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SpeedFreak

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  1. Good morning all. I have received a reply to my ad. for my TR6 and it seems to good to be true, so yes it almost certainly is as we know. has anybody else seen or heard of this email address ?     deuxraymond674@gmail.com

    Regards.

  2. I used a VW Beetle ( old style ) headlamp relay in place of the foot dip switch wiring you will need to disconnect the existing blue?white flasher wire from the flasher switch and earth it. I have described this before, it works well and gives headlamp dip and alternately main beam when lights are on and flash only when lights are off.

    If you need further help please let me know.

    Richard..

  3. I am looking to put a red stripe on the sidewall of my tyres as the car originally had Goodyear red stripe fitted. I saw on Wheeler Dealers last year they had them done for one of thier cars by, I believe, a company in Essex. I know Mr Whitewall in Staffordshire can do them but i am looking for someone closer to home ( Sussex ).  Can anyone help please ??

  4. Hi Jochems,

    I am a bit late answering but i have a pedestal with the gears and coupling with a metering unit.

    Do you still need one ?

    Also I said I would update you on my efi conversion, from US spec Carbs to unleaded CP head with throttle bodies etc. CP cam. what an improvement ! worked pretty much out of the box with preloaded TR CP mapping only problem was poor plugs. full details if you are interested.

    Regards.

    Richard..

  5. Hi John, thanks for the comment, however, I do not find the search engine to be very helpful, maybe its me, but the thread it took me too was about general wiring discrepancies not dipswitch relevant. Have I missed something here ?

    Regards.

    Richard..

  6. Please forgive me if this topic has already been posted, I don't have time ( Im lazy really ) to read through them all.

    If like me you hate the inconvenient at best and downright dangerous at worst, foot dip switch, here is a solution which I much prefer.

    Remove said dip switch. Transfer the three wires to a VW Beetle / T2 Van etc. Headlamp relay, available new on flea bay or VW garages

    Blue to relay term. 56,   Blue/White to term. 56a,   Blue/Red to term. 56b. This leaves two terminals, 30 and S, 30 needs a new wire run up to the purple feed for the existing headlamp flasher  Brown wire, which should be disconnected, as should the existing Blue/White wire from the switch. The brown wire from the switch should now be extended and taken to a suitable earth point and a new wire run from the Blue/White wire from the switch  down to the relay term. S

    The relay should be secured to the scuttle or side panel. I used a Mehle relay which has a small spring clip and I used this to clip the relay on to the cable sucuring tab that is convenientlylocated above the old dip switch.

    This clever little relay now works as follows :-  lights off or in sidelights only, any pull on the flasher switch does just that. Headlights switched on, each successive pull on the flasher switch alternates between main and dip, Your foot is now free to oparate the clutch when required without dazzling the unfortunate who happens round the corner during your gearchange.

    I hope this is clear, if you are interested and have any questions I will try to help.

    Richard..

  7. Thank you for the heads up Alan. This will probably bring shrieks of condemnation, but mine had slack anyway so would have needed a new shaft, so I put four welds two either side of the fork, no slack now and yes I realise that to do any future work will require cutting the shaft.

    Richard..

  8. Can anyone advise me as to does the TR6 engine gearbox assy need or use dowels for location as there are suitable holes ? but mine didn't have any when separated .

    Thanks

    Richard..

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