Colin Lindsay

If you REALLY REALLY want to, it can be removed; but as the guys have said it'll be well rusted in place. The biggest problem is twisting the entire neck off, so make sure you're turning the bolt against the neck, not the neck against the tank. It really needs something like an impact driver where rapid hammering will break the seal. I've done it on Herald tanks up until now, with success, but it takes care. The bolt itself is quite shallow; mine required rethreading as some of the threads were quite blunt, for some reason... plus a good sealing washer.

Currently £109 on eBay with free delivery, but for the later Spitfire models with no header tank - I'd guess the other versions are also available, but as I'm not familiar with the exact spec I can't search properly for the header version.

I open the garage and look at a TR7 and wonder that myself..

Wouldn't do any harm, as, even if you do have one fitted, you can't always be looking at the gauge. Buzzers are cheap these days and should be simple to connect up. (The pipe for the gauge intended for my Herald is metal, so should last slightly longer than plastic. Now I'll have to inspect the GT6 pipe as it's been on there twenty years.)

Do you plate them yourself? I'd be interested in the process, or the costs.

Didn't the TR6 have a different setup for the North American market? Must do a quick search... Back again; this is the only photo I could find, from Rimmers' site: Hard to tell from that angle but it looks close to the one in the photo further up.

O/d shouldn't work in reverse, so I reckon as Johny says it's a badly worn or contaminated clutch. When you say there's no change in tone of drive you mean the engine revs don't go up? Unless it's the diff but I'm racking my brains to work out how it would lose traction on both wheels and then work again normally.

What was the name of that song? "Should I stay or should I go now?" I'd go now, you don't know where the next loo is.

Brown. It'll match the stains on the seats, first time you try to brake...

That's what I'm finding. It's an easy option for suppliers; there may not be a huge demand for them but at the end of the day they're only screws so no massive outlay and while I'm no anorak I do like to replace timing covers with the proper items. I think my only option is to blast my originals and then just paint over them, which I'm reluctant to do as the shiny silver ones look a lot neater. IMHO of course!

Cures ONE problem, maybe... still not convinced that I should be using it. If I was fitting those trays I'd seal them with mastic underneath so that what ends up in the trays, stays in the trays.

You mean like when you go to bed needing a pee, then wake up not needing one? 😮

Sadly these days only the mind drifts... wheeeeeeeeeee

I had a mental image of your Triumph with a square of corrugated card screwed on under both master cylinders...

They used to be made by an Australian seller called triumphfarm on eBay, but he has not listed any in recent years. Sorry - I stand corrected - he has listed this set: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/TRIUMPH-GT6-Spitfire-Master-Cylinder-Aluminium-Drip-Tray-BRAND-NEW/163984681383?hash=item262e3fa9a7:g:5AUAAOSwWgdb0Szv I've not found them anywhere else so far.

end of thread drift... spoilsport.

Does that mean having an opinion about having a pee?

Don't confuse things that we were recommended back in the day but have turned out to be harmful or a complete waste of money, with things that are beneficial, like spin-on conversions. I've been running one on the GT6 since 2001 and it makes sense, but I must admit that I've also met a fair number of owners who have never had one, and their car seem to soldier on regardless. I just mentioned them as it was one of the collection of must-haves that every new owner should buy, and mine seems to have done no harm, but there are more than a few other money-wasting ideas that as Pete says, you must have but don't need... Greenstuff pads... well I fell for the hype - you MUST have these - and binned them after one season. Haven't run into anyone yet. Top of the range adjustable shock absorbers.... not much use on a low-mileage low-speed Herald... that sort of thing!

You mean things that everyone says you really need, or will die a horrible death without? Greenstuff brake pads, for one...

7/16 sockets. They have a lifespan of about 30 minutes in my garage. I can't find them, buy a couple online, they arrive, and an hour later they're gone again. I have numerous other sizes and they're always on the rack but then of course they're not needed.

We get millions of them, it's a local thing but shows are always full of them and they're really sought-after, and usually really well looked after. One owner / farmer about 300 yards from me reputedly has over forty of them, plus other brands too. I had to check this one out to make sure it wasn't painted in Herald rocker-cover gold, but it's not the same shade...

Two points re John's very informative posts: Firstly: I've heard that Jigsaw Racing used 3mm restrictors, and are quoted as saying that no engine leaves their workshop without an external oil feed fitted. Secondly: back in the day, everyone was harping on about how much fitting these oil feeds reduced engine wear, and they were seen as a must-have, along with oil coolers and spin-on filter adaptors, and a type-9 gearbox, or hard brake pads.... You weren't a proper owner unless you had fitted all, and now at least one is suspected to be a waste of money. (although certain forums dealing with the TR6 model, are still advocating fitting the rocker feeds along with a good rocker cover gasket.) The Club does have a say - it's here, on this forum, where we should be deterring new owners from throwing their money away on parts that actually do more harm than good. Buying them is not compulsory! Once the dealers stop selling, they'll stop stocking. If we could only get suppliers to stock parts we really need we'd be a lot happier. (Pan head timing cover screws being the current bugbear...)

No. Don't even try, it's the stuff of nightmares. Similarly, on a bicycle... They say four wheels moves the body and two wheels moves the soul, but on a bicycle the saddle moves other body parts into non-functioning positions, so I'll stick to the Triumph.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/plant-tractors/tvo-ferguson-tractor/1362896501 Much cheaper and only a few miles down the road! Harry Ferguson lived within twenty miles of me, and his early tractors are still very sought-after over here. It's interesting to note that a deal with the Ferguson Tractor company by Sir John Black in 1945 was stated by him to be a means of raising funds to develop new cars, which would lead to the Triumph Motor Car Division... so buying one of those would literally be going back to our roots.

Last one I was given(!) was at a Road Safety Event and they handed them out to cyclists, so I just lied and swore I'd left my lycra at home to get a set. A very nice little self-contained set of smaller keys. Worth about a tenner from Icetoolz and will apparently 'keep my scoot dialed.' Okay... but great for smaller bolts.