tim hunt

I cannot agree on poor reliability of after market fans Andy - at least not based on my experience. I bought a complete kit for my 4A second hand for £17 over 40 years ago and the motor is still going strong. A few years later I was lucky enough to spot another complete Kenlowe kit suitable for my car at a car boot. The vendor had no idea what he had hence I got it for £3!!. I keep the motor in the boot as a spare just in case and this second kit furnished a replacement capillary sensor when the original one failed, the only item to give up the ghost on 40+ years. Tim

I believe that's right Rob. Should anyone wish to check this out I suggest emailing sales@albertronic.com. I have found the company very helpful in the past in response to some minor queries.

David, I fitted a Lumenition Optronic system to my 4a around 1977. It was an early version with the pressed steel chopper rather than one in injection moulded plastic. This worked perfectly for 30 years until the module failed. For some time I had been experiencing an intermittent and unpredictable pinking and thought that the balance springs in the distributor body might have stretched. I was then in the market either for a replacement Lumenition, or a rebuilt original distributor. A new Lumention would have done nothing for the pinking issue and it was then that I heard of the 123 Ignit

I am a little late to this thread but wonder if the 4A that suffered a failed trailing arm had been fitted with telescopics to replace the original lever arm dampers - or is this not allowed under the ROTT regs? Tim

Better to invest in some gasket paper John and cut your own in future John. Tim

+1. I once had the same problem with a Hertz hire car (a Mk2 Cortina, which rather dates me!). It gradually petered out on the A1 near Leeds. I was fortunately able to coast to a halt in a lay-by and on investigation found that the points had closed up completely. I had an adequate small screwdriver on the ring with my house keys, found a discarded fag packet in a waste bin that allowed me to set a suitable gap and was soon on my way. Tim

At one point in the '70s I fitted two twin pipe big bore PECO silencers to the 4A for that V12 rear appearance. They sounded great up to a point but there was an awful reverberation period somewhere between 2,500 and 3000 rpm that made motorway cruising in o/d top a real pain on the ear drums. I ditched the system for a Phoenix single pipe. A pleasing note and no nasty reverberation at any engine speed.

I fully agree with that John. Derek's car was built in 1963. I attach a picture of a TR4 recorded on our DVLA website as having been built in 1965 - so a VERY late car. You will see it has the same deeper overriders as the earlier car, set inboard of the headlights. Tim

A great result with the o/d John. We always hope for a simple electrical or adjustment issue. Internal problems tend to be expensive! Attached pic nicely shows the difference in overrider size and placement on the 4 vs 4A. Cars are mine and the late Derek Pollock's highly original 4 at Land's End on the Club Triumph Round Britain Reliability Run in 2021. Best wishes to you and Sue for Christmas and 2025. Tim

Looks a beauty John. Enjoy! I knew you would weaken eventually and join the Michelotti Club. It's odd, the overriders look like the less deep 4A ones but they are mounted in board of the headlights as on the 4. Best regards to you and Sue. Tim

I agree Rich the 14W motor is a very worthwhile conversion on a 4A. If you still have the 5.2mm wide 4A wiper arms the Wedgelock replacements for a RHD car are U70944 (Passenger side cranked) and U70544 (Driver's side). I obtained these direct from Tex Automotive in Witney. They are very secure on the wheelbox spindles but one annoyance is that unlike the original arms they cannot be pulled away from the screen and be retained there should one wish to clean the screen or test the motor without friction from the blades on the screen. Strangely the Wedgelock blades for the TR6 (slightly wider ar

Steve, I followed the advice in attached Smiths publication as regards to checking the inner flexible drive, cable routing and support and correct lubrication. This solved a similar problem to yours and I have a rock steady needle that as a bonus is accurate to within the width of the needle at all legal UK speeds. Tim SMITHS The Care of Instruments.pdf

Suitable shims between the calliper and its mounting place will allow you to centre the disc.

I have exactly the same Motorola model in my '66 TR4A. It was in the car when purchased in 1970 and I assumed a dealer fit.

Does this mean that an 8mm ID olive is close enough to a 5/16" (7.94mm) OD fuel pipe to guarantee no leaks?