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I'm taking the Mrs out for her birthday dinner at
her favorite restaurant in the Old City tonight.
Tomorrow we will attempt a 100+ mile R/T drive in
Amos to attend a family day BBQ.

Needing some advice here. My car has never driven
anywhere near 100 miles R/T without breaking down.

I now have 200 miles on the ignition system parts.
I have two complete ignition systems as spares. Should
I remove the 200 miles components and freshen them with
a new coil, plugs, points, condenser, rotor?

Or just forget about attempting a 100 mile R/T drive
in the TR6 and take the Grey Ghost Wrangler?

all advice welcomed. A breakdown, on Sunday, 50+ miles
from home would cost a kings ransome to tow the car back
home.

dale
 
I thought your clutch hose was about to burst? If it really is, it will surely blow at least opportune time. 49.3 miles from home no doubt.
 
I say go for it!

I mean, really, how big it that island?

You can always walk home...... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
Stirkle- 90% expressway miles. I can shift those
few times without using the clutch. I still remember
how. The clutch pedal just requires quite a bit of
pressure now to push it to the floor. The plastic hose
blew up twice before when the pedal pressure got stiff.
I now have a braided stainless clutch hose so if I don't
use the clutch much I might make the 100 mile run?

d
 
Dale, at most just do a quick visual inspection to make sure all is well, then GO! I can't gurantee what'll happen, but those parts should just be getting broke-in at 200 miles. Changing them out would only cause more potential problems.
If you're gonna brave the drive, just do it!
Don't even tell me you're at Il Bacaro!!! I don't wanna hear it!!! Waaaaaaahhhhh!
Happy birthday Wendy (check the pub for your birthday thread)
 
Yeah Ben,

I have to admit Wendy picked il Bacaro for her birthday
dinner. Spinach/gorganzola/apple salad with home made
spag noodles and meatballs fra diablo. I had a monster
plate of wider noodles with every shellfish and calamari
known to tropical waters. The owner brought Wendy a birthday
snifter of some kind of liquid fire, she enjoyed greatly.

Ben, when Frank A and the Mrs arrive for Christmas, should
il Bacaro be on the list or keep it secret?

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You ready, Dale?

Gentlemen, start yer engines.....



Remember, that's why God made cellphones.
 
Stirkle, you are probably correct.
The clutch will blow up when I am exactly 50+ miles
from home on a Sunday afternoon with no possible means
of getting help until Monday. Also, I do not yet have a complete spare distributor in my trunk and that bothers
me as well. My orig, distributor DID blow up and the rebuilt only made it 200 miles with the Petronix.

Yeah, you convinced me Stirkle, I better take the reliable
Grey Ghost Wrangler and not have to worry all day about
getting stranded. My TR is not yet reliable enough for a
100 mile trip.

Maybe by Christmas.

d
 
It's celebration time! This is the first thread you haven't mentioned "Dee Pee Oh Pay Droh".

Yeehaa! At last!

It's finally YOUR car Dale! Drive it like you stole it!

T.
 
Why not map a 5 mile loop and take the car out for 10 laps. That will give you a little more confidence and you can check all systems to see if there is any ill effect. That's what I did when I finally got the car on the road after 16 months of sorting out issues.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]My orig, distributor DID blow up and the rebuilt only made it 200 miles with the Pertronix. [/QUOTE]

That may not have been the distributors fault. Remember the battery and flame throwing spark issue?
 
Dale, I don't think Il Bacaro should be kept secret to "Team Amos". That place is awsome. And even if everyone was to converge on the island at once and want to go, we could all sit at that big long table in the center.
I knew I was heading for a locals-only well kept secret, when the Turisto Taxi driver had no Iidea where it was. hehehehe.
Have a good trip. Can't say as a can argue your choice of transport today. you still haven't hit the magical 500 mark yet. Maybe better not to tempt fate. Amoses time will come.
 
Dale: stop being such a wimp. I mean most of us can see right through this facade. You have a cell phone, right? Knock yourself out and have a blast you BOTH deserve it to yourselves.

By the way, I've been wondering. When you open the door of your "6" does a little light come on? Pedro's delivery boy may have mixed refrigerator doors with car doors. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

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Tr4-

Excellent idea, that.

Up early this morning, checked all fluid levels and topped
them off. Pulled the plugs and they looked good. Checked
timing at 12 degrees, engine idles nicely at 850 rpm.
One loud valve tap, I'll deal with it later.

Hit the road in Amos and practiced shifting gears without
the clutch. A skill never lost once learned. Got a bunch of
thumbs up from various biker clubs. Drove 52 miles this
morning without a hitch or a burp from Amos.

Set a few major mile stones in Amos today.

1. Passed the 300 miles driven without breakdown barrier.
2. Hit the 10 hours total time driven since the car was
purchased 23 months ago.
3. More miles driven in past 48 hours than all of year 2006

Now it is raining cat and dogs, Wendy's is in bed asleep
with with flu from some narco cough juice the doc has her
taking. They are calling for heavy rain all afternoon.
Looks like it the Ghost for me. (ask Tony about the gas gauge on empty with a full tank behind me)

d

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Tinster said:
The clutch will blow up when I am exactly 50+ miles from home on a Sunday afternoon with no possible means of getting help until Monday.
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If so, just drive it home without one ! It's really not that hard, I've done it numerous times on several different cars (not all of them Triumphs).

If you can't manage a shift, you can always limp home in 1st gear. Just shut the engine off, shove the lever into 1st, then start the engine. When you have to stop, turn the engine off and repeat the sequence.

To shift, you 'feather' the throttle (meaning the engine is not trying to push the car nor slow it down), then pop the lever into neutral. Let the engine rpm drop, moving very gradually past the right rpm for the shift (listen for the exhaust note you would expect after the shift), then when it gets close, start pushing the lever towards the next gear. When you get the rpm right, it should drop in. If you mess it up, just coast to a stop, shut the engine off, and start over.

Believe it or not, I've driven my TR3A home through Los Angeles rush hour traffic this way. Not an experience I would recommend as a lark, but we got home in one piece.
 
Not L.A. but I did drive across Tucson in rush hour in our VW Camper with no clutch... my wife still refers to it as 'Mr Geo's Wild Ride'.

Dale -- Is AAA Plus not available in P.R.? There 100-mile 'free' tow is good piece of mind. I carry a map in my tool kit with a 100-mile cirle drawn on it, centered at my home... just to have something to ponder before I start an on-the-road repair.
 
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