- 221. Re: British Cars Digest #652 Fri Nov 27 01:15:01 MST 1992 (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1992 20:34:51 PST
- The best source I've found for prebuilt car models is Name: EWA Miniature Cars USA Address: 369 Springfield Avenue, Box 188 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 Phone: (908) 665-7811 (908) 665-7814 fax Call an
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00454.html (6,795 bytes)
- 222. Re:TR6 sway-bar PO story (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1992 15:49:37 PST
- The round spacer is listed in the TRF TR250 catalog (which I have handy) and should also be shown in their TR6 catalog. In any event, the p/n is 152154. The reason for using studs instead of bolts i
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00456.html (7,622 bytes)
- 223. Re: TR6 rear hub endfloat (and Churchill tools) (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 08:22:04 PDT
- TRF gets some special tools made up -- look in the Blue Price List under "CLS". But S317 isn't listed. There's a guy in Britain that I've heard has some inventory of Churchill tools, but he hasn't re
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00147.html (6,805 bytes)
- 224. carbs for trade (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:56:48 PDT
- I have a set of SU HS6 carbs that I'd like to swap for another set of SU HS6 carbs: I have a set with long throats and need a set with short throats. These are in good shape, taken off a running car.
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00241.html (6,432 bytes)
- 225. non-hardening gasket sealers (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:31:26 PDT
- I use Ultra Blue RTV for a lot of things (including contact cement, but let's not talk about that), but I worry -- worry about the fact that it hardens, and worry about the possibility of a hardened
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00078.html (7,396 bytes)
- 226. Re: driving on the wrong side of the road (right :-) (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 10:29:25 PDT
- All the pieces of the story are there, but no one has put it together quite the way I heard it. Yes, the original idea was to ride on the left because most people were right handed, and thus the weap
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00251.html (7,672 bytes)
- 227. Re: 2tone, Tires, Swaybar, Hubhandedness& more (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 10:05:23 PDT
- Question: My TR7 backfires (splats, burps, whatever) heavily during engine braking, and usually once on up-shifts. Aside from not having a real exhaust system installed, what have I done wrong with t
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00275.html (7,049 bytes)
- 228. Re: Hot Time in Santa Clara (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 10:10:40 PDT
- Very exciting, Roland! There's a new insulating product called Nsiltech (or somesuch): it's mylar sheet over bubblepack, sold at building supply stores. It's pretty cheap, and seems to do a good job
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00276.html (7,690 bytes)
- 229. Re: Hot Time in Santa Clara (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 10:44:33 PDT
- I don't think that nsiltech would survive exhaust header heat; it's just bubblepack in the middle. Genibrel and other sells mylarized header material just for this application, and it was probably so
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00280.html (7,185 bytes)
- 230. Re: Porcelinizing address request (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 10:11:26 PDT
- This is from Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdbc.spd.hp.com>, last July:
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00409.html (7,662 bytes)
- 231. SU needles (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:04:55 PDT
- I'm contemplating putting HS6 carbs on my GT6+. I have the carbs, now I'm looking for some different needles. Do *you* have a pair of TW or SM fixed needles that you'd like to part with? If so, send
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00471.html (6,375 bytes)
- 232. Re: items from britcar digest (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 18:39:58 PDT
- Another quickie; why are there so few gt6's? Are they the scourge of the triumph line, or what? I think the car has great lines. The standard answer is that they got caught in the middle: people on a
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00002.html (7,053 bytes)
- 233. Re: Gasket Goo (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 15:35:52 PDT
- I'm pretty sure TRF sells Hylomar, and I know that Pegasus does. But I'd be inclined to use Ultra Blue RTV if there was some lying around.
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00029.html (6,634 bytes)
- 234. Re: Distributor aha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 12:31:48 PDT
- The springs are *supposed* to be different strengths. I'll look up my collected wisdom on TR6 distributors tonight.
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00087.html (6,590 bytes)
- 235. Re: RED LINE WaterWetter (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 15:03:49 PDT
- Thanks, Scott, for covering what I was just about to type in... What we're trying to optimize is the ability of the water to transfer heat. What a lot of folks realize is that a 33% mix of glycol tra
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00102.html (7,195 bytes)
- 236. Re: Distributor aha! (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 18:36:22 PDT
- The springs are *supposed* to be different strengths. I would have bet my paycheck on it. I'm wrong. I don't know where that bit of info came, or why I felt so certain, but ignore it. I can't find a
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00107.html (8,141 bytes)
- 237. Re: RED LINE WaterWetter (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 22:39:26 PDT
- Beg pardon? My understanding was that glycol doesn't transfer heat than water, though it does raise the boiling point. That's #3 should be along any minute... Right. Here's what I really wnated to sa
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00111.html (7,737 bytes)
- 238. Re: MG Midget Clutch Release Bearing (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 15:20:39 PDT
- On another subject, I'm derus ting all the suspension bits using a brush, steel wool, and acid. Eastwood sells a nice wheel for use with a drill that's basically looseweave scotchbrite plastered with
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00182.html (7,434 bytes)
- 239. Re: Re: Alternator swapping (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:07:57 PDT
- The booklet is now reprinted (and typeset) and is available from The Roadster Factory. I think it is titled.."More BS from Bob Shaller" or something like that. 1 Yes, that's the title, the number is
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00301.html (7,322 bytes)
- 240. Re: Miscellaneous Topics (score: 1)
- Author: "Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1992 10:30:33 PDT
- Ah, you've forgotten my favorite: Nave Plate == wheel cover
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00067.html (6,293 bytes)
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