- 61. RE>TR3/4 Spring Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 22 Apr 92 09:55:25
- You can make a perfectly good spring compressor from a length of 5/8 threaded steel rod, three nuts, a 1/4 steel plate, and some big thick washers. ** You can save some labor by using a piece of wood
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00503.html (7,382 bytes)
- 62. CLANK XVI- Picking up the P (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 22 Apr 92 10:38:04
- CLANK XVI: Picking up the Pieces The Clankster is almost-almost-almost back on the road. All that remains is to rebuild the brake master cylinder, replace the front brake hoses, bleed the system and
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00507.html (9,449 bytes)
- 63. Cutting Foam (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 22 Apr 92 13:44:53
- Reply to: Cutting Foam For cutting foam, you can get some nichrome resistance wire with a variable voltage supply, strecth it on a frame of some sort and sort of melt through it. ** No need to get th
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00520.html (6,756 bytes)
- 64. JACK & Stand Back Spring Co (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 22 Apr 92 15:03:05
- Reply to: JACK & Stand Back Spring Compression Ask me sometime, and I'll tell you the story of how I compressed front springs on my '63 Pontiac LeMans with a jack. I'll also show you my large scar, a
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00525.html (6,609 bytes)
- 65. SS100 (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 23 Apr 92 09:53:52
- Reply to: SS100 I believe that "SS" stood for "Swallow Sidecars". Motorcycle sidecars were their first product. After 1939 a small global event took place, which interrupted civilian motorcar product
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00548.html (6,597 bytes)
- 66. CLANK XVI- Brake Woes(long (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 23 Apr 92 10:32:13
- CLANK XVI: Brake Woes(long) ** HELP! ** ( NOTE: I am asking the net to help me diagnose a problem bleeding brakes on my TR2. Those who lack knowledge of braking systems, or the time to read through a
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00550.html (10,884 bytes)
- 67. Storing Old Parts (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 24 Apr 92 12:49:57
- Storing Old Parts I was just thinking about the burdens of owning a rare, old car. One of them, is that you have to order parts from far away, instead of buying them at the local Pep Boys. But here i
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00598.html (8,450 bytes)
- 68. Brake Adventures (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 27 Apr 92 10:23:15
- Brake Adventures I'd like to thank everybody for the good advice you all sent me on my brake problem. I spent a good Saturday working on it, and I can say two things: 1) I still have no brakes :-(. 2
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00632.html (9,775 bytes)
- 69. TR2 Differential Pinion Oil (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 28 Apr 92 09:53:05
- TR2 Differential Pinion Oil Seal I found this leaking in the general course of readying the Clankster for the road. Naturally, a new one was ordered from TRF along with the brake bits. The plan is to
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00652.html (7,198 bytes)
- 70. TR3 Generator Mountings (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 Apr 92 19:03:51
- TR3 Generator Mountings Really, this post is for everybody with the TR2-4 "tractor engine". When I was rebuilding the Clankster, I noticed that the generator was angled in towards the engine at the f
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00704.html (7,377 bytes)
- 71. RE>Re- TR6 clutch woes (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 30 Apr 92 09:35:20
- Getting the pin out of the clutch fork can be tedious. [...deleted description of the tedious process of getting the pin out...] Or, just obtain a new crossshaft and clutch fork, then cut out the old
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00714.html (7,317 bytes)
- 72. RE>TR2-4 generator mounts (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 30 Apr 92 11:32:33
- Reply to: RE>TR2-4 generator mounts Dick Nyquist writes that the "angling-in" of TR2-4 generators is due to hardware wearing out because of the humongous 20mm belt. ** My generator came up angled, ev
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00723.html (7,152 bytes)
- 73. CLANK III- The Saga Continu (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 2 Mar 92 07:35:26
- CLANK III: The Saga Continues. Bought an engine stand this past Friday. Bolted the engine to the stand with $7.00 worth of grade 8 hardware scrounged at the local hardware store. The convenience of h
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00008.html (9,937 bytes)
- 74. Foaming Coolant (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Mar 92 08:09:10
- Foaming Coolant This inquiry is for my friend Dave. Dave has an 1967 A-H 3000. Lately, the coolant has been foaming up. He'll go for a ride, warm the engine up, and then open the radiator cap... and
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00046.html (7,456 bytes)
- 75. RE>Re- Head milling, racing (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Mar 92 08:15:40
- GET ME OFF YOUR BLOODY FASCIST LIST NOW.... ** Looks like this list member has requested that he be removed. Shouldn't we oblige him? - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00047.html (6,567 bytes)
- 76. RE>Re- Balance pipes (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Mar 92 09:51:16
- Reply to: RE>Re: Balance pipes I think that even air flow is especially desirable with CV carbs. Imagine those poor little pistons clonking up and down with every air pulse, especially at low revs. -
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00060.html (6,919 bytes)
- 77. WOODRUFF KEYS (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Mar 92 14:06:15
- WOODRUFF KEYS On taking my TR2's crank to the machine shop, I tried to get the woodruff keys off the end of the crank. I wanted to get the shims that fit under the cam chain sprocket off, since I was
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00075.html (7,087 bytes)
- 78. This list (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 4 Mar 92 08:08:38
- GatorMail-Q This list Just to throw in my two cents: 1) If the list goes to a News feed, it will lose me. News doesn't work at this site. Of course, losing me will help the volume problem all by itse
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00086.html (8,254 bytes)
- 79. CLANK IV- The project grows (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 5 Mar 92 09:15:37
- CLANK IV: The project grows and spreads I just called the machine shop and told them to have my crank hardened. As you may remember, the crank needed to be ground undersized .010 inches. Since the ca
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00105.html (7,349 bytes)
- 80. OEM GASKET COMPOUNDS (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Kaidor <Jerry_Kaidor.ENGINTWO@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 6 Mar 92 09:55:51
- OEM GASKET COMPOUNDS My Triumph manuals specify using "Wellseal" jointing compound to seal the main bearing end-caps. Now, I see that TRF offers genuine "Wellseal" compound. But somehow I can't help
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00119.html (7,177 bytes)
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