Don Cook
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1971 GT6 Mk3
1972 Dolomite 1850
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Not run by this club but I know a lot of people on here are members of both clubs. Been running since 2003 when it was more of an endurance run, these day it's a bit more leisurely: more nights in hotels, no night driving etc. The TSSC held a 'good luck' BBQ yesterday in honour of the American Team Torpedo taking part in this event, yet again. There are likely to be 80-90 Triumph cars taking part. The start is at Sedan, France this Tuesday and the finish is at a beer brewing Monastery called Rolduc in The Netherlands the following Saturday. Good luck to all participants.
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I watched an old boy playing a hurdy-gurdy in a Salzburg square; he raked it in from the crown! Later I saw him open up the hurdy-gurdy and change the cassette.
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Nigel, is this what you are referring to on the inlet manifolds? I took my cue from Tony Lindsay Dean (article in club mag years ago, I think). This is port no.5 showing the 'wall' before and after. I opened out the ports as well to match 1.75 SUs, you can see the scribe mark. Not the same manifold as I had two.
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Am I correct in thinking the distributor runs anti-clockwise. In which case, remove all plugs, keep leads on and turn engine over by hand with ignition on and check sequence of sparking. If in doubt which way the engine/distributor spins, just push car a litle while in gear and observe crank.
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I fitted electronic ignition and the tacho wouldn't work, happens on early models apparently.
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Anyone up in Manchester that could loan Richard a spare distributor? I always have a spare in my boot, all fitted up ready to hook up, other end of the country though!
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I fitted rear wheel bearings last summer, and following a story in Practical Classics (writer on here I think) about the difficulties in finding Timken bearings I thought I'd find some of those. My local bearing supplier said he had them in another make, in stock, or a couple of days if I really wanted Timken. So when I collected the Timken bearings he asked why I wanted those as the other and cheaper make were just as good. I told him I wanted the best and he said that 'Those days are long gone, Timken bearings are made all over the world". So when I opened the identical boxes (4 of them) I found they were made in the following countries: Canada, Poland and Germany. I'm sure they're fine though.
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gt6 mk3 roto to non roto frame shock absorbers
Don Cook replied to ludwig113's topic in Chassis, Suspension & Steering
Ahhh!! I fitted spax adjustables years ago but they sit quite low at the back (too short??). I wonder if I should move them off the body mount to the chassis mount now I have CV shafts??? -
Last year I posted a picture of my 'clamping' collector box and also related how I got Bell silencers to make a straight through centre section of the exhaust (between the chassis rails). Well, I said it was a bit noisy and with September's 10CR in mind I've decided to replace this with a silencer. I'm after comfort and quiet, impossible I know but I'll get it as quiet as I can. I'm also reverting to standard suspension for the same reasons. I wanted to go with a 3:27 diff to compliment the 5 speed Type 9 but the one I bought was really shitty inside (no teeth missing) so going to stick with the 3:63. Some tasty bracketry there Adrian!
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Getting back to Continental travel kit...I have used this for years, as you can tell from the phone!
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I have a Phoenix 6-3-1 and it has/had a push fit collector. I cut a slot and welded nuts so it can be clamped up tight. No problems since. I too had the centre silencer banging on the chassis rails and as its a TSSC stainless system I got Bell silencers to make me a straight-through pipe. Bit noisy though.
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Not yet but I might have to if I want quieter cruising. Finding the 3:63 and type9 box is a little too low geared. Wish I hadn't sold my old diff now.