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101. Re: [TR] VTR Ramblings, 3900 miles round trip (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:01:15 +0000; In 2002, Minnesota Triumphs hosted the VTR in at the Treasure Island casino. Sue and I figured we might do some light-weight gambling here and there. At the end of the convention, we compared notes a; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00528.html (8,936 bytes)
102. Re: [TR] VTR Web Site Update now vanity plates (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:42:00 +0000; It was only $100 in Minnesota when I got my wife's plates, and Collector plates never have to be renewed, so I think TR44SUE was a pretty good deal. I have never gotten vanity plates before or since.; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00616.html (8,123 bytes)
103. Re: [TR] Inflating Tires w/ Nitrogen? (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:32:01 +0000; Didn't have to. The PBS show NOVA did this years ago. Yes, it was the dope on the fabric. The disaster would have occurred if the airship was full of helium. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minne; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00649.html (8,597 bytes)
104. Re: [TR] Taps & Dies (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:50:46 +0000; I wouldn't bother buying them unless they were High Speed Steel. I have used a lot of hardware-store taps over the years and most of them are rubbish sutible only for cleaning up existing threads in; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00653.html (8,249 bytes)
105. Re: [TR] Sway Bar Link (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:56:42 +0000; In looking at the sway bar link the When installing a sway bar and its attendant links, you should have the full weight of the car on the tires. Put the tires on solid riser blocks of some sort. Driv; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00688.html (8,090 bytes)
106. Re: [TR] TR3 Tire Sizes (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:32:04 +0000; In 2002, I put onto the TR4 185-60 Kumho tires from Tire Rack. They balanced up fine on the new Dayton 60-spokes. I have picked up a couple of trophies at vintage autocrosses and had the fastest time; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00727.html (8,632 bytes)
107. Re: [TR] TR4 Electronic Ignition Question (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:54:43 +0000; You sure they are selling you an optical system? The positive-ground Pertronix I have on my TR4 is a hall-effect unit. It installed quite easily and did not even change the timing. I have had no trou; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00731.html (8,050 bytes)
108. Re: [TR] TR4 Electronic Ignition Question (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:41:04 +0000; That should be -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum.mnautox.com; /html/triumphs/2007-07/msg00767.html (8,189 bytes)
109. Re: [TR] TR3 wheel options: stop me before I do something crazy (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:47:57 +0000; Decide if you like the wire-wheel look. If you do, replace the 48s with a set of painted 60s from Dayton. I bought mine on sale at TRF. The Dayton engineer assures me that the painted wheels are stro; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00005.html (9,143 bytes)
110. Re: [TR] A question regarding 12 poitn and 6 point sockets (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:05:13 +0000; Never use a 12-point when you can use a 6-point. This applies to box wrenches as well as sockets. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Sub; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00238.html (8,614 bytes)
111. Re: [TR] rear fender (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:52:38 +0000; A right rear fender for what? _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs mailing list Triumphs@autox.team.; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00360.html (6,654 bytes)
112. Re: [TR] what's wrong with this picture? (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:31:59 +0000; What's wrong with this picture? It's too small! -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00563.html (8,144 bytes)
113. Re: [TR] Restoration expert stole my car (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:14:36 +0000; I'm curious as to why you have not been shouting from the rooftops his name, his shop name, and his shop location. If it happened to me, I'd make sure everyone in the car world would know everything; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00624.html (7,908 bytes)
114. Re: [TR] Adjusting valves on a TR6 (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:18:56 +0000; There is nothing whatsoever on a Lotus Europa (Renault) engine you can grab onto to turn over the engine. Do what Europa folks do: Pull the spark plugs. Put the car in high gear. Push the car back an; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00634.html (8,278 bytes)
115. Re: [TR] Adjusting valves on a TR6 (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:11:29 +0000; Gear ratio is the same, Use top gear. Backwards is easier because you can bump the car bumper with your knees while you are looking at the valves or distributor cam or whatever you are working on. Ob; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00641.html (8,897 bytes)
116. Re: [TR] Adjusting valves on a TR6 (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:29:06 +0000; Hmm. The titular TR6 has a front-hinged hood, too. Oops. The Twin Cam cars did. The Renault engine in the original and Series 2 Lotus Europa cars was a pushrod engine with rocker arms. That's what I; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00644.html (9,805 bytes)
117. Re: [TR] More on valve adjusting (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:57:47 +0000; I believe that you could buy special splash shields for several popular V8 engines. You would removed the valve cover and fit the shield, which caught the oil like a big funnel and directed it back i; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00686.html (9,464 bytes)
118. Re: [TR] Ford-powered TR4 (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:19:04 +0000; This is a speed-in-gears chart, which is just a graphical representation of the mathematical relationship between the engine RPM and the road speed in various gears. Nothing here implies that the car; /html/triumphs/2007-08/msg00767.html (8,224 bytes)
119. Re: [TR] fan extension, fan belt, steering rack (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:13:13 +0000; Lets try that again: -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum.mnaut; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00023.html (8,620 bytes)
120. Re: [TR] Georgia more progressive than California? (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:34:53 +0000; That's weird. There are new cars (not to mention postal trucks) with the taillights higher than that. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00051.html (8,222 bytes)

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