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After having work redone on my TR6 from a bad mechanic, it is always a no-brainer for me what to do. Quality is always less expensive. If you can't find somebody who knows what they are doing locally, then I believe it is a better value to send it where it will be done properly. I only wish to have shipped my TR6 when the engine had died as it cost me a lot more in the end - towing and rebuild!
 
I have to agree, John is very good. Takes me 1.5 hours to get there and it's well worth it. I've had him do several things for me and I have plans to have him rebuild my diff for the spit with a 3.63 and rebuild my OD. Just listening to him as he walks through his shop is pretty cool about the various jobs he has going... Finding someone who knows what they are doing can be very daunting...
Dennis
 
Flinkly
Up here in Washington, there is a fella that runs BritSports
Mark Jones that does transmissions and overdrives.
He comes recommended by and has all the tools and a test bench setup to run the trans and overdrives to test them out of the car. I will PM you
 
TR6BILL said:
The biggest pain is to build the coffin to ship it in. These babies are heavy, say under 100 lbs with overdrive.
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Wow, I guess the TR6 trannies are much more substantial than the Spitfire ones. I shipped my Spit tranny via UPS in a regular cardboard box without problems. With the bellhousing and shifter remote removed, it only weighed about 40 lbs.
 
jdubois said:
Just talked to John, and ask him about his website. Apparently the guy who set up his website and registered his domain vanished into thin air, and so John couldn't get the domain registration renewed. It just expired, which is why it doesn't work. Boy, I hope he can get the domain back. Usually these days any expired domains end up in some squatter's pocket before you can blink...
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Tried to buy it at Godaddy; whois shows this:

Domain Name: QUANTUMMECHANICS.COM
Registrar: NAMEVIEW, INC.
Whois Server: whois.nameview.com
Referral URL: https://www.nameview.com
Name Server: NS1.HITFARM.COM
Name Server: NS2.HITFARM.COM
Name Server: NS3.HITFARM.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 27-jun-2007
Creation Date: 12-jul-2001
Expiration Date: 12-jul-2008

:-(
 
Ouch! Well, who's up for starting a fund so John can pay the fees to file a UDRP complaint and get his domain back?
 
jdubois said:
With the bellhousing and shifter remote removed, it only weighed about 40 lbs.
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Which of course is one of the differences, on the 'big' Triumphs the bellhousing is integral with the gearbox housing. And just the gearset weighs more than 40 pounds.
 
He could fight that through Internic. That guy is a squatter. You can't steal someones site that they've owned with their business and trademark being up there for years.

One call to a vicious lawyer who hates these kind of people will solve the current issue.
 
It's actually ICANN he needs to fight it through, not InterNIC. And yes, he can get it back. But he has to go through the UDRP process to do it, and that usually costs a few $K, depending upon the arbitrator you use.
 
pa297pass said:
FWIW, I think John's website only had one "M" ...
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Good catch. Looks like his domain isn't through the redemption period yet, so he may be able to get it back for a few $C instead of a few $K.
 
Is someone gonna call and give him the good news??

Jay, if you can't, I can tomorrow. I need to discuss an overdrive seal with him anyhow.
 
Brosky said:
Is someone gonna call and give him the good news??
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It's still bad news. The problem is that he has to prove he owns the domain name, and all the contact emails which he would use to do that are not his and not active. He's definitely not savvy in these things, but I know he's been working hard with his registrar to try and resolve the situation.

If you give him a call tomorrow, definitely ask him how it's going and let him know we're here to help him if need be.
 
Yep, I am traveling the next two days but will also lend a hand ($) if needed. Let me know if I can help Paul. -d
 
The despicable part of all this is the scavengers out there waiting to pounce on someones' misstep and profit from their bad fortune. Happened to a friend early-on in the days of the internet and domain names. He never was able to resolve the problem without paying a huge ransom. Maybe things have changed. Not what poor Al Gore intended when he invented the darn thing.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Not what poor Al Gore intended when he invented the darn thing. [/QUOTE]

Absolutely correct on that Bill!!

It's too bad that he's tied up now winning Nobel prizes for saving the world, so he can't have the time to fix this issues with his internet.
 
Glad he got it back(up and running).

Hopefully the cost wasn't too exorbitant or stressful for him.
He is an asset I would like to see kept around for a long time, hopefully passing his skills, knowledge and services along to the next generation.
 
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