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SteveB21

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  1. 14 hours ago, John McCormack said:

    Thank you. The mounting bracket is still on my car so new horns are needed.

    Moss have them at a reasonable price. Are they any good?

    Moss horns are fine - I fitted them in 2015.

  2. I have had to take out my radiator for some TLC and just wondered if there are any jobs/checks I should do around the front while it is out and I have easy access?  I already plan the following:

    • Tidy up the horn and headlight wiring
    • Sand & paint the radiator support bars
    • De-rust and paint the front of the chassis, the cross bar and radiator shield
    • Check the ARB fixings 
    • Remake the earth connector on the steering rack

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    TIA

    Steve

  3. Thanks guys - apologies for the delayed reply, but for some reason I've not been getting notifications on this.  Roger Ferris has also been very helpful and I see he's also put a note in the latest edition of TR Action. I'm going to see if I can dig out any more photos next time up up at the mother-in-law, hopefully showing the full number plate!

    Cheers

    Steve

     

  4. Hi all

    I have dropped a note to Roger Ferris but thought I would also try here - I recently discovered that my father-in-law (now deceased) used to own a TR5 and I was wondering if it was still around and in the register.

    I was going through some old slides from 1971 with my wife and there were pictures of a white TR5, registration ??H 910G (unfortunately the first part of the plate is obscured by my 6 year old wife and her brother!). 

    If it is still on the road I’m more than happy to send on scans of the slides if the current owner is interested.

    Cheers

    Steve


     

  5. On 2/21/2021 at 5:47 PM, Strong fuel smell said:

    Many thanks Steve. It looks like my fuel pipes are new, as does the Bosch fuel pump & filter. Think I have tracked it to the fuel sender gasket, which I have ordered. Glad you are close by and really appreciate your offer to help, after lockdown. This is my 1st TR6, which is taking some getting used too. I am taking the car to Rees Bros on Thurs as they are going to help me with bonnet alignment and adjust my exhaust pipe, which appears to be quite low to the ground. I might get them to do the sender gasket while I am there.

    I've always found Andy & Richard at Rees Bros very helpful and they will happily advise you on key things to check if this is your first TR6.

  6. Just be aware that R14 is not a high pressure fuel hose, so not suitable for the high pressure side of a PI system - but definitely ok for a low pressure filler connection!

    David - I’m not that far from you (Weybridge) so happy to help once lockdown eases. As others have said, it sounds like your first check is is the filler connections, easily accessed by removing the boot trim. 

    I can recommend Rees Bros in Aldershot if you need a decent TR garage close by. You also have Crown Classics up in Twickenham.

    Welcome to TR6 ownership!

    Steve
     

     

  7. Hi Malcolm - welcome to the joys of TR ownership! As Colin says, Neil is the man for the PI system. Another useful contact for parts is Conrad ("Openroad" on this forum) - always worth dropping him a note to see what he has stored away... 

    You may already be aware, but the Moss catalogue is a great source of technical info and drawings to identify parts - you can download a PDF from their website or they will post you a free paper copy.

    Cheers

    Steve

  8. Like (hopefully!) many of us, I have fire extinguishers in the garage and one in the TR.  One of my lockdown activities has been clearing & painting the garage and during this I checked the dates on my extinguishers. Imagine my surprise when I found one was dated 1998 and another 2002!  Luckily, the car extinguisher was still in date. So, a quick trip to Screwfix and I now have 2 shiny new extinguishers.

    So - go check those extinguisher dates! UK regulations recommend that companies replace their extinguishers every 5 years. I'm no expert, so others may be along with better advice and I can see there are a number of relevant threads on the forum, this post was just to remind people. Replacing 22 and 18 year old extinguishers was a no-brainer in my book.

    The other piece of advice I've come across is to give any powder extinguisher a good shake every month or so to stop the content settling and solidifying.

    I've also just seen that Lidl have a 1kg powder extinguisher on sale at a good price - too late for me though:

    https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/car-essentials/anaf-powder-fire-extinguisher/p39401

     

    Stay safe!

    Steve

  9. Thanks for all your replies. I went to change the pads today and found a thin pad above & below the aluminium pad, instead of a thin one above and a thick one below. It was clearly going to take some force to create enough space for the proper pads, so  I loosened the nut on the front chassis stud to provide more movement to find that only 1 thin pad had been used here instead of 2! At that point I decided to just go with a thin pad above & below the aluminium pad rather than, literally, force the issue. Always a voyage of discovery on a 48 year old car...Now I need to get 2 more thin pads for the o/s as I have the same issue there, plus take a look and see what pad arrangements I have elsewhere!

  10. Hi all

    I found the slotted aluminium pad (item 95 in diagram) between the body and the near-side chassis front side brace had nearly escaped today, so I knocked it back into position and then torqued everything back up. However, as you can see from the second picture, while the aluminium pad is now back in position, the upper rubber pad (item 94) has split and needs replacing.  So, my question is, how difficult a job is this?  If I undo & remove the screw, is there enough give / flex between the body & the chassis brace for me to easily replace both rubber pads and then re-assemble everything?  I've checked the off-side and everything is in place, but it did need to be torqued up.

    Thanks in advance

    Steve

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