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  2. Non functioning “A” OD

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    If I may add my sixpenworth: I am using modern looking firewall mounted Indian built relays including for the OD. I have had a couple of failures of these and it was always the secondary circuit not engaging - or burnt out - yet I could hear the relay ‘operating’. 
     

    james

     

  7. Food Banks the new supermarkets?

    in Social Scene

    Posted

    All this is the expression of the excesses and abuses of Welfare States in the Western World.

    It’s a major problem here in France, although I don’t think there is the same level of genuine poverty here as in UK (but I stand to be corrected)

    For a country with such a vociferous population always ready to go onto the streets, I continue to be amazed by the tolerance of taxpayers as to how their money is being spent, maybe we are earning too much(!). 
    It is not surprising that one of the many consequences is the rise of the far right wing parties who make a meal of all this.

    Interestingly, Macron is putting yet another commission together to investigate the opinions of taxpayers as to how their money is being spent!

    james

  9. More C***

    in General TR Technical

    Posted · Edited by james christie

    Good to see you in print again Roger, after your lengthy holiday!
    A gut reaction on my part - never a good thing, maybe - would be to pin somewhere  a list of those components known to persistantly give problems. It doesn’t have to name anybody, that way we keep our noses and other parts clean and away from litigation.
    The information on these fora would be a good starting point

    For example John’s info on the wheel boxesand my story about the disk brake pistons above, would I hope avert folks to make a good inspection, before fitting

    Discuss!

    james

  10. That was a year that was..

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, Charlie D said:
    16 minutes ago, Charlie D said:

    I did wonder why my fix of switching the overdrive on and off quickly solved my problem

    It’s worth taking the ‘Overdrive’ switch apart and cleaning it properly. They don’t have the best of reputations for reliability, the contacts get a bit oxidised/dusty. Easy evening job - and you don’t have to get under the car!:rolleyes:

    james

  11. More C***

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    Unbelievable!

    Yes, I too have no problem in announcing to folk that they should be aware that there are defective parts being supplied, to say from where, is probably a bit contentious unless the supplier refuses to acknowledge the problem or worse puts them back on the parts shelf and it becomes repetitive.

    Earlier this year, I had a very good experience with Moss in Paris who supplied me with four beautifully foam wrapped but unidentified, stainless steel front disc brake pistons of which three were fairly seriously scarred on the working surface. ( I suspect from someone chucking them into a bin)

    After the usual, ‘never had this problem before, Sir’ they admitted the difficulty of finding three good replacements in their stock, however they sent these to me before I had returned the originals, which was pleasing.

    These were satisfactory although there were still some knocks on unimportant surfaces.

    james

  12. Gear knob with switch in top

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    47 minutes ago, Charlie D said:

    They come in various configurations. Top buttons, side buttons and some even have 4 buttons!

    And you need to know what they do! There is a convention,fortunately, that most if not all manufacturers respect. However this was not so with some of the Italian manufacturers who more or less did what everybody else did with the right what others did with the left and vice versa.
    When the customer changed to one of the ‘conventional’ manufacturers they often asked for the joysticks to be changed round to what they were used to.

    I had more than one surprise when checking excavators in Italy, particularly in the South!

    james

  14. TR3A Aluminium Radiator - Upgrade

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    Do check by all means as suggested above, but when I went negative earth some twenty years ago, one of the few mods I forgot to do was swap over the polarity on my old dog of a Kenlowe which I fitted at least 10 years before. A roadside change in Plymouth while waiting for a ferry. No problem at all so you should be OK

    As an aside, I recently obtained from Kenlowe, who seem to no longer supply these fans, the circuit diagram for their (for me) complicated overrider switch. If anybody wants a copy, just holler

    james

     

    james

  16. That was a year that was..

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    I have no wish to hog this thread but my question is relevant,I think, to the above.

    Is this an opportunity to address myself to those bright sparks who might be willing to sketch out an under bonnet electrical plan for me - and probably others hopefully?

    It’s a 3A with alternator, negative earth and rack and pinion steering. The side, brake and indicator lights are LED.

    Like many,  I still have the simple original fusebox and have hooked up wiring for relays for the horn (rack and pinion steering) , electric fan and have brought the overdrive relay onto the engine side of the firewall - all using 40 amp modern relays Made in India.

    Currently these relays are scattered around the engine compartment with the inevitable long wires stretching round from the fuse box. I should like to tidy things up and make it look a bit less of a colourful rat’s nest. Hopefully reduce the quantity of wires too!
    Anybody got any suggestions for somebody with a fairly tidy mind but limited electrical ability ?

    james

  17. TR3a Petrol Pump

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    I’ve just put a fuel pump together with a repair kit I have had in a drawer for many years. I bought the famous missing seal from Flexolite, a couple of weeks ago.

    In my ignorance I didn’t even know Bb’s rubber gasket existed!

    I am thus doubly humbled…..

    james

  18. TR3a Petrol Pump

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    Bob, could you clarify, please. I’ve only ever seen the paper one twixt block and pump

    Or do you refer to the rubber hat one through which the plunger is pushed - and is never included in repair kits in spite of its usual desintegration? It is held in place by an interference-fit metallic cover.

    james

  19. That was a year that was..

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    My office door when I was involved in Publicity and Promotion carried the title of a book written by Jacques Séguela a very well known Advertising Agent in Paris in the seventies.(He worked for Mitterand)

    ”Ne dites pas à ma mère que je suis dans la publicité, elle me croit pianiste dans un bordel” =“Don’t tell my mother I’m in publicity, she thinks I’m a pianist in a brothel”

    james

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