mike ellis
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Hi Graham,
You have a PM
Mike
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I'm only looking so got to the website but none of the buttons on it appear to work.
Mike
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One eventually gets to this website - www.mgtriumph100.co.uk - after going through the TR Register site and then, strangely, Facebook. Unfortunately none of the buttons on the site seem to connect to anything.
Mike
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Hi Stuart,
If you click on the link within the above link there is more detail.
Mike
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I believe it is a very clever advertising ploy and there will be a limited number of 'Bounty free' tins offered at a limited range of outlets. Certainly worked well as it seems to be a topic of conversation wherever one looks.
Mike
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Definitely a repro plate and the whole number is wrong, it should be TS7xxxx.
Mike
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You are correct Peter, the factory have always recommended 0.032" as here and in the w'shop manual.
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Could it be as simple as this?
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Hi Richard,
If it went to Spain in 1976 it is unlikely to ever have been added when UK records were computerised.
Suggest you contact the registrar of the TR Club Spain to see whether he has any information. I will send you his contact details in a PM.
Mike
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Correct Hamish. I think I am right in saying that most Mk1 racks are the same as Mk2 except for not being metric.
Mike
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Simmo,
From the lock to lock figure you quote it looks as though you may already have the 2.9 version.
https://www.tr-register.com.au/Files/technical/richardsb/Fast Rack.pdf
If you haven't already it would be worth contacting the TR Register Australia as there are loads of cars out there with Escort racks.
Mike
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Yes that is true and the steering is a quite light. Mine is the standard Escort rack but I have since discovered that as Escort racks are used in many kit cars there are several different ratios available. Rally Design sell them and it looks to me as though the 2.9 version would be a more suitable ratio (corroborated by a user from Australia). It should make the steering a bit less light. They only sell them in Mk2 Escort form which have metric threaded track rods so they would need recutting to imperial but I had to this with mine anyway.
It is something I am considering.
Mike
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On 7/29/2022 at 11:34 AM, RobTR3 said:
TR2's were assembled by MA Durban between Oct 1955 and Dec 1956 a total of 354 cars TR3 builds commenced Jan 1957 to Oct 1958, a total of 624 car's. TR3a's Feb 1961 to Feb 1963 just 72 cars.
I'd be interested in where these figures come from as they don't agree with anything that I have seen.
Mike
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Just been made aware of this auction with no reserve. I have no connection with it.
Mike
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Pierre,
From the casting and the TS no. it looks like a TR2 'box to me. No plugs on the side but should be a dipstick in the front right of the top cover (unless it has been changed).
Presumably there is also no synchromesh on first gear.
Mike
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Gary,
You have a PM
Mike
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As my cap has a bleed hole I fitted one of these to the end of the vent pipe.
https://www.huddersfieldgas.co.uk/product/british-made-8mm-stop-end-brass-compression-fitting/
No smells and can now fill the tank as no fuel overflows on left hand bends
Mike
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1 hour ago, Hamish said:
That and testing around Guildford. The hogs back was a popular test route for race cars apparently
Not surprising with John Coombs at one end and Mike Hawthorn at the other, and in those days it was single carriageway.
Mike
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+1 and never had a problem in 50 years
Mike
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John, you have a PM
Mike
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LHD with the wing mirror on the passenger side, also no badge or letters on the apron??
Mike
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I have a Halford's HB096 in my TR3A fitted in 2009 and still going strong. Must be lucky with batteries as I have just had to replace the original battery in my 2009 1 series BMW.
Mike
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Globe is a common term in South Africa.
Mike
Classic Madrid
in TRs Out and About
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Hi Richard,
You have a PM
Mike