John McCormack

The head is only .0085" down from original. He did supercharge it at one stage.

The pushrods are tubular but I believe they have been in the engine for many decades. The previous owner bought the car in 1958 from the original owner so I have a complete history. He cannot remember changing them so could they be the original ones? They are steel pedestals, all in good condition. I suspect the pushrod was bent in its racing days and I never thought to check them.

Here it is. Just a photo of what I pulled out.

Last Wednesday I was driving my TR3 (DTR9602O, an early small mouth) to a club coffee. After going through traffic onto the freeway and then cruising down it for about 25 minutes at 110-115kmh, I took the exit and the car started running on 3 cylinders. I thought straight away a burnt valve, although it sounded a more than a small chip in a valve. No strange noises from the engine so I pulled over to check simple things like plugs etc. All in order so I continued to the coffee just a few minutes further down the road. Did a more thorough check there and was confident it was a valve p

I'm in Sydney and my cars only get to 185 in heavy traffic. On the road they don't get much above 165 even on 35degC + days. I have aa TR2 and TR3 so have the ducting from the apron. I also use a Tridon thermostat recommended above with a restrictor in the bypass in the TR3 and a skirted thermostat in the TR2. The TR2 has an electric fan manually operated and I rarely turn it on, even in the traffic I experience living close to the city in the inner west. The TR3 has a 6 bladed Triumph 2000 metal fan, they are great if you can get one. It appears there is either a blockage in yo

If you have doubts and don't want to short out the entire car I'd suggest you disconnect the cable from the battery to the solenoid and replace it with a piece of wire that has a 30 amp fuse in it. If anything is really wired incorrectly it will just blow the fuse.

When I acquired my CKD Australian assembled TR3 it came with a spare Lockheed axle with all the parts, bearing and seal in the boot. I've just been inspecting it all to make sure it is all there and in good condition. My question is when assembling the axle which way do the parts 51 and 53 go. The 51 that came with the car has a flat and a domed side.parts