[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

Fri Jan 12 16:42:35 MST 2018

Randall that was a great article thanks for posting it.

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:00 PM, <triumphs-request at autox.team.net> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Overdrive Dial Indicator (TERRY SMITH)
>    2. Re: Overdrive Dial Indicator (TERRY SMITH)
>    3. FW: Scroll Down for the First Ever TR2 (Reihing, Randall S.)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net>
> To: Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>, Triumphs at autox.team.net
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:28:54 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [TR] Overdrive Dial Indicator
> Yep. Had the solenoid in and out many times, including replacing it with a
> different one. screws are cinched down. Also rewired the connections and
> swapped out for the simpler pull button early OD switch.
>
> Haven't touched the two switches on top of the tranny, though.
>
> Terry
>
> > On January 9, 2018 at 8:13 PM Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Yeah, did do the drill bit. Kept shifting in an out of OD. Then put the
> > > actuating lever on the outside of the drill bit (instead of the drill
> bit
> > > into it) and that seemed to work. Thought I had it conquered..until it
> > > dropped out of OD after several minutes of driving.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that's telling you it's something other than solenoid
> > adjustment. Have you verified that the solenoid isn't moving when it
> drops
> > out of OD ?
> >
> > -- Randall
> >
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net>
> To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Triumphs (triumphs at autox.team.net)" <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Bcc:
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:32:28 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [TR] Overdrive Dial Indicator
> Hi, Jeff. Thanks. Ditto on the R&R of the tunnel. I change the oil and
> clean the screen every spring. Should be good.
>
> Terry
>
> > On January 10, 2018 at 7:11 AM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 4:51 PM, TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Thought I had it conquered..until it
> > > dropped out of OD after several minutes of driving.
> >
> > When my J-type did that, I pulled the filters and checked them. There
> > was some sort of gummy junk in them (might have been from me, since I
> > did the transmission rebuild and conversion to OD). Replaced the
> > filters, new oil, and it worked perfectly - until the terminal broke
> > off the new interlock switch. That's fixed now, and everything is
> > fabulous again. And I can R&R the tunnel in about six minutes flat.
> >
> > Jeff Scarbrough
> > Corrosion Acres, Ga.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Reihing, Randall S." <Randall.Reihing at utoledo.edu>
> To: "triumphs at autox.team.net" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:23:41 +0000
> Subject: [TR] FW: Scroll Down for the First Ever TR2
> Hello All,
>
> This most recent issue of Hagerty News has a very nice article on the
> discovery on the Triumph MVC-575, the Triumph Corporations prototype for
> the entire TR2, TR3, TR3a and TR3b line.
>
> Introducing MVC 575 at the RAC Club dinner held in its honor earlier this
> year, Tom Purves, chairman of the RAC Club, introduced it as “the most
> significant car Triumph ever built.”
>
> Scroll down to see the excellent article on the historically important
> Triumph MVC 575, the forerunner of every TR2, TR3, TR3A, and TR3B ever
> manufactured.
>
> "Hagerty News" is published by Hagerty Insurance of Michigan, whose
> specialty is insuring vintage and antique vehicles of all kinds.
>
> Sincerely,
> Randall Reihing
> 1960 TR3A
>
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