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  3. Brake Drum Inspection Hole Blank

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    The rubber plug that Peter refers to 2A7228 is also fitted on the drum brakes of Midgets and Sprites as well as M Minors, link - Moss item 2A7228

    It is not listed for the TR drums, neither is any blank or plug shown on the brake drum diagrams on the Moss site. On our Midget the steel wheels have a hole where these bungs, which sit proud from the drum when fitted, poke through. The TR steel wheels don't have a similar hole so these bungs wouldn't be suitable.

  5. Misfire TR3A

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    Years ago, my first car was a Triumph Herald. That would develop a misfire when hot, and then after cooling all was OK for a while until hot again. That was the condenser - one of the reasons it's still one of my first things to check. I agree with you concern over modern parts though....

  6. Misfire TR3A

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    Condenser? The Stag started to misfire badly whilst on holiday in Cornwall the week before last. It turned out to be the wire to the condenser had frayed to the point of coming away from the unit when touched. It was strange because only a few weeks earlier I had replaced the points and cleaned everything up within the distributer and the condenser wire didn't show as a cause of concern. Having fitted a new condenser I must say tat the car runs better than it did before the major misfire so it was probably on its way out for a while.

    If you haven't already changing the HT leads and distributor cap could be worth trying too.

  13. Tyres

    in TR2/3/3A/3B Forum

    Posted

    It's the original steel wheels that mean a tube is required, not the tyre itself. Most if not all modern tyres are "tubeless" but, as I understand it, the design of the older TR steel wheels is not suitable, or at least not ideal, for running tubeless.

    Tubeless tyres sometimes have ridges on the inside surface - I sourced some tyre talc and asked my local garage to put some on the inside of the tyre to prevent risk of the tube rucking up.

  17. Black and Silver No- plates

    in General TR Technical

    Posted

    As Roger's link explains, the permission to use the Black and Silver/white plates rolled with the 40 year historic status for a few years. I must admit I felt that was wrong and was pleased when it was stopped. There are though now those 7-8 years where vehicles that had the white front and yellow rear plates can now have black. Our '74 Stag still sports it's original dealers (white and yellow) plates and they look right.

  18. Triumph & MG weekend

    in Social Scene

    Posted · Edited by Rod1883
    proof read

    No doubt it was a predictive text/spell check type error, but as you say, a minimum amount of proof reading should have picked it up.

    Sadly we can't make it this year, thoroughly enjoyed Malvern last.

    Rod - fellow Stag owner

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  20. Where did you drive to with your TR today

    in TRs Out and About

    Posted

    Took both the Stag and TR out for a longish run today - first for 3 or 4 weeks for the Stag and a bit longer for the TR.

    The TR had been out of the garage and run up to temperature the same time as the Stag's last run, and taken just a couple of miles or so around the village as it was shod with its 'Winter storage wheels and tyres'  - but the normal wheels are back on now and a bracing trip to the local E0 filling station was part of the route for both.

    Interestingly the Stag was charged 157.9ppl this morning, whilst the TR had to pay 159.9ppl this afternoon at the same place.

  21. North Coast 500

    in TRs Out and About

    Posted

    If you can, visit Loch Ewe (a little ~WSW of Ullapool) where the Arctic convoys gathered. There is a small museum in Aultbea which is worth a visit, as are the Inverewe gardens a little further South at Poolewe. There are a couple of small hotels in those villages too that might be convenient for a stop.

  22. FBHVC Tree planting scheme

    in TR Motorsport

    Posted

    No, not at all Hamish. I'm just expressing some concern/doubt about some of these schemes and the juxtaposition of the destruction of woodland seen around the country for various reasons - some not justified imho - plus the need for good, well managed, agricultural land to provide food as well as habitat.

    Of course doing nothing is not an option, it's just my frustration in observing what doesn't appear to be joined up thinking.

  23. FBHVC Tree planting scheme

    in TR Motorsport

    Posted

    These schemes always leave me a little unsure. Rows of green plastic tubes with small saplings within - just how long will it be before they are really doing anything of note regarding carbon capture. Here in West Sussex huge swathes of woodland are being ripped up - some for housing and development, but most appear to be under the banner of Ash die back control. Yes the dead Ash are all around and some areas are almost entirely Ash and so the work appears devastating, but I've seen large healthy mature Oaks, Beech etc being felled in amongst the Ash. I understand that much of this is chipped for energy generation. How many years will those green tubed saplings require to replace just one mature tree? Peter's point about the loss of agricultural land is also important.

     

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