CP26309
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Oh! I forgot, I use two standard gaskets on my sump that works far better than just one!
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Over 50+ yrs of ownership I've gotten fed up changing gaskets...so I just let the bugger drip! I have three drip trays strategically placed and spaced in my garage for Engine, Gearbox and Diff! I remember asking a Ford Model T owner once how often he changed his oil? Every day sir was his reply!
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I never jack up just one corner these days...I jack up both sides together to save straining and stressing a 53 year old frame. Also never sit with your foot on the clutch for longer than necessary, or bang it through the gears, or your standard white metal Thrust Washers will get too worn or crushed and drop out! (Been there done that!) Add an extra solderless nipple after the pinch screw on the bonnet cable release, or better still add an additional emergency cable! Add an on/off switch on your ignition cable under the dash as an anti theft foil!
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Back in the 1970's it was quite an elite thing to refuel at the 5 Star 101 octane pump that used to sit alone in it's own isle!
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Looks Racy and quite butch!
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Thanks all...spotted them on a car at a Classic car show, and had never noticed them before. I assume the chrome plating is non standard.
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A new friend came for his ride in my TR6 (witch has standard 165 tyres, and rear lever shocks) and remarked how smooth and comfortably it rode over bumps and speed humps, unlike his Turbo Porsche which has a really hard bumpy ride due to it's low profile tyres, and his Morgan 4/4 too which has a solid back axle! Awful rides!
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Modern restoration and paint shops do little if no research at all into how the cars were when new. Few are probable not bothered by such details! I see many cars where the stainless strips are not replaced, and no Black stonechip paint applied on the sills (US Rockers)
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And a boot full of spares...Plugs, Injectors. Coil, Condenser, Set of hoses, Fan belt, loads of Imperial size Tools, Gloves, and a large Fire Extinguisher!
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Spin on Oil Filter (The TR Shop one that doesn't leak!)
Bronze Thrust Washers.
Cooling Coil on your Lucas Fuel Pump.
14 inch steering wheel with a short boss.
Solderless nipple after pinch bolt on Bonnet release cable.
Stainless steel exhaust system (factory pattern)
Hand Brake lever extenders.
Water Temperature Gauge with numbers on.
And If you do have Wire Wheels? Fit modern ones that are sealed that don't require inner tubes!
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Are you still out there somewhere 'ELE' ?
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I put back my old points and restored the spark...so must conclude it was a failed (Chinese?) Condenser! It started up on 5 cylinders, felt the fuel line to find which injector wasn't squirting, replaced it with a fresh one and it became a 'Sixer' once again! Took it for a blast and all was restored...until the next time then my fickle friend!
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Thanks all above.
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So, I refitted my old original Points and found the Spark and started the engine ok. So it was the Condenser at fault? The RAC man changed the points at the same time and assembled it incorrectly! He should have just changed one item at a time!
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Dizzy Doc fitted it with a Red Rota Yes!
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Just now, CP26309 said:
This how RAC assembled points is right? Years since l did one, and he wasn’t sure either!
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My early Pi car had been running perfectly these last two years after M/U & Distributor refurb, 6 new injectors and plugs, until yesterday! 5 miles into a run, stopped at lights, pulled away with a misfire that rapidly turned into fart box! Pulled into a layby and found Sooted up plugs and a weak spark at the Points which disappeared completely as I adjusted them! Two classic cars pulled up to offer assistance after I had called the RAC, they kindly returned with a new Coil, Condenser and Points, which we got the RAC man to fit...None of these did the trick and the RAC towed me home! What happened and where's the Spark gone?
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The boss on my original 69 cars standard wheel was much
too deep, so I fitted a 14" MOMO wheel that had a similar appearance to the original 15" wheel. The boss is much shorter and I shortened the horn push to suit it.
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The black crackle started peeling off mine, so I had it chromed, easy to wipe clean too. I was missing that twinkle that my former TR4 had with it's chrome rocker cover.
TR6 whine above 30mph
in TR6 Forum
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I remember after too many fast standing starts, I broke off two or three teeth off my crown wheel! my local garage at the time who rebuilt the diff asked "Would sir like Back lash or Whine?" I preferred 'Wine' I said! After a while I settled for a recon diff!