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TR5/TR250 TR-250 Touring and Safety Kit

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According to an original colour advert that I found, Leyland Motor Corp offered an optional Touring and Safety Kit for the TR-250. Does anyone know what was included in this kit? :thankyousign:
 
Will be interesting to hear. For the TR3 they offered a Continental Touring Kit that contained many maintneance items and parts -- including a head gasket!

As I recall you could purchase the kit in a sealed box (wooden?) and, after your trip on the continent, you could return it for a full refund if it was unopened.

Years ago someone offered a GIF image of the lid of the box. I printed it off, put it on a box and made my own. Still use it to this day.

I chuckled when I saw the contents included the head gasket -- but now I have to admit that later this morning we will set off on a long week-end trip and I do indeed carry a spare head gasket. You just never know.
 
I am an extreme novice mechanic so I have to ask, would it be possible for me to change a head gasket on the side of the road or did the kit include one so you could give it to a shop to change out?
 
Safety kit for touring Napa Sonoma Wine country for the 4a....corkscrew chained inside the trunk..
 
TR4 said:
I am an extreme novice mechanic so I have to ask, would it be possible for me to change a head gasket on the side of the road or did the kit include one so you could give it to a shop to change out?
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Weeeel, a true manly-man would knaw out of bark from a local tree and then use only his Leatherman (TM)(C)(R)(RSVP) to extract the offending part and insert the new "organic" gasket.


All joking aside, I have changed head gaskets beside the road.

NOT FUN! But it can be done. Fortunately I was in a well prepared vehicle. On hand: Gasket, TQ wrench, bucket (to catch coolant), manual (listing TQ specs), Bandaids (for violating rule #587), and my tool box in its entirety.

Rule #587: Never, ever, under any circumstances, work on a hot engine.

Perhaps the most violated automobile rule of them all.
 
My 1st edition TR250 Spare Parts Catalogue doesn't list it, but my TR4A SPC lists the following in the "Continental Touring Kit" (probably similar):

1 each cylinder head, manifold and exhaust flange gasket
1 fan belt
2 spark plugs
1 each bypass, top and (2) bottom radiator hoses
1 each distributor cap, rotor, condensor and points set
1 each water pump seal and gasket
1 oil flexible pipe
1 "petrol" flexible pipe
1 fuel pump diaphragm
2 each exhaust and intake valves and inner and outer springs
1 valve cover gasket
4 flasher bulbs, 2 front side lamp bulbs, 2 tail lamp bulbs, 2 number plate bulbs, and 2 flasher repeater lamp bulbs
 
amcboy said:
Weeeel, a true manly-man would knaw out of bark from a local tree and then use only his Leatherman (TM)(C)(R)(RSVP) to extract the offending part and insert the new "organic" gasket.
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Mr. Douglas once changed out a head gasket on his farm truck on the side of the road to Pisgah. He used Mrs. Douglas' pancake batter for a head gasket.
 
I just had someone offer me two (2) of the following items:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Triumph "for loan only" "Continental Touring Kit Emergency Kit Number 516248 For the Spitfire". The manufacturer seems to be "Stanpart".</span>

He claims that they are both incomplete, but didn't elaborate on what was missing, or present, for that matter. I haven't seen them yet, so I can't comment on how they're packaged either.

Can anyone with a factory Spitfire manual list what is supposed to be included, and whatever other information that might be known about it?

Thanks in advance!

Randy
 
Andrew Mace said:
My 1st edition TR250 Spare Parts Catalogue doesn't list it, but my TR4A SPC lists the following in the "Continental Touring Kit" (probably similar):
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2 each exhaust and intake valves and inner and outer springs
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I would imagine the manual from roadside valve replacement goes like this....."remove the head and set it on the ground with a rock in the combustion chamber of the desired cylinder. The rock should serve to keep the valves closed. Stand on each side the valve with your wingtips depressing the valve spring. Reach between your feet with a pliers to remove the retainer".....
 
Nah, more like "Drive to nearest service station with proper equipment to service valves".

Tools to do a valve job is something you can find at any Sears or NAPA; but valves for a Triumph are (and were) a bit harder to find.
 
Randy Forbes said:
I just had someone offer me two (2) of the following items:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Triumph "for loan only" "Continental Touring Kit Emergency Kit Number 516248 For the Spitfire". The manufacturer seems to be "Stanpart".</span>
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Sadly, the Spare Parts Catalogues do not elaborate on the contents of the "kit" for Spitfire, but I can confirm that 516248 is for the Mk3 Spitfire. Presumably, it would have the same items as I listed earlier in this thread as would be in the TR4 kit.
 
Andrew Mace said:
Randy Forbes said:
I just had someone offer me two (2) of the following items:

<span style="font-weight: bold">Triumph "for loan only" "Continental Touring Kit Emergency Kit Number 516248 For the Spitfire". The manufacturer seems to be "Stanpart".</span>
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Sadly, the Spare Parts Catalogues do not elaborate on the contents of the "kit" for Spitfire, but I can confirm that 516248 is for the Mk3 Spitfire. Presumably, it would have the same items as I listed earlier in this thread as would be in the TR4 kit.
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Thank you Andrew, sounds pretty comprehensive, with any luck, maybe there'll be a parts list included with the box.

Once they're in my hands, I'll get some pictures posted.

Thanks again.
 
I can see how the kitchen sink might come in handy for those roadside repairs, but the air and oil filters seem a bit extreme! What kind of emergency can they possibly cause, and even in the worst case, if the oil filter suddenly exploded, then you would still need oil.
 
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