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  2. Not TR but

    in General TR Technical

    Posted · Edited by Trigbush

    I run the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid MY16 as my daily. I invariably charge it overnight in the garage using the stock charger.

    I have noticed on two or three occasions now that - on re-entering the garage later in the evening to retrieve something from the car - the front electric fan comes on full blow after I relock the car.

    This typically seems to happen only if I unlock the car once it is plugged in charge mode and then relock it - then at that moment the fan comes on almost immediately. If I then re-unlock the car, the fan stops. But then it restarts again when I re-lock the car. Unplugging and replugging does not change this behaviour.

    It does not appear to happen at all if I dock the charger plug in the car when I arrive home and simply lock the car (and do not re-open it again until morning).

    What is going on?
    Is this safe?
    Will the car burn my house down with a "thermal runaway"?

  4. 3m Double-Sided Pads

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    Quick question - the rear plate on the Silver Shadow is very firmly affixed with (I think) two 3m double-sided sticky tape type pads. I was going to use a hairdryer to heat the boot lid and the tape and then gently try to peel the plate away with a wooden or rubber edge. I'm worried about damaging the boot lid paint. Clearly, if there is a mark under the plate that is not an issue.

     

    Any suggestions?

  8. TR7 track car platform?

    in TR7/8 Forum

    Posted

    This has just popped up on a clearance auction house website. I have been noodling the idea of a Triumph track car for a couple of years. Any thoughts as to whether this looks like a good basis for a track car? I am possibly going up to see it on Tuesday if I can get away from the orifice. I am also liaising with the red baron team on this. Thoughts gratefully received...

     

    https://vavato.com/en/?utm_source=Website+contacts&utm_campaign=10b809ca8a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b079693c05-10b809ca8a-67523869#!/auctions/59a7b0d878879/lots/19

  18. up loading photos

    in Forum Help / Rules

    Posted

    I seem to have problem with photos as well.

     

    I can attach files in new forum posts but there is no full editor function button when I am composing a new personal message. Also in manage attachments, I can delete photos but not add any? How do you upload for example new signature pictures without posting a new thread? Or is it just me? The My Media button is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle frankly...

  20. TR6 up and over

    in TR6 Forum

    Posted

    Spent some time looking at the other thread/diagrams on the forum from 2013 on axle stand placement. Whilst I think my placement was fine I realised the rear stands could have been 6" further down the chassis towards the rear wheels. I took it down today as I did not feel comfortable leaving it up. I also realised that the door on the driver's side had more difficulty in opening that usual suggesting some flex in the chassis. I know it's a solid piece and that it's forty years old but I think it is preferable not to put it under strain unless I have to. As I am not going to hibernate the car, and I will drive it through the winter, I see this as a little experiment. Also discovered that the jack is too high profiled to slide under the front valence for central jacking under the front cross-member and I don't like jacking one side at a time with the car up like that.

  21. TR6 up and over

    in TR6 Forum

    Posted

     

    The latter... has been replaced with one of Alec's 'roundtuits'. :rolleyes:

     

    I didn't know Alec was on Twitter.

     

    Anyway, I should I have known that I would have been caught out by the innuendo mob. Bahaha.

     

    You're right Alec. Extreme caution required with lifting cars and dealing with Frauleins. Anyway she's in the Fatherland today. Hit Primark at 8.30am. Next, Czechoslovakia!

     

    Thanks for the pointers on axle stands people - I will see about some wood.

  24. TR6 up and over

    in TR6 Forum

    Posted · Edited by Trigbush

    So today is a bridge day as tomorrow is a public holiday. Thankfully my office was closed but the kids still had school (yeehaa!). So took Thruxton out for a real blast down to Waterloo (sunny, 8 degrees) - came back feeling well chilled in both senses. Brunch was a couple of fried eggs with bread and coffee on a heated terrace with a friend.

     

    I then dug the 6 out. You may recall that the battery was playing up. So I replaced that. And I was right, it was the battery. She fired up second attempt - amazing! Took 6 out for a gentle spin down to Waterloo as well. I then filled her up, gave her some love and a quick light wash to have her clean for the winter. Then a solid blast up the Ring to get her dry before heading back to the garage.

     

    When I got back I put her up stands for the first time ever (see photo). Not sure if the placement is right but she is sitting very firmly. :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: Chassis width is slightly wider than the stands but the fit looks fine. I am tempted to leave her up like this for a couple of weeks to give the tyres a rest. I will not "winter" the car like some have suggested and she will be gettng a run when the weather is sunny and the roads are saltfree and dry over the winter.

     

    Any advice on using the stands? Am I doing this wrong? :blink:

     

    (also took the Stag out today for a run - so enjoyable but a completely different drive from the 6 - but both are just bloody great :wub: ).

     

    What a great day. B)

     

    Cheers

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