[Jo Field RIP]

That is really sad, hopefully the club will be able to find a way to pass on the thoughts of the members that Mark and Jo helped over the years.

[Stainless braided hose - or attempting to get the clutch working properly 🤔 then doing it twice cos you got it wrong in the first place!]

4 hours ago, Mathew said:

Thanks pete, looks very detailed

Local member Pete (BFG) has just done his TR clutch, and snapped cross pin. Lots of pictures and photos. And a shopping list.

[Servo removal]

56 minutes ago, Nick Jones said:

Same as MGB? Or did I imagine that?

You didn't.

they are the same.

[Dirty books]

I added up my Triumphs a while back, about 50, but less than half were drivable, Andy less than that on the road 

had about 20 "moderns" as well

[Dirty books]

2 hours ago, Chris A said:

 

Ah, but how do you get them into Europe in the first place.

We pay a fixer to take them across in a inflatable dingy?

[What’s this for?]

It may well be a throw back to an older model, or perhaps they contemplated an under floor fuel tank originally?

not good for PI, so I suspect that is what it was.

 

[Starter motor replaced]

You don't mention what car the starter is fitted to.

is it a 1500 perchance?

[Nissan micro heater fan conversion]

11 hours ago, DVD3500 said:

This looks interesting...  does it pull more amps / watts than the standard motor?

Not really apparently. I have one ready to fit to my Mk3 Spitfire. Much better motor design.

[Servo removal]

Never seen one rusted in that badly.

looks like you sacrificed a few sockets as well.

 

[LED Lamps Illegal on Classic's]

1 hour ago, PeteH said:

Do you read this as saying effectivley Vehicles used before 1st April 1986 are not to be failed, even with LED lights?

Pete

I read it that everybody has been worrying unnecessarily for the past few weeks.

If it had been correct then it would have meant changing the C&U regs of which the vehicle lighting regs are part, and you can't do that in the way it was being proposed.

[1968 FWD 1300's]

Very little shared I think.

doors are same shape,

Toledo rear end very similar to 1300fwd.

Front if 1300fwd is unique

Some lights are same.

 

 

[GT6 MK3 rear lights]

Big saloons have earth on holders, GT6 and Spitfire don't 

big saloons don't have earthing problems, spitfires and GT6 do.

You need big saloon ones.

[Servo removal]

Might be worth checking the seal on the cabin side is intact.

probably a split in the diaphragm 

[KTA 913E - Triumph Tr4A - RHD]

Pete

DVLA will not tell you anything, citing data protection, unless of course you are a extortionist posing as a parking control company.

cheers Colin

[Browser Updating itself]

On 14/03/2021 at 08:45, Pete Lewis said:

and tabs used to go blue when selected now ..nothing you dont know if its picked it  or not

Pete

 

Pete 

Are you using the blue tabs to try and keep your router up??

Hold on, wrong thread.........

[That was a year that was..]

Pete

Bob may not have been aware of the clutch, he may well have assumed they were all that heavy. You know better as we spotted a problem.

when I purchased the 2000 from the auction, I was not the first to drive it, Chris from Felixstowe kindly offered to pick it up for me, and he drove it back from Kings Lynn, and didn't report any issues. Whe I drove it a few days later it was obvious the pin had snapped, he just assumed all the clutches were like that as that's was how his TR clutches felt. Heavy.

And I have blown a head gasket on a new car at least once with a much more "enthusiastic" driving style.

 

[LED Lamps Illegal on Classic's]

I wonder if you can get LED bulbs that come on and go off progressively, rather than instantly.

[Triumphs in Emsworth]

13 minutes ago, Badwolf said:

What about calor?? (sorry, been a long frustrating day)

There is a few Calor gas powered Triumphs about.

[That was a year that was..]

I think you may need to have to remove gearbox, check everything and then order as required, a few items are very expensive.

I many be able to loan / supply a few of the bits.

check the prices first!!!

[That was a year that was..]

Pete, shopping list

new pin (obviously!!) you can different versions. Oversize and hardened amongst them

2 new cross shaft bearings, just add them to existing ones, or get the wider version from Chris Witor.

Spare cross shaft just in case you need to get Mr Grinder out

spare fork in case Mr Grinder comes back for a second visit.

replacement bushes for the fork. Might be round or square.

spare bearing carrier in case yours is worn ( likely if it has round fork bushes, less likely if square from a later gearbox. )

You could also do the extra roll pin mod to the carrier

New clutch kit

Change of gearbox oil.

whilst apart drill a hole in bottom of fork hole so you can drift out the next broken pin more easily.

you could go for the second bolt at 90 degrees if you want to go the whole hog.

Is now the time to fit a better tunnel if yours is a selection of bits of cardboard taped together.

Colin

[That was a year that was..]

Pete, I mean the to say in the email, I wonder if the pin has snapped, you can get a clue by angles of the lever, and if you pop the slavecylinder actuatir rod out so you can move shaft by hand, if pin has broken it may have a notchy action as you push back and forth, rather than a solid stop a time each extremity.

[Drain Plug]

Did you check the bypass pipe behind the manifold?

[Maxxis Tyres]

I had a set of Maxxis on an earlier 2000, got them at cost as sponsorship for a CT RBRR. Really good.

Got given a set for free in 2018 for another RBRR, again perform well above the cost ( had we paid for them)

[That was a year that was..]

I suspect it was to make them look much more "upmarket " to help justify the price.

Also side repeater indicator's are very useful, especially on long-nosed sports cars.

[Anyone been out in their car?]

50 minutes ago, poppyman said:

I love seeing the 4x4 people getting stuck and crashing them into ditches in the snow, what total prats. They need to go on a "white roading" course i think its called and learn to drive them. I am not into landrovers but i really admire the people that can get them to the back of beyond and not get stuck. The others need to stick to the school run.....

Guy who does my MoT was discussing just such things, he reckoned the problem is that all the newer 4*4 drive like cars, so people assume that they are, especially going round corners.

He said when the Discovery 3 came out loads went through hedges as the owners got it wrong.

If you met the same corner at the speed they did in the 3 in a Discovery 1 or 2 you would soil yourself so you never did.

My Disco 1 will sit all day towing a trailer at 50mph on the straight stuff, and I see great at pulling Triumphs round the garden,  but feels like it will fall over at 30mph on the twisty stuff.