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41. [TR] Bedding-in - rings vs. lifters (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:01:52 -0400
If the piston ring bedding-in system described in that article is to be used, how does it affect the cam and lifter bedding-in? I was prepared to run the car for about 20 minutes at 2000 rpm, I think
/html/triumphs/2006-10/msg00503.html (7,882 bytes)

42. [TR] >60K 3a wiring harness (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:34:59 -0500
If someone needs one of these please contact me. I have replaced my system with an Advance Autowire setup so this one has become redundant. It has the Lucar connectors, and all the wires are fine. So
/html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00160.html (6,684 bytes)

43. [TR] Cleaning foggy convertible windows (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:57:21 -0500
I recall hearing that the plastic windows in convertible tops could be "de-fogged", by using either Silvo or Brasso. Does it matter which one? I have both on hand. TIA, Jim Wallace == This list suppo
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00108.html (7,582 bytes)

44. [TR] TR3a H6 linkage (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:48:33 -0500
Couple of questions on carb re-installation: 1. I recall that the choke levers coming down from the carbs do not go within the forked end of the interconnecting linkage. So does the linkage sit on th
/html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00640.html (6,751 bytes)

45. [TR] Overdrive speedo cable (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:52:16 -0500
On the right-angle drive for the speedo cable, is the knurled part on the angle drive supposed to rotate freely? On mine it doesn't and I don't want to force it but so far the only way I can see to i
/html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00641.html (7,138 bytes)

46. [TR] TR3a split steering column alignment (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:57:43 -0500
On installing the upper portion of the steering column in the passenger compartment (I mean the outer part within which the actual column rotates), how do you align it with the lower part with the st
/html/triumphs/2006-11/msg00642.html (6,999 bytes)

47. [TR] Tenax id (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:38:03 -0500
I need some help identifying which tenax fasteners go where on my >60K TR3a: www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/tenax My next step on the car assembly is the capping piece that goes along the top of the d
/html/triumphs/2006-12/msg00182.html (6,966 bytes)

48. [TR] TR3a accelerator spring (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:05:20 -0500
Apologies if I already received an answer to this but I have not been able to find it in my email.... In hooking up the accelerator linkage, there is a spring that connects from the rod along the fir
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00103.html (7,076 bytes)

49. [TR] Off-topic does relate to LBCs (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:17:36 -0500
I think it was Aldous Huxley, extrapolating from a quote by William Blake, who postulated that we all would have the ability to perceive everything, if our brain did not protect us from the resultant
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00293.html (7,962 bytes)

50. [TR] TR3a steering column support (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:59:21 -0500
My post 60K 3a has, attached to the left side of the bottom of the upper steering column brace, a strap with a half twist. One end is bolted to the end of a threaded rod, the other of which attaches
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00518.html (6,842 bytes)

51. [TR] TR3a: Where do these go? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:51:10 -0500
http://www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/P1150070.jpg Thanks, Jim == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00526.html (6,484 bytes)

52. [TR] Aerosol cans (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:02:30 -0500
When I was a kid growing up in a rural area, our neighbours were the garbage collectors and they deposited the garbage at the back of their farm in a big dump. It would get too big and they would bur
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00732.html (7,529 bytes)

53. [TR] TR3 Bumper Brackets (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:26:28 -0500
On mine both brackets appeared to be the same (except mirror images) but they were too far apart for the sway bar bushings. I added some angle iron on the inboard side of each bracket to support the
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00756.html (6,941 bytes)

54. [TR] More TR3a anti-sway bar (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:51:02 -0500
Here is another way someone went about attaching theirs: http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/wbetzel/ == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00798.html (6,483 bytes)

55. [TR] TR3a upper control arms (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:45:13 -0500
I am suspicious that my shock towers are not perfectly aligned anymore...the round tube that goes between them, and passes in front of the rad, was very, very, difficult to bolt in place. The three h
/html/triumphs/2007-01/msg00877.html (8,524 bytes)

56. [TR] TR3a rear bumper position (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:35:34 -0500
Please take a look at the four pictures of the rear bumpers in: http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s31/grandfatherjim/TR3%20progress/ This car was hit in the rear way back in its past. I would like t
/html/triumphs/2007-02/msg00001.html (7,390 bytes)

57. [TR] TR3a cockpit capping sequence (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:40:38 -0400
Installing rear interior pieces - rear and side cappings, wheel arch vinyl, rear seat back, etc. and need some input regarding the sequence. I have looked on both web and in books, and am striking ou
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00158.html (6,799 bytes)

58. [TR] TR3a emergency brake (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 22:46:05 -0400
The fly-off feature doesn't seem to be working, now that I have it all nicely mounted in the car. Giving the lever a tug doesn't result in the pushbutton popping up. I think the spring that pushes th
/html/triumphs/2007-05/msg00479.html (6,839 bytes)

59. [TR] TR3A windscreen removal (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:43:33 -0400
On TS81417L, they are slot head machine screws. I think the Dzus ones took the square headed tool. A large drill bit removed the head, after which the stanchions came off easily. The remaining protru
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00410.html (9,270 bytes)

60. [TR] TR3a speedometer cable routing (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Wallace" <grandfatherjim@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 01:11:25 -0400
This is for a post 60K LHD car. I've added o/d and am installing the longer cable. (Looked in the archives and was surprised to not find what I need.) I have the cable coming out of the speedo, throu
/html/triumphs/2007-06/msg00625.html (6,791 bytes)

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