From johnBMacartney at gmx.com  Mon Sep  1 04:09:10 2025
From: johnBMacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 11:09:10 +0100
Subject: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
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Just a quick reply to you Larry ? and my sincere thanks to several others who have contacted off-list with their many kind words which mean such a lot. I thank you all for your generous compliments but it?s long past due time to revert to the purpose of the list. This, of course, is to review what fluif to use, oil grade in dashpots, sticking clutches and the many other issues affecting the products of the post war Standard Motor Company which only officially ever became Triumph in isolation and at the very end of its life?

 

JM

 

From: Larry Griffin <larrygriffin.nc at gmail.com> 
Sent: 01 September 2025 04:21
To: John Macartney <johnBMacartney at gmx.com>
Cc: bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com>; List Truimphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

A belated Happy Birthday and here's to many more, John! 

 

So glad you continue to post here. Your contributions over the years have been invaluable. We all have learned so much history and background of our treasured Triumphs through your input and stories. 

 

Cheers,

Larry Griffin

70 TR6

 

 

 

On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 6:30?AM John Macartney <johnBMacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnBMacartney at gmx.com> > wrote:

Thank you, Bill. It?s been a pleasure for me to read all the posts down the years, even though my contributions these days are few and probably not at all helpful. It seems ?the list? these days is a mere shadow of its former self but then so many contributors have died, sold their cars and/or migrated to other forums. I?m a member of two of those others which frankly I find rather boring and over-segmented into different model groups whose adherents/supporters don?t want to cross-polinate on model preferences.

Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. They?re still a source of great pleasure to an ?oldie? and a very pleasant reminder of happier days in a less troubled world.

 

Jonmac

 

From: bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com <mailto:notakitcar at yahoo.com> > 
Sent: 30 August 2025 03:22
To: Macartney John <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com> >
Cc: MASSEY DAVID <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> >; List Truimphs <triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net> >
Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

Happy Birthday John!  

Thank you for staying with all us kids that are still learning our TRs. 

Bill B

TS30766L

 

?Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goal?  H. Ford

 

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From notakitcar at yahoo.com  Mon Sep  1 16:37:04 2025
From: notakitcar at yahoo.com (Notakitcar)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 17:37:04 -0500
Subject: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
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John,

The pleasure has been mine, sometimes I can see myself at the assembly line or the sales floor through your comments and books.   It does seem the email traffic has quieted, but not gone as the various TR marques are well represented on Facebook these days.

 

I seem to recall you are working on another book, is this so?  Please keep me posted.

 

All the best,

Bill B

TS30766L

 

From: John Macartney <johnBMacartney at gmx.com> 
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025 5:16 AM
To: 'bill beecher' <notakitcar at yahoo.com>
Cc: 'MASSEY DAVID' <dave1massey at cs.com>; 'List Truimphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

Thank you, Bill. It?s been a pleasure for me to read all the posts down the years, even though my contributions these days are few and probably not at all helpful. It seems ?the list? these days is a mere shadow of its former self but then so many contributors have died, sold their cars and/or migrated to other forums. I?m a member of two of those others which frankly I find rather boring and over-segmented into different model groups whose adherents/supporters don?t want to cross-polinate on model preferences.

Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. They?re still a source of great pleasure to an ?oldie? and a very pleasant reminder of happier days in a less troubled world.

 

Jonmac

 

From: bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com <mailto:notakitcar at yahoo.com> > 
Sent: 30 August 2025 03:22
To: Macartney John <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com> >
Cc: MASSEY DAVID <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> >; List Truimphs <triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net> >
Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

Happy Birthday John!  

Thank you for staying with all us kids that are still learning our TRs. 

Bill B

TS30766L

 

?Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goal?  H. Ford


On Aug 27, 2025, at 4:47?PM, John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com> > wrote:

?

Thank you, Dave - eighty one today but still feeding myself without issues :)

 

Jonmac


On 27 Aug 2025, at 12:24, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> > wrote:

Here's hoping you a good one.

 

Dave 

 

 

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From johnBMacartney at gmx.com  Tue Sep  2 07:21:08 2025
From: johnBMacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 14:21:08 +0100
Subject: [TR] Books
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Bill,

 

The book side of things is in a doldrum. The truth is there are two books. The first has taken me well over forty years to research and write and addresses the amazing escape from Austria in 1939 of the Standard Motor Company?s (and Jaguar?s too) importer husband and wife team because they were Jews. Amazingly, they made it to England by separate routes and travelling alone, getting here just days before war broke out in September 1939. Storyline is set against the day to day activities at Standard as well, so it?s a story within another story. After endless rejection letters, I eventually found a publisher to take it on board, but last November I was informed they?d gone bust. Fortunately they didn?t take the manuscript with them. So I?m looking for another publisher.

 

The second book is more of the same stories of ?Life at Triumph? which sold incredibly well but the company who did that was sold to another business who then asset-stripped it. Since my stroke, I?m finding it fairly hard going to use a computer and it seems the only course open to me is to self-publish both books via Amazon and Kindle. Believe me, actually doing that isn?t nearly as easy as some would lead you to believe. The issues are further compounded that if you go down the Amazon route, you have to structure the whole book including the cover to meet the American requirement for the book sales for the US, while the rest of the world markets require you to still go via Amazon but to upload the files via Ingram Spark who have an entirely different set of requirements which means doing it all over again and also doing it twice for Kindle. Because my post-stroke brain is so ?frazzled? I simply can?t work out these differing ?tech? requirements and I really need someone to do it for me. Those I have uncovered who might be able to help are seeking payment up front and to a level I simply cannot afford or justify. Believe me, I?ve tried but so far failed.

 

So, until my brain can work as it used to do ? improbable and unlikely, I?m rather stuck in low transfer, four wheel drive and both front and rear axles are buried in mud. The other side of the coin is that even if I managed to get the book printed here to mail out to wherever, many member states in the European Postal Union are now not accepting small parcels to the US and US overseas territories. My local post office tells me that since your President has imposed his tariffs on all goods from various countries, as things relate to shipments out of UK, small packets worth more than one dollar are tariff liable at 10% of the goods value and the organisations involved in handling that mail to the States are required to collect the tariff by the person sending the package and then pay the invoice submitted to them by US Customs when the package lands in the States. I can?t see that ever happening but the postal people won?t accept it ? and it would be an administrative nightmare to control. It?s the same picture in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Post offices will not accept low value parcels for the States, so it?ll be interesting to see how the UK parts suppliers get round that one. Probably UPS or somesuch but it won?t be cheap. I?ve no idea how things are likely to be with high value items.

 

In conclusion, it seems to me the only possible route open to me is to turn both books into PDFs with a US paper size (8.5x11) - that?s your usual size n?est pas - and send out the book as an email attachment you can download and print yourself. That?s not an option I  find all that attractive because its wide open to copyright infringement.

 

Sorry ? long post but that?s the situation here.

 

JM

 

From: Notakitcar <notakitcar at yahoo.com> 
Sent: 01 September 2025 23:37
To: 'John Macartney' <johnBMacartney at gmx.com>
Cc: 'MASSEY DAVID' <dave1massey at cs.com>; 'List Truimphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

John,

The pleasure has been mine, sometimes I can see myself at the assembly line or the sales floor through your comments and books.   It does seem the email traffic has quieted, but not gone as the various TR marques are well represented on Facebook these days.

 

I seem to recall you are working on another book, is this so?  Please keep me posted.

 

All the best,

Bill B

TS30766L

 

From: John Macartney <johnBMacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnBMacartney at gmx.com> > 
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2025 5:16 AM
To: 'bill beecher' <notakitcar at yahoo.com <mailto:notakitcar at yahoo.com> >
Cc: 'MASSEY DAVID' <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> >; 'List Truimphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net> >
Subject: RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

Thank you, Bill. It?s been a pleasure for me to read all the posts down the years, even though my contributions these days are few and probably not at all helpful. It seems ?the list? these days is a mere shadow of its former self but then so many contributors have died, sold their cars and/or migrated to other forums. I?m a member of two of those others which frankly I find rather boring and over-segmented into different model groups whose adherents/supporters don?t want to cross-polinate on model preferences.

Anyway, keep the posts coming please, everyone. They?re still a source of great pleasure to an ?oldie? and a very pleasant reminder of happier days in a less troubled world.

 

Jonmac

 

From: bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com <mailto:notakitcar at yahoo.com> > 
Sent: 30 August 2025 03:22
To: Macartney John <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com> >
Cc: MASSEY DAVID <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> >; List Truimphs <triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net> >
Subject: Re: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney

 

Happy Birthday John!  

Thank you for staying with all us kids that are still learning our TRs. 

Bill B

TS30766L

 

?Obstacles are all you see when you take your eyes off the goal?  H. Ford


On Aug 27, 2025, at 4:47?PM, John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com> > wrote:

?

Thank you, Dave - eighty one today but still feeding myself without issues :)

 

Jonmac


On 27 Aug 2025, at 12:24, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com> > wrote:

Here's hoping you a good one.

 

Dave 

 

 

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From triumph.driver at gmail.com  Tue Sep  2 07:48:42 2025
From: triumph.driver at gmail.com (Chuck White)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 09:48:42 -0400
Subject: [TR] Books
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Jonmac,

I feel your pain.? I would dearly like to help you with your situation 
but I have no experience in either area where help is needed.? But I 
will say I'd be interested in buying both of the books you are working 
on.? I have your other books and found them must enjoyable.? As to 
producing PDF versions and emailing them, I wouldn't suggest that.? As 
you say, too much chance of infringing on your rights.? Also, I think 
you'd want to have the recipient pay a fee up front before sending the file.

Just my thoughts.? I wish you well, my friend.

Cheers,
Chuck White
Xenia, Ohio USA

On 9/2/2025 9:21 AM, John Macartney wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> The book side of things is in a doldrum. The truth is there are two 
> books. The first has taken me well over forty years to research and 
> write and addresses the amazing escape from Austria in 1939 of the 
> Standard Motor Company?s (and Jaguar?s too) importer husband and wife 
> team because they were Jews. Amazingly, they made it to England by 
> separate routes and travelling alone, getting here just days before 
> war broke out in September 1939. Storyline is set against the day to 
> day activities at Standard as well, so it?s a story within another 
> story. After endless rejection letters, I eventually found a publisher 
> to take it on board, but last November I was informed they?d gone 
> bust. Fortunately they didn?t take the manuscript with them. So I?m 
> looking for another publisher.
>
> The second book is more of the same stories of ?Life at Triumph? which 
> sold incredibly well but the company who did that was sold to another 
> business who then asset-stripped it. Since my stroke, I?m finding it 
> fairly hard going to use a computer and it seems the only course open 
> to me is to self-publish both books via Amazon and Kindle. Believe me, 
> actually doing that isn?t nearly as easy as some would lead you to 
> believe. The issues are further compounded that if you go down the 
> Amazon route, you have to structure the whole book including the cover 
> to meet the American requirement for the book sales for the US, while 
> the rest of the world markets require you to still go via Amazon but 
> to upload the files via Ingram Spark who have an entirely different 
> set of requirements which means doing it all over again and also doing 
> it twice for Kindle. Because my post-stroke brain is so ?frazzled? I 
> simply can?t work out these differing ?tech? requirements and I really 
> need someone to do it for me. Those I have uncovered who might be able 
> to help are seeking payment up front and to a level I simply cannot 
> afford or justify. Believe me, I?ve tried but so far failed.
>
> So, until my brain can work as it used to do ? improbable and 
> unlikely, I?m rather stuck in low transfer, four wheel drive and both 
> front and rear axles are buried in mud. The other side of the coin is 
> that even if I managed to get the book printed here to mail out to 
> wherever, many member states in the European Postal Union are now not 
> accepting small parcels to the US and US overseas territories. My 
> local post office tells me that since your President has imposed his 
> tariffs on all goods from various countries, as things relate to 
> shipments out of UK, small packets worth more than one dollar are 
> tariff liable at 10% of the goods value and the organisations involved 
> in handling that mail to the States are required to collect the tariff 
> by the person sending the package and then pay the invoice submitted 
> to them by US Customs when the package lands in the States. I can?t 
> see that ever happening but the postal people won?t accept it ? and it 
> would be an administrative nightmare to control. It?s the same picture 
> in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Post offices will not accept 
> low value parcels for the States, so it?ll be interesting to see how 
> the UK parts suppliers get round that one. Probably UPS or somesuch 
> but it won?t be cheap. I?ve no idea how things are likely to be with 
> high value items.
>
> In conclusion, it seems to me the only possible route open to me is to 
> turn both books into PDFs with a US paper size (8.5x11) - that?s your 
> usual size n?est pas - and send out the book as an email attachment 
> you can download and print yourself. That?s not an option I? find all 
> that attractive because its wide open to copyright infringement.
>
> Sorry ? long post but that?s the situation here.
>
> JM
>
> *From:*Notakitcar <notakitcar at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* 01 September 2025 23:37
> *To:* 'John Macartney' <johnBMacartney at gmx.com>
> *Cc:* 'MASSEY DAVID' <dave1massey at cs.com>; 'List Truimphs' 
> <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* RE: [TR] Happy Birthday, John MacCartney
>
> John,
>
> The pleasure has been mine, sometimes I can see myself at the assembly 
> line or the sales floor through your comments and books.?? It does 
> seem the email traffic has quieted, but not gone as the various TR 
> marques are well represented on Facebook these days.
>
> I seem to recall you are working on another book, is this so? Please 
> keep me posted.
>
> All the best,
>
> Bill B
>
> TS30766L
>
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From dave at ranteer.com  Thu Sep  4 06:54:22 2025
From: dave at ranteer.com (dave northrup)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 12:54:22 +0000
Subject: [TR] FYI
Message-ID: <12fd90d50dec4aa1b925eeb612a67377@ranteer.com>

>From Classic Sports car - Triumph 4 cylinder cars

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/gallery/19-triumph-cars-four-cylinder-engines?sfmc_journey_id=e83aed0c-df48-4044-a073-bad3c8621c47&sfmc_journey_name=SC%20CnEwe%20suBllteni(%20300..90252)&sfmc_activity_id=f464ac43-4fac-4e7c-b4be-b6def994ee42&sfmc_activity_name=&CCSE%20enswB%20luelit%20n0(.3902.20)5&sfmc_asset_id=224982&sfmc_id=36122111&sfmc_channel=email

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From johnbmacartney at gmx.com  Thu Sep  4 15:38:36 2025
From: johnbmacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 22:38:36 +0100
Subject: [TR] FYI
Message-ID: <BF44D2BD-AA1C-4D43-9180-C13D0E0511A7@gmx.com>

Yet another load of complete and utter bollocks churned out by some overpaid idiot who probably wasn?t born until the millennium and has signally failed in his research and missed out on some very important points on both the pre and post war model ranges and some crucial aspects of Triumph prewar and Standard post war. What I have bothered to read of this whole schlemiel  is absolute c**p and I simply can?t be bothered to sit down and tell the C&SC editor what an arsehole he has on his team responsible for scribing such junk! If any of you want to be completely misled and take what this dickhead has written, be my guest and be conned.

Jonmac

> On 4 Sep 2025, at 13:54, dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
> 
> From Classic Sports car ? Triumph 4 cylinder cars
>  
> https://www.classicandsportscar.com/gallery/19-triumph-cars-four-cylinder-engines?sfmc_journey_id=e83aed0c-df48-4044-a073-bad3c8621c47&sfmc_journey_name=SC%20CnEwe%20suBllteni(%20300..90252)&sfmc_activity_id=f464ac43-4fac-4e7c-b4be-b6def994ee42&sfmc_activity_name=&CCSE%20enswB%20luelit%20n0(.3902.20)5&sfmc_asset_id=224982&sfmc_id=36122111&sfmc_channel=email
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From jdemuth at mac.com  Fri Sep  5 21:59:32 2025
From: jdemuth at mac.com (Joe DeMuth)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 22:59:32 -0500
Subject: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 18, Issue 115
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I didn?t read it, just looked at the pictures. 
Sent from my couch

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> 
> Yet another load of complete and utter bollocks churned out by some overpaid idiot who probably wasn?t born until the millennium and has signally failed in his research and missed out on some very important points on both the pre and post war model ranges and some crucial aspects of Triumph prewar and Standard post war. What I have bothered to read of this whole schlemiel  is absolute c**p and I simply can?t be bothered to sit down and tell the C&SC editor what an arsehole he has on his team responsible for scribing such junk! If any of you want to be completely misled and take what this dickhead has written, be my guest and be conned.
> 
> Jonmac
> 
>> On 4 Sep 2025, at 13:54, dave northrup <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
>> 
>> From Classic Sports car ? Triumph 4 cylinder cars
>> 
>> https://www.classicandsportscar.com/gallery/19-triumph-cars-four-cylinder-engines?sfmc_journey_id=e83aed0c-df48-4044-a073-bad3c8621c47&sfmc_journey_name=SC%20CnEwe%20suBllteni(%20300..90252)&sfmc_activity_id=f464ac43-4fac-4e7c-b4be-b6def994ee42&sfmc_activity_name=&CCSE%20enswB%20luelit%20n0(.3902.20)5&sfmc_asset_id=224982&sfmc_id=36122111&sfmc_channel=email
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From tfansher at comcast.net  Sat Sep  6 12:25:54 2025
From: tfansher at comcast.net (Tom Fansher)
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 14:25:54 -0400
Subject: [TR] TR4 passenger window assembly
Message-ID: <D556B1E9-F2FB-473F-BC3A-D75198B04088@comcast.net>

I?m in need of a functional passenger side window mechanism.  The two I have will bind and are extremely hard to turn and the window jumps out of the track. One has teeth missing from the mechanism 
Ideas ?
TIA
Tom Fansher
61 TR3A
62 TR4. Needs a window regulator assembly
Sent from my iPhone

From forzion7 at gmail.com  Sun Sep  7 08:11:32 2025
From: forzion7 at gmail.com (David Friedlander)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 10:11:32 -0400
Subject: [TR] TO Bearing
Message-ID: <CAJ1eQwja7-1b-2n_R-91E+XT5XEYCZOdBuZSnXf9wP3=wHiBtw@mail.gmail.com>

This could well be the most frequently asked TR6 question but, after
reading many articles ( including the Buckeye Triumph website) and posts,
is there any consensus among listers as the most viable release bearing to
use on the TR6 clutch? Making the question a bit more difficult, I should
ask about bearings that are STILL AVAILABLE.

Thanks as always,

Dave
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From allen.k.hess at gmail.com  Sun Sep  7 14:10:40 2025
From: allen.k.hess at gmail.com (Allen Hess)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 16:10:40 -0400
Subject: [TR] TR4 passenger window assembly
Message-ID: <B731DF9A-1236-472E-9263-C7BAF67C38E4@gmail.com>

I can?t help with a replacement or the broken teeth but I can share my experience with some of the same issues. New u-channel tracks are probably available but years ago I purchased new channel, cut it to length and riveted the old brackets in place. If I remember correctly the brackets are attached to the door in slotted holes so that spacing can be set correctly. The lift mechanism has a bolt attached to the central part of the door. This bolt fits in a D shaped hole in the door which can become worn and enlarged causing misalignment and difficult operation. Finally with what you describe, the lifting arms (the X attached to the central bolt) can be bent and need to be straightened. So, your replacement mechanism may need to some or all of the above. 
Allen, been there done that, etc.

I?m in need of a functional passenger side window mechanism.  The two I have will bind and are extremely hard to turn and the window jumps out of the track. One has teeth missing from the mechanism 
Ideas ?
TIA
Tom Fansher
61 TR3A
62 TR4. Needs a window regulator assembly
Sent from my iPhone

From grglmn at gmail.com  Sun Sep  7 14:46:52 2025
From: grglmn at gmail.com (Greg Lemon)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:46:52 -0500
Subject: [TR] TO Bearing
In-Reply-To: <CAJ1eQwja7-1b-2n_R-91E+XT5XEYCZOdBuZSnXf9wP3=wHiBtw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ1eQwja7-1b-2n_R-91E+XT5XEYCZOdBuZSnXf9wP3=wHiBtw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFtw3abWfTN7X9JfY_1j04smNrJxD=J6=x7p8XTRLPDoXk08DA@mail.gmail.com>

David, after reading a bunch of stuff when I did my car nearly 15 years ago
I decided the known good on my car was as good as any.  Car had about
85,000 miles at the time, so no idea if it was factory original, but still
going strong 20,000 miles later.

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 9:13?AM David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This could well be the most frequently asked TR6 question but, after
> reading many articles ( including the Buckeye Triumph website) and posts,
> is there any consensus among listers as the most viable release bearing to
> use on the TR6 clutch? Making the question a bit more difficult, I should
> ask about bearings that are STILL AVAILABLE.
>
> Thanks as always,
>
> Dave
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From carlsereda at aol.com  Sun Sep  7 15:56:08 2025
From: carlsereda at aol.com (Carl Sereda)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 21:56:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [TR] TR4 passenger window assembly (Tom Fansher)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.7.1757268003.31809.triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <mailman.7.1757268003.31809.triumphs@autox.team.net>
Message-ID: <1538425285.939294.1757282168654@mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Tom,Someone bought TriumphsOnly last year (in Stockton CA area) but I haven't been able to locate buyer (Robert Salazar) I believe is his name. I just bought two nos TR4 airfilters from him at this year's ALL BRITISH CAR SHOW & SWAP in Dixon CA.I am sure window actuators would be within the 1000s of parts in this collection - but so far just can't locate where to call.If I find him will let you know.Carl'63TR4since'74
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From triumphstag at gmail.com  Sun Sep  7 19:49:22 2025
From: triumphstag at gmail.com (Sujit Roy)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 18:49:22 -0700
Subject: [TR] TO Bearing
In-Reply-To: <CAFtw3abWfTN7X9JfY_1j04smNrJxD=J6=x7p8XTRLPDoXk08DA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ1eQwja7-1b-2n_R-91E+XT5XEYCZOdBuZSnXf9wP3=wHiBtw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAFtw3abWfTN7X9JfY_1j04smNrJxD=J6=x7p8XTRLPDoXk08DA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANLCLaE9KcW5G=03pBwa=jzseQ1wuyoAyWQfB3zs4-B9MNHKoQ@mail.gmail.com>

I have a Stag with a borg and beck clutch. The incorrect bearing can make
thr clutch heavy. I was able to source an RHP bearing out of uk. The
bearing is shared with other Triumphs.

I periodically make videos on YouTube.  I made one on the release bearing
https://youtu.be/qDGozr8hpEE?si=XbK3aDHheLugQEGj


Sujit.

Sujit Roy
Cupertino, California

https://triumphstagblog.wordpress.com/


On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 2:02 PM Greg Lemon <grglmn at gmail.com> wrote:

> David, after reading a bunch of stuff when I did my car nearly 15 years
> ago I decided the known good on my car was as good as any.  Car had about
> 85,000 miles at the time, so no idea if it was factory original, but still
> going strong 20,000 miles later.
>
> Greg Lemon
> TR250
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 9:13?AM David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This could well be the most frequently asked TR6 question but, after
>> reading many articles ( including the Buckeye Triumph website) and posts,
>> is there any consensus among listers as the most viable release bearing to
>> use on the TR6 clutch? Making the question a bit more difficult, I should
>> ask about bearings that are STILL AVAILABLE.
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>>
>> Dave
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From don.hiscock at gmail.com  Sun Sep  7 20:08:21 2025
From: don.hiscock at gmail.com (Don Hiscock)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 20:08:21 -0600
Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
 DOT5/silicone?
Message-ID: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>

I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.  I've been waiting for the
silicone oil to get into the pressure switch and cause it to quit working.
That time is here.

Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake pedal
lever.  I may end up there.  But it's fun to keep this car as original as I
can.  Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch any more
reliable than the others around DOT5?

It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the
village mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.  Forty four
years last month that I've owned this thing.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
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From davidt.triumph at gmail.com  Mon Sep  8 00:34:18 2025
From: davidt.triumph at gmail.com (David Templeton)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 02:34:18 -0400
Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
 DOT5/silicone?
In-Reply-To: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAC-MLAgK-diB6Z824vSEm3eJZRDpV5CJh=i6f_PJSQ_XTMU4GA@mail.gmail.com>

Don,

I fabricated a bracket to attach to the brake pedal and install a standard
GM brake switch. The upside is that it allowed the adjustment of the
switch.  Then made a two-wire harness to the original pressure switch and
hooked it in parallel to the original connection.   It can easily be
removed and is well hidden.  I simply touch the brake pedal, and the lights
come on.

David

On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:29?PM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

> I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.  I've been waiting for the
> silicone oil to get into the pressure switch and cause it to quit working.
> That time is here.
>
> Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake
> pedal lever.  I may end up there.  But it's fun to keep this car as
> original as I can.  Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch
> any more reliable than the others around DOT5?
>
> It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the
> village mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.  Forty four
> years last month that I've owned this thing.
>
>
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
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-- 
Regards
David Templeton
Ontario, Canada
1959 TR3a TS54226L
1974 Spitsix FM10491L
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From dave1massey at cs.com  Mon Sep  8 05:27:23 2025
From: dave1massey at cs.com (DAVID MASSEY)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 11:27:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
 DOT5/silicone?
In-Reply-To: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <540055118.1087714.1757330844273@mail.yahoo.com>

I went the MGB route.? The brake light switch used on the early MGB replaces the pedal stop on the pedal box as can be seen in the attached picture.
Dave 


 

    On Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 09:33:17 PM CDT, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:   

 I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.? I've been waiting for the silicone oil to get into the?pressure switch and cause it to quit working.? That time is here.
Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake pedal lever.? I may end up there.? But it's fun to keep this car as original as I can.? Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch any more reliable than the others around DOT5?
It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the village?mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.? Forty four years last month?that I've owned this thing.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
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From johnBMacartney at gmx.com  Mon Sep  8 10:20:22 2025
From: johnBMacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:20:22 +0100
Subject: [TR] The Standard-Triumph PE166 engine.
Message-ID: <000601dc20dc$7a31a4c0$6e94ee40$@gmx.com>

I was going through my huge library of (badly sorted) pictures today and
came across this sectioned view of the PE166 engine which I thought might be
of interest to those of you who speculate on various technical aspects of
S-T and BL history.

 

The PE 166 was designed as a replacement for David Eley's delightfully
simple in-line six pot that started life at 1998cc in 1960 for the Vanguard
Six / Triumph 2000 / Vitesse / GT6 and then morphed into the 2498cc unit we
(mostly) all know so well for the 2.5PI / TR5 / TR6.

 

While it was used extensively in the Rover SD1 for all markets outside the
US and Canada in 2300 and 2600 guises,  I don't think any of those smaller
engine variants that used the Ex-Buick V8 for North America and elsewhere,
ever crossed the Atlantic. I had three Rovers with this power unit (1x2300
and 2x2600) powering three company issued cars and I remember it with great
affection. It was very under-stressed, incredibly smooth running and had
more than enough power to move those quite heavy cars along. In fact, it was
very de-tuned to meet power and taxation regulations in mainland Europe and
the UK and was certainly capable of producing a lot more power than it
actually did - and with very little modification. You  can learn a bit more
about it on Wikipedia - just type PE166 engine into the search bar and you
can learn more.

 

Enjoy

 

Jonmac

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From johnBMacartney at gmx.com  Mon Sep  8 11:02:51 2025
From: johnBMacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 18:02:51 +0100
Subject: [TR] Further to my post on the PE166 power unit
Message-ID: <000c01dc20e2$69b883b0$3d298b10$@gmx.com>

If you click on this link, you'll be able to learn A LOT more than my
earlier comments. 

 

Engines : Rover SD1 Six (PE166) - AROnline
<https://www.aronline.co.uk/engines/rover-sd1-six/> 

 

Jonmac

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From don.hiscock at gmail.com  Mon Sep  8 12:38:37 2025
From: don.hiscock at gmail.com (Don Hiscock)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 12:38:37 -0600
Subject: [TR] Anyone with a spare TR3 trip odometer reset knob?
Message-ID: <CAPK7CFBCQQRLEKq14m+pOWSMQ1sfGj1dZcbp-5YRNmyDgN7xXw@mail.gmail.com>

A TR friend in Europe gave me this relatively rare sidescreen-era km/h
speedometer for notalot.  It's missing the trip meter reset knob.  I'm
thinking this might be a fun one to run for a while on my TR3B.  (I can
pretend I'm going 60% faster, I guess).

Anyone have a spare reset knob in their stash of spares?
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From aribertn at gmail.com  Mon Sep  8 18:56:00 2025
From: aribertn at gmail.com (aribert neumann)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 20:56:00 -0400
Subject: [TR] DOT5 & brake pressure switch
Message-ID: <CAGkVM29NNjqkijZvpxf_tCcCvkKigHOOzYoX2tzOFJ+SNioZig@mail.gmail.com>

I don't have any knowledge of a TR3B   (I drove my Spit6 today, 50 mile
round trip, plan to do the same tomorrow).

I converted my '61 Ford Falcon to DOT5 about 25 yrs ago.  I have also
experienced the much shorter (hydraulic) switch life with DOT5.   I tap the
brakes prior to opening the garage door to check for brake light function
on any of my vehicles before departing home.   With the hydraulic brake
switch using DOT5, first the brake pedal displacement and then the braking
effort (to activate the brake lights) will increase as the switch begins to
fail.  I expect to replace the switch up to twice a year - I drive the car
8 months out of the year.   I am willing to replace switches rather than
cut into the harness.   I replace the switch without needing to do any
brake bleeding.

I buy a half dozen switches at a time from RockAuto.   The switch for my
Ford is Standard Parts SLS27, the switch has two round pins to engage the
harness.  In the past decade there is now a slip of paper in the switch box
warning me not to use DOT5.



------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
To: Triumphs list <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 20:08:21 -0600
Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
DOT5/silicone?
I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.  I've been waiting for the
silicone oil to get into the pressure switch and cause it to quit working.
That time is here.

Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake pedal
lever.  I may end up there.  But it's fun to keep this car as original as I
can.  Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch any more
reliable than the others around DOT5?

It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the
village mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.  Forty four
years last month that I've owned this thing.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
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From yellowtr3 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  9 05:09:31 2025
From: yellowtr3 at yahoo.com (Frank Fisher)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 11:09:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [TR] DOT5 & brake pressure switch
In-Reply-To: <CAGkVM29NNjqkijZvpxf_tCcCvkKigHOOzYoX2tzOFJ+SNioZig@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGkVM29NNjqkijZvpxf_tCcCvkKigHOOzYoX2tzOFJ+SNioZig@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <62322972.1544574.1757416171502@mail.yahoo.com>

 my experiance is the same as below.
Frank
    On Monday, September 8, 2025 at 06:09:58 PM PDT, aribert neumann <aribertn at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I don't have any knowledge of a TR3B? ?(I drove my Spit6 today, 50 mile round trip, plan to do the same tomorrow).? ??
I converted my '61 Ford Falcon to DOT5 about 25 yrs ago.? I have also experienced the much shorter (hydraulic) switch life with DOT5.? ?I tap the brakes prior to opening the garage door to check for brake light function on any of my vehicles before departing home.? ?With the hydraulic brake switch using DOT5, first the brake pedal displacement and then the braking effort (to activate the brake lights) will increase as the switch begins to fail.? I expect to replace the switch up to twice a year - I drive the car 8 months out of the year.? ?I am willing to replace switches rather than cut into the harness.? ?I replace the switch without needing to do any brake bleeding.
I buy a half dozen switches at a time from RockAuto.? ?The switch for my Ford is Standard Parts SLS27, the switch has two round pins to engage the harness.? In the past decade there is now a slip of paper in the switch box warning me not to use DOT5.


------- Forwarded message ----------
From:?Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
To:?Triumphs list <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Cc:?
Bcc:?
Date:?Sun, 7 Sep 2025 20:08:21 -0600
Subject:?[TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for DOT5/silicone?
I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.? I've been waiting for the silicone oil to get into the?pressure switch and cause it to quit working.? That time is here.
Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake pedal lever.? I may end up there.? But it's fun to keep this car as original as I can.? Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch any more reliable than the others around DOT5?
It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the village?mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.? Forty four years last month?that I've owned this thing.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg** triumphs at autox.team.net **

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From davidt.triumph at gmail.com  Tue Sep  9 06:44:34 2025
From: davidt.triumph at gmail.com (David Templeton)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 08:44:34 -0400
Subject: [TR] DOT5 & brake pressure switch
In-Reply-To: <CAGkVM29NNjqkijZvpxf_tCcCvkKigHOOzYoX2tzOFJ+SNioZig@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAC-MLAgOmkD=zx-V6WYO-Kxt5dVPJKeAVRtMHV+Oy6Z5HPOyDw@mail.gmail.com>

For those interested, this is how I did mine.   I made a bracket
25years ago :-)   And it is still holding up just fine.  And the switch, as
I said, a generic long thread brake switch.  I think I paid $15cdn when I
replaced it 6years ago.  The green wires are then ran along other harnesses
to hook into the pressure switch on the passenger frame

David

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On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 9:08?PM aribert neumann <aribertn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have any knowledge of a TR3B   (I drove my Spit6 today, 50 mile
> round trip, plan to do the same tomorrow).
>
> I converted my '61 Ford Falcon to DOT5 about 25 yrs ago.  I have also
> experienced the much shorter (hydraulic) switch life with DOT5.   I tap the
> brakes prior to opening the garage door to check for brake light function
> on any of my vehicles before departing home.   With the hydraulic brake
> switch using DOT5, first the brake pedal displacement and then the braking
> effort (to activate the brake lights) will increase as the switch begins to
> fail.  I expect to replace the switch up to twice a year - I drive the car
> 8 months out of the year.   I am willing to replace switches rather than
> cut into the harness.   I replace the switch without needing to do any
> brake bleeding.
>
> I buy a half dozen switches at a time from RockAuto.   The switch for my
> Ford is Standard Parts SLS27, the switch has two round pins to engage the
> harness.  In the past decade there is now a slip of paper in the switch box
> warning me not to use DOT5.
>
>
>
> ------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
> To: Triumphs list <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 20:08:21 -0600
> Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
> DOT5/silicone?
> I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.  I've been waiting for the
> silicone oil to get into the pressure switch and cause it to quit working.
> That time is here.
>
> Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake
> pedal lever.  I may end up there.  But it's fun to keep this car as
> original as I can.  Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch
> any more reliable than the others around DOT5?
>
> It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the
> village mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.  Forty four
> years last month that I've owned this thing.
>
>
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
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-- 
Regards
David Templeton
Ontario, Canada
1959 TR3a TS54226L
1974 Spitsix FM10491L
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From tfansher at comcast.net  Tue Sep  9 06:53:45 2025
From: tfansher at comcast.net (Thomas Fansher)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 08:53:45 -0400
Subject: [TR] TR4 passenger window assembly
In-Reply-To: <B731DF9A-1236-472E-9263-C7BAF67C38E4@gmail.com>
References: <B731DF9A-1236-472E-9263-C7BAF67C38E4@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <993C3993-A29F-42F2-B108-942D65ADA847@comcast.net>

Marvin Gruber had the window assembly and it?s on the way.
Thanks again to the group for all your suggestions and support.
Tom Fansher
61 TR3A
62 TR4 now even closer to being finished

Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 7, 2025, at 4:10?PM, Allen Hess <allen.k.hess at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ?I can?t help with a replacement or the broken teeth but I can share my experience with some of the same issues. New u-channel tracks are probably available but years ago I purchased new channel, cut it to length and riveted the old brackets in place. If I remember correctly the brackets are attached to the door in slotted holes so that spacing can be set correctly. The lift mechanism has a bolt attached to the central part of the door. This bolt fits in a D shaped hole in the door which can become worn and enlarged causing misalignment and difficult operation. Finally with what you describe, the lifting arms (the X attached to the central bolt) can be bent and need to be straightened. So, your replacement mechanism may need to some or all of the above.
> Allen, been there done that, etc.
> 
> I?m in need of a functional passenger side window mechanism.  The two I have will bind and are extremely hard to turn and the window jumps out of the track. One has teeth missing from the mechanism
> Ideas ?
> TIA
> Tom Fansher
> 61 TR3A
> 62 TR4. Needs a window regulator assembly
> Sent from my iPhone


From johnbmacartney at gmx.com  Tue Sep  9 16:15:33 2025
From: johnbmacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 23:15:33 +0100
Subject: [TR] TO bearing
Message-ID: <B73F261D-43B3-46D9-AE3C-29E0537D9D6D@gmx.com>

Dave, you want part number GRB211 that?s common to all TRs and Stag.

Mick Dolphin in the UK has them priced at about GBP18.50 + p and p. No financial interest for me but Mick specialises in genuine new old stock and when I had my Triumphs I always bought from him because he never sells anything but genuine parts and his ?warehouse? is a huge shed in the garden behind his house. IIRC the bearing is likely to be either RHP or Timken but I could be wrong. I?m getting old.

Key www.mickdolphin.co.uk in your browser or you?ll find him easily thru Google.

Jonmac

From forzion7 at gmail.com  Tue Sep  9 17:35:42 2025
From: forzion7 at gmail.com (David Friedlander)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:35:42 -0400
Subject: [TR] TO bearing
In-Reply-To: <B73F261D-43B3-46D9-AE3C-29E0537D9D6D@gmx.com>
References: <B73F261D-43B3-46D9-AE3C-29E0537D9D6D@gmx.com>
Message-ID: <CAJ1eQwjndZ4tTngLvEpEV7VThApE6SRzdwTObXZtdA0C3Ba7CA@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you, John! Good to know. I?ll check it out right now?

Cheers,

Dave

On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 6:15?PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
wrote:

> Dave, you want part number GRB211 that?s common to all TRs and Stag.
>
> Mick Dolphin in the UK has them priced at about GBP18.50 + p and p. No
> financial interest for me but Mick specialises in genuine new old stock and
> when I had my Triumphs I always bought from him because he never sells
> anything but genuine parts and his ?warehouse? is a huge shed in the garden
> behind his house. IIRC the bearing is likely to be either RHP or Timken but
> I could be wrong. I?m getting old.
>
> Key www.mickdolphin.co.uk in your browser or you?ll find him easily thru
> Google.
>
> Jonmac
>
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From notakitcar at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 13 09:24:37 2025
From: notakitcar at yahoo.com (bill beecher)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:24:37 -0500
Subject: [TR] Anyone with a spare TR3 trip odometer reset knob?
In-Reply-To: <CAPK7CFBCQQRLEKq14m+pOWSMQ1sfGj1dZcbp-5YRNmyDgN7xXw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPK7CFBCQQRLEKq14m+pOWSMQ1sfGj1dZcbp-5YRNmyDgN7xXw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <34C52553-875A-480E-88F9-2F4DBABC0EC1@yahoo.com>

Try Morris out at West Valley Instruments, he has a good stock on parts.  
Bill B
TS30766L

?If at first you don?t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn?t for you?

On Sep 8, 2025, at 2:24?PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

?
A TR friend in Europe gave me this relatively rare sidescreen-era km/h speedometer for notalot.  It's missing the trip meter reset knob.  I'm thinking this might be a fun one to run for a while on my TR3B.  (I can pretend I'm going 60% faster, I guess).

Anyone have a spare reset knob in their stash of spares?


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From don.hiscock at gmail.com  Sun Sep 14 20:59:17 2025
From: don.hiscock at gmail.com (Don Hiscock)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 20:59:17 -0600
Subject: [TR] "More reliable" sidescreen brake pressure switch for
 DOT5/silicone?
In-Reply-To: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPK7CFCF+3ZhU2Mco1DXtKUyL7NaegTXf5qK9Z2iwiqnT6BTYw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPK7CFAGz0GhvpWnqCa3Q4+3zxr5-nLCNCOLoGcWifHwLk5esw@mail.gmail.com>

Harley-Davidson used DOT5 silicone brake fluid in their motorcycles from
the mid 1970s until the mid 2000s, when ABS started coming in.  The current
H-D brake pressure switch is reportedly backwardly compatible to any brake
fluid.  P/N 72023-51E is likely on any local dealership's shelves for about
$35 and comes in a kit with two new 025 quick disconnects.  It's made by
Bitron in Italy and uses the same 1/8" NPT threading as the original.  It
mounts with a 17mm wrench/deep socket, compared to the 7/8" hex on my
TR3B's original.  (Earlier versions with the same H-D P/N but lower
alphabetical suffixes were made in USA and were larger hex.)

For now, I'm back in the brake-lighting business.  Thanks to those who
suggested various mechanical switch conversions, but I'm trying to stay
closer to original with the car.  We'll see how this works out.  Assume,
hearing nothing to the contrary, it's workin' fine.

-- Don
1962 TR3B TSF202L




On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 8:08?PM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

> I converted my TR3B to DOT5 three years ago.  I've been waiting for the
> silicone oil to get into the pressure switch and cause it to quit working.
> That time is here.
>
> Yes, I could convert to a TR6 mechanical switch actuated by the brake
> pedal lever.  I may end up there.  But it's fun to keep this car as
> original as I can.  Is any one supplier's or source's brake pressure switch
> any more reliable than the others around DOT5?
>
> It was a nice day the other day, so the TR3B made the drive to the
> village mailboxes now that I"m living in northern New Mexico.  Forty four
> years last month that I've owned this thing.
>
>
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-QRBNGvw/0/KvPKhzkvQRPj3kgscg4GSP4mLXMMpmfG2cqzZbBW4/X5/i-QRBNGvw-X5.jpg
>
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From johnBMacartney at gmx.com  Mon Sep 15 12:37:57 2025
From: johnBMacartney at gmx.com (John Macartney)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:37:57 +0100
Subject: [TR] More reliable brake switches
Message-ID: <000301dc266f$dbafd030$930f7090$@gmx.com>

Don,

 

Your recommendation for H-D kit took me back many years to when I reported
to the list - or was it someone else (?) that two domed and plated nuts and
oil proof washers off the Honda Gold Wing were ideal substitutes to the
factory fitted hardware that appeared on all the valve covers. 

Talking of the Gold Wing, I recall following one with two people on it when
I did the Tail of the Dragon in TN in 2009 in a Stag. At the time, I felt
and said to the video camera I had running that pushing a concert-sized
grand piano along that stretch of road would have been far easier for the
pushers than riding a huge bike of that type.

 

Jonmac

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From dlhogye at comcast.net  Mon Sep 15 16:54:11 2025
From: dlhogye at comcast.net (DAVE HOGYE)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [TR] More reliable brake switches
In-Reply-To: <000301dc266f$dbafd030$930f7090$@gmx.com>
References: <000301dc266f$dbafd030$930f7090$@gmx.com>
Message-ID: <1878633044.778697.1757976851063@connect.xfinity.com>

I'm using Toyota 22RE cam cover seals for the aluminum rocker cover on my TR3.  The rubber seals are captured in a steel washer.  They are leak proof and reusable. 
Part # 90210-08026
 
Dave H.

> On 09/15/2025 11:37 AM PDT John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:
>  
>  
> 
> Don,
> 
>  
> 
> Your recommendation for H-D kit took me back many years to when I reported to the list ? or was it someone else (?) that two domed and plated nuts and oil proof washers off the Honda Gold Wing were ideal substitutes to the factory fitted hardware that appeared on all the valve covers.
> 
> Talking of the Gold Wing, I recall following one with two people on it when I did the Tail of the Dragon in TN in 2009 in a Stag. At the time, I felt and said to the video camera I had running that pushing a concert-sized grand piano along that stretch of road would have been far easier for the pushers than riding a huge bike of that type.
> 
>  
> 
> Jonmac
> 
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