals

[Greg Lemon]

Gary, while I am sure there are competent "expert" shops out there, I too 
have had the same experience as you, I have used local machine shops (there 
are fewer these days, I think cars die of accidents or a combination of too 
many sensors dying and or other electrical and fuel injection system 
failures long before the mechanicals in the motors wear out these days) and 
we also have a local "clutch and brake" shop that can do pretty much 
anything you need with clutches, brakes, flywheels, hydraulic hoses, pushing 
bearings in or out, also a local "auto electric" shop that will rebuild a 
Lucas starter of generator, or early alternator for about $40.  As you said 
these places are generally staffed by people over 40, or more likely 50 who 
know their stuff and can figure out how to do things from memory, dimensions 
and cross references from hard copy parts books when the computer doesn't 
list the part when you call it up by make and model.  I don't know how long 
these types of place will last, but they are a great resource while they do.

Greg Lemon