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Sorry that I didn't get back to your email earlier, but I was with family all day. You seem to have it under control at this point. Those missing bolts are unbelievable. You will have new dowel pins in the magic Clutch Kit from TRF. Make sure that they use them in the proper locations.

Now you know what to look for when it comes back. Better yet, ask the shop to call you before the transmission cover is replace so that you can take pictures. Even better would be for them to let you take pics during the process of the clutch replacement.
 
Hey Paul-Merry Christmas

Come on now- You know I'm an in-the-field,
hands on, get filthy dirty architect.

Do you really think I'm gonna drop the Crypt Car off
and then come back in a week or so when clutch and drive trane are completed?

I'll be in the trenches, under the lift, keel hauling
the tranny and up to my elbows in grease, skinned knuckles
and all. I will learn this car inside out and drive it.

Or unless the remaining expenses exceed another $10,000
in which case the Crypt Car visits the Crusher and Dale
buys a new 26' Grady White Sports Fisherman.

either outcome is fine with me.

d
 
How do I locate the archives??

I can't seem to locate them.

thanks

d
 
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Dale:

Here you go, merry Christmas!

https://web.archive.org/web/20020926210353/www.buckeyetriumphs.org/

p.s I just sold my 22' I/O Grady Seafarer for college expenses, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif great boat, solid as a rock & very dry.

I'll be looking for something a Little smaller, 18-20 Center Console.
 
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Thanks Gary!

I know your boat well from my days on the
Chesapeake dragging tubes or spoons for Rock.

Ya just can't beat a Grady, can ya??
Kinda like the Energizer bunny- keeps going,
and going, and going and.............

I've lost an entire year of fishing working
on the Crypt Car. I'm getting the go fishing itch
real bad now. It's been March since I dragged any lines
for tuna or Dorado.

d
 
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Dake:

Yea, mine was an '84 with a v6 GM, a little underpowered, but smooth, quite & sipped fuel. I assume you mean a tube & worm for Stripers? That's my gig. I can see my mooring from my house, but a lttle cold out there in the Ipswich Bay right now.
 
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I wonder how many fasteners are holding the pressure plate to the flywheel, the flywheel to the crankshaft, and the rear plate to the back of the engine. The saga continues.

Phil
 
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My tranny is presently attached to the engine by three
bolts. That doesn't seem correct to me... but then,
I know almost nothing about TR6 mechanical stuff.
It just looks odd.


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Incredible! Our cars are the evil near twins of Triumph land! The first time I pulled out my trans, most of the holes had bolts, but EVERY bolt was a diffent size! I needed my entire ratchet set to take that thing out. AF and metric sizes and a few which didn't match anything.

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Is this something I should deal with when I install
the new clutch?


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You already know the answer to THAT question /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif

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to save money, when something broke, he took
it to a nearby auto junkyard where the parts boy (Joe)
worked on it in his spare time.


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You just hit the bottom line with this. The "problem" with these cars is that they really are very simple, and can take allot of abuse for a long time. They are also fairly cheap. So it is possible to bring it to the junkyard boy for repairs and modifications and it will continue to run. But at some point, there are just too many "improvements" and then the only way to sort it out is to take everything apart, and put it back the way Triumph meant for it to be assembled. I haven't added up what this is costing for my car, but I KNOW that I spent at least twice what a nice Herald sold for a few weeks after I bought mine.
Yisrael
 
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Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that the %@#&!-PO didn't even use a centering tool when he put the clutch assembly on.
 
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Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that the %@#&!-PO didn't even use a centering tool when he put the clutch assembly on.

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Without being centered "the %@#&!-PO" most likely would not have gotten the transmission attached the engine, and if he did, the friction disk would have aligned itself the first time the clutch was pressed. However you raise a bunch of interesting questions like what condition is the bronze bushing in? or did the the %@#&!-PO just cut off the tip of the input shaft!
 
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