TR5/TR250 Announcing my TR-250 website!

[MadRiver]

Howdy all! I'd like to invite everyone to check out our new website, www.TR-250.com. The site is essentially a blog, chronicling life with our TR-250 since purchasing it in August. We've also included a photo gallery (which will grow) and a collection of original advertising and marketing materials. We've also got a guestbook/forum, and we invite comments or just a quite note to say hi. I'm adding more on a regular basis, so please check back often!

Thanks!

 

[TR4]

Checked out your website. VERY NICE !!! Great looking car. Keep up the good work.

 

[Andy Blackley]

Nice site Bill. I signed up and left a post. Not too many TR250s out there, but I hope your site takes off!

 

[BritBox]

Hi Bill,

Great site, great car. There is no doubt in my mind that TR250 owners are the most intelligent, discriminating, and handsome of all the Triumph enthusiasts.

The "Big Daddy" Roth Triumph on your site illustrates the plans that my 14-year-old son has for my TR250 if it ever passes into his possession. He has already asked me to put a juice-can tail pipe on it, and a big-ass wing on the back. When he was real little, he wanted to paint flames on the side. I don't think he's really my kid.

Best regards,

 

[RobT]

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There is no doubt in my mind that TR250 owners are the most intelligent, discriminating, and handsome of all the Triumph enthusiasts.

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Great site.

 

[MadRiver]

Thanks for your kind words! We're having a lot of fun with it. I hope that Mike's kid doesn't get hold of his 250!
Please check back every now and again for updates. Future features will include wrestling with a leaking PDWA (only to discover that you can't get seals for a TR250 PDWA), replacing the original non-working hazard switch with a non-working NOS hazard switch, and assorted other fun-filled tales of joy!

 

[trsteve]

Nice site and like the car. Original Ads are a nice touch also. I loved them.

 

[Tomster]

Very sweet ride !

 

[piman]

Hello Bill,

what is a PDWA?

Alec

 

[RobT]

PDWA = Pressure Differential Warning Activator. It sets off the brake warning light if there is a pressure differential between the front and rear brake hydraulic circuits (due to a leak etc.) By which time you should have noticed something is up anyway.

 

[MadRiver]

My thoughts exactly, Rob. I'm not a big fan of the PDWA. Mine leaked, and thus removed all the paint from the frame member that it bolts to, and now there's light surface rust in that area. The problem is that to repaint the affected spot, I'd have to remove the PDWA again (which I have to do, now that I've got the right parts to fix it), and then a lot of stuff around it. Huge pain.

BTW, the fix for those with TR250s is to find a valve or a whole PDWA from a TR-6. The seal rebuild kits will then work, since they used a strange cup style seal on the 250 and I haven't been able to find a source. So, I get to remove the PDWA again, repair it, and then bleed the brakes. I hate brake fluid. I just hate it.

 

[michalotti_tr]

Congratulations on the website - always glad to see another Michelotti TR site!

 

[RobT]

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I hate break fluid. I just hate it.

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It was exactly for the reasons you discribed, I switched to Silicone fluid (DOT 5). Some folks don't like it as its a bit spongier (is that a word?) than mineral fluid, and it takes a bit more effort to bleed all the bubbles out, but its big advantage is that it will not take the paint off when it leaks (and it seems brake fluid eventually finds somewhere to leak from).

Rob.

 

[JamesWilson]

A nice looking site for a nice looking car....

 

[piman]

Hello Rob,

thank you for that, I don't have one anyway. I agree with you about Silicone brake fluid, I have used nothing else for 20 years or more and I have nice firm brakes.

Alec

 

[MadRiver]

I also agree on the silicone fluid issue. When I restored my Healey, I used Dot-5 when I rebuilt the system -- though the good news is I didn't have to do any flushing. New lines, everything rebuilt. The downside I've always encountered with Dot-5, especially when switching over in a system that hasn't been completely rebuilt -- is that it will leak where Dot-3/4 won't.