Andy Brady
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As long as standard journal size are made. Still have two std cranks as spares.
< still have two sets of std VP2 big ends and mains. ;-)
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I still have the emails from them back from around 2004ish when they said they would be happy to do a run subject to a minimum order.
As is always the case with Triumph parts, the vendors are quite happy to flog on the el cheapos so its never come to nothing.
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Ian, I was only half joking responding to Roger's comment but believe that part of the supplier's biz model sustainability is based on planned obsolescence which ensures that a given amount of parts must be considered as "consumables", hence rotating quickly on shelves so the suppliers can sustain their profit margin based on a planned volume of sales. What I mean is that betting only on the demand side to drive the supply side towards providing better quality will not be enough and will be met with lots of resistance among the suppliers. They do know very well that the customers are ready to pay more for better quality but if they didn't do much to solve the issue so far it's because it could seriously affect their turnover and jeopardize the sustainability of their biz model. I suspect that the "bargain priced market" is only an excuse to keep the model as it is. If I were in that business I would be shooting myself in the foot in systematically upgrading my products towards near OE quality. Short: you need to keep a fair amount of junks around to keep the biz going and pay for...R&D.
The planned obsolescence business model for moderns does not apply to an obsolete classic car. They become more valuable as they age and the margins to produce parts increases. A £2,000 wing for an £8,000 car is still a £2,000 wing when the car is worth £24,000
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Example of bloody shoddy manufacturing?
Replacement badges. Measure part, machine mould adding on the shrinkage allowance?
Nope, take a casting of the casting and use that… sure enough, the repo badges are too small, (Mazak shrinks @ 3%) and the bloody pins don't fit. Grrrrrr!
And don't take it so hard Roger.
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Valvoline VR1 20-50 mineral racing oil
They often have a sale on and you can get it for £25 a pop
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There is absolutely NO reason why most reproduction parts should not be of equal or better quality than OEM parts.
3 axis digitizers and 5 axis CNC machining centres offer production rates, unit cost and standards of machining that would have been the stuff of science fiction only a few decades ago.
Of course, the parts are not digitised and machined on CNC machinery to tolerances of +/- 0.0001", they are churned out in sheds in the backstreets of Dacca, Calcutta and a hundred other places in the far east on ancient lathes and mills operated by unskilled or child labour paid pennies an hour.
Of course, the standard meme is 'the owners will not pay for quality parts'… to which I say to Rimjobs and a dozen other vendors, Oh do **** off, you don't even give owners the option so how do you know?
It's really this simple, people are often wiling to pay a 3-400% markup on NOS parts in preference to repro parts, why is that?
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The French Gendarmerie Nationale can be very 'robust' when dealing with persistent drink drivers unlike the Police in the UK.
In the small village my friend lives in, they had an older bloke who simply refused to accept that driving pissed as a fart was n'est pas acceptable aujourd'hui
Local Police Municipale nabbed him, banned… banned again.. He thought he'd come up with a clever ruse, he bought a sans permis and drove to the bar…
Monsuir! Monsuir! Vite! Vite! Votre voiture est en feu!
Everyone dashes outside, sure enough, his little san permis was burning furiously while two rather stern looking Gendarmes stood looking on from beside their car on the other side of the square.
Don't get on the wrong side of the Gendarmerie Nationale - beaucoup humourless Johnnies.
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Sign of the times… ebay is now fully commercial - the days of 'cheap' prices on ebay are long gone.
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A number of things keep cropping up on other forums when people talk about 'overheating' Triumphs.
The predilection for tubular steel manifolds… they glow red hot and need to be lagged.
Removing the 'restrictive' Triumph OEM cold air inlet, (it's not), and fitting 'free flow' pancake filters… they suck in lots of superheated air straight off the the exhaust and make the entire shebang run hotter as the volumetric efficiency drops and the engine works harder.
And electric fans… bloody useless things unless like a modern you have a very large rad and higher cooling capacity… the electric fan in a modern rarely runs, most of the cooling is via direct heat loss through the core, they just cut in very occasionally, on my modern, for a minute or two on a hot day - usually when I switch off the engine. With an old cast iron engine with a scant 8 pints of cooling, that huge mechanical fan is drawing in FAR more air than any electric one, and drawing it in most efficiently when you need it most… slow or stationary in traffic.
If your Triumph is running hot in traffic, another good trick thanks to Triumphs sensible front hinged bonnets is to pop the bonnet and let all that hot air building up in the engine bay get out.
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Be interesting to see if a ticket turns up in the post, shot through a speed trap outside Delme a couple of weeks ago going a tout vitesse...
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And yet, just come back from Italy and watched three TR5's bimbling about in the madness that is Milan traffic without a care in the world in temperatures well into the 30's....
Why are 'overheating' Triumphs in relatively cold Britain such a problem now? I don't ever recall overheating being an issue back in the day.
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Gas nitriding would be ideal, little if any distortion, but finding someone to do it could be a bit problematic
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The cranks were not hardened at the factory, but micro polishing the journals pays dividends for bearing longevity.
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So, any suggestions for something uber durable thats not bothered by UV exposure and needs faffing about with overcoats?
Cheers
Andy
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FWIW, a firewall will also stiffen up the rear bodywork significantly.
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Hi Andy,
many thanks for your concern and suggestions. I will follow all the points posted.
I don;t want to make my old wind bags any worse than they are at present.
Roger
The occasional use masks are made by Gerson. A sensible precaution.
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You can get face masks for short term use with 2K, some rubber disposable gloves, eye protection seems sensible, that and just out a fan behind you so any fumes are going downwind.
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............you'd be working in your very own gas chamber with certain death at even with the slightest whiff.
Yes I have used it professionally, and FAR more nasty stuff that the public never get to see, but sensible protection is all that is required for occasional domestic use of 2K, even painting the works van with it in the yard after dinging it.
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OK Andy so before you flake out from a delayed reaction
can you tell us what sort of baking conditions did you use?Mike
A nice sunny day… vans left in the sun get impressively hot.
and for brush painting 2K, HSE provide a nice information sheet.
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Yes it is possible but you will still need to be fully protected up!!! Once the activator hits the paint it is giving off the nasty stuff...........
Jebus!
Can people just keep a sense of proportion with 2K? It's not Zylkon B and you'd be working in your very own gas chamber with certain death at even with the slightest whiff.
Yes I have used it professionally, and FAR more nasty stuff that the public never get to see, but sensible protection is all that is required for occasional domestic use of 2K, even painting the works van with it in the yard after dinging it.
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Plan C - buy a Mac and have no need for all this anti virus mostly figleafwear.
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The Northstar engine was a V6/8. Several available on US eBay, but would these suit a straight six engine?
JOhn
Rick Patton uses one on his very impressive TR6.
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I've been told a Cadillac Northstar damper makes a good alternative. Just needs a light ream to fit.
Failing that…
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It seems we've gone from no moderation to epic thought police moderation in a matter of months.
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Hi John
Throw the Strombergs in the bin and fit SU HS6s with SL needles problem solved.
Cheers Chris.
Why?
The Strombergs are in all ways a superior carb to SU's.
Just because SU's are easier to tune, it doesn't follow they are 'better'. If they were better designed, they'd stay in tune. Triumph fitted ZS's because US regs mandated the carbs would stay in tune for 50,000 miles. SU's won't even stay in tune for 5,000.
Rebuild them once, rebuild them right.
http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/Carbs/CarbsI/CarbsI.htm
About crankshaft dampers
in General TR Technical
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Enough with your radical thoughts!
Next thing you know you'll be pointing out that all our existing dampers are pretty much shot and need replacing.
Hmmmm, many thousands of cars needing a new damper across the world… £$€£$€£$€£$€£$€£$€£$€!!!!!!!