Lebro
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Then there is the question 4" wide rims or 4.5" ? most (but not all) ss cars seem to have the 4" ones.
Bob.
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She's plain ugly to me
Bob.
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And then there is CBSIFTCB, WUFSTAL, HASEL, & SAFED.
& of course everyone knows NORWICH (going there soon !)
B.O.B.
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You mean Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Grey, White (for those non Electronic types)
Bob.
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I'm surprised you can get a bottle jack under anything on a TR, I tried mine, & promtly looked for (& found) a scissor jack on eBay.
Bob.
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I have wired mine via the ignition circuit on the basis that if the engine is not running, then water is not being circulated, so you would not be cooling the engine, only the rad - which will cool pretty quick anyway with no fresh hot water being pumped into it.
Flak shields up
Bob.
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You must not mention Time Teem on this forum, Julian may be listening !
Bob.
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It could still be the battery, or a bad connection between the battery, & starter motor / battery to body / body to engine.
If you have a voltmeter, measure the voltage on the battery while you are trying to crank, if good, measure between the
battery ground terminal, & the engine, and / or the battery live terminal & starter motor. This should tell you if there is a supply problem.
If you are getting a good 11+ volts between the motor, & the engine, then it is starter motor to blame, & it will have to come out to fault find.
Bob.
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If the J type is like the A type then the drive gear is on the anulus (major part) of the overdrive. difficult & expensive to change.
you are better off changing, or re-calibrating the speedo.
Bob.
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Are you sure the gauge is reading correctly ?
Bob.
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Looks simple enough to make ?
Bob.
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I know a TR register member who has a '4 in Ashtead.
if you PM me your email address (or phone No.) I will ask if he is willing to help.
(He does not "do" forums).
Bob.
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Fan belt, Wheel brace, jack, selection of AF spanners, pliers / mole grips, set of plugs, rotor arm, ignition module / points (as appropriate),
plug spanner, fuses, bulbs, screwdrivers (X head, & slotted head, various sizes), Insulating tape, some odd lengths of electical wire.
Thats about what I carry. It all fits in the spare wheel tray either in, or alongside the spare wheel, so my boot is empty apart from sidescreens,& hood
OR toneau cover.
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I think the term was "WIBBLE"
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You are now the recognised authority on fitting these.
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I have the same carbs on my 3, The Register (Cox & Buckles spares) was selling them off really cheap back in the 70's From the SU code on mine they were originally for an Allegro sports, but had the needles, & jets changed for TR use. I blanked off the extra ports.
(They are still working well)
Bob.
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I have a clark impact wrench, have had it for donkeys. It has never had enough grunt even to undo wheel nuts.
I feed it with up to 150PSI through a fat air hose. Stripped it down a month or so ago, to check out the innards, but found nothing wrong.
So not impressed.
Bob.
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Sounds like the trouble I had with my last Stag a few years ago. Got several studs out by welding nuts to the ends, 1 took 3 attempts to work - I think it was the heat as much as anything wich finaly worked. The last 2 I had to jack the head as far off the block as the non parallel studs would allow, then use a hacksaw blade to cut the studs off level with block surface. One hell of a job,
Bob.
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I've gone the same way, but instead of carrying a set of points to use if the electronic unit fails, I carry a second sensor. Much quicker to change over.
Bob.
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Earth lead on Gauge or sender ?
Bob.
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I added the Hazard warnig function on my '3 recently. It required -ve ground wiring (already done for alternator), a modern 4 pin electronic flasher unit,
a 4 way change over switch, & some re-wiring of the indicator wires. Nothing too complicated.
I installed the switch under the dash out of sight, all it does in the "hazard" state is join the indicator bulbs on both sides of the car together, & connect all these direct to the flasher unit instead of via the indicator switch, & finally provide the flasher unit with raw 12V instead of via ign switch.
Simples !
Bob.
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It's pre 1960 cars by the way
Bob.
What Sat nav ?
in General TR Technical
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My Old Magellan Roadmate has become somewhat unreliable these days, so thinking about replacing it with something more up to date. any recomendations? Don't want anything too fancy, 12V power only will do, don't really need road traffic conditions, or camera positions etc.
Bob.