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General TR What Did You Do to Your Triumph Today?

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Pulled off the fuel line stop valve on the wall of the engine compartment -- the one that had been bypassed by the previous owner -- and contemplated whether to replace the cork with cork, replace the cork with something else, or leave well enough alone and let the bypass rig stay as it is. The valve does not seem well designed to me.
 
Scraped out the seam sealer and most of the asphalt sound deadener in the spare wheel well of the wedge today. The seam under the tire is a known rust problem spot, and I could see some bubbling in the paint at the edge of the seam sealer. Turned out to be a good thing because it was building up a good bit of rust under the sealer and paint, but now it's nice and clean (if un-painted) but wont continue rusting out under the paint.

I'm prepping the whole trunk to be lined with Dynamat Xtreme sound deadening material. I should have enough material for the whole trunk, the insides of the door (where I know i have another rust spot in the driver door too) and the floor boards under the seats. Since I have the factory sliding sunroof, I cant sound deaden the ceiling, but I may be looking at ways that I can make it a bit more air tight up there.
 
Finished up refurbing the rear suspension. Installed rebuilt axles, rebushed suspension/rear spring, new shocks, painted... on the 69 Triumph Spitfire.
 
Me,:eagerness: for as long as it took to get it done
 
Installed Foil-backed Sound Deadener throughout the interior of my car. This is a very messy activity. The Eastwood Dynamat knockoff is really soft and super sticky. Nearly time for carpet install.

Pat

 
I took it to thru redwoods, Big Basin in Santa Cruz mtns spitfirebigbasin.jpg....
 
That is one heck of a drive! Charlotte to Santa Cruz!,
 
Not much so far except glance over at it under the carport while I was working in the yard this morning...but in about an hour I,m going for a drive.
 
Drove mine to the gym this am, and then to 7enterprises to buy parts for my mini. The 7 ent guys politely exclaimed over the car as they sold me another $200 in parts.
Jerry
TR3A
Austin Mini 68
austin Healey 67
 
I put I very nice crease in my pass anger door on the brand new painted door on the 250 !
 
tinman58 said:
I put I very nice crease in my pass anger door on the brand new painted door on the 250 !
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Dan, I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope it's not a serious setback. That is one beautiful car you're building!

pat
 
I finished the dynamat in the trunk everywhere but the bottom of the boot lid. I'm going to take that off and do it somewhere flat to make it easier on myself. After that it's time to do the two doors, and then to gut the interior to do the rest of it.

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Finished the trunk deck lid, and the trunk makes a nice dull "thump" when shut now instead of a clangy CLUMP. I also did the passenger door, but I didn't take any pictures before i closed it back up, the door is noticeably more thumpier instead of rattling when closing as well.


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Hi Folks,

I picked up my TR3 from the paint shop yesterday with the Inside of the "Boot & Boot Lid" re-painted. Looks "Purrity".

Happy Motoring,

Russ
 
Was last weekend, so I am a couple days late, but drove the tr250 to Omaha for our club's spring show. Car ran like a champ. Some neat cars there including a new Morgan.

 
Good lord, I've been battling the glue monster all day. Took the passenger seat out and pealed up the carpets that had been contact glued to the rockers and floor. To get good adhesion with the dynamat I've got to get as much of this glue residue off, and whoever put these carpets in used a TON of spray glue. I almost think sound deadening the sides of the rocker panels, with all the holes and the way they're constructed will actually quiet down a TR7/8 more than doing the doors (which is usually one of the worst spots on a car) When driving, if you rest your hand against the inside of the rocker sill, you can just feel it vibrating and buzzing to every bit of outside noise, and resonating with the exhaust. On the inside, my wedge still has the original heavy padding directly behind the seats and ontop of the gas tank, and it's fairly effective, so I'm just going to leave it there, since dynamat is expensive and that's a big area I wont have to do. I got my LED bulbs for the interior dome light, the map light, and the trunk light today, so replaced the old dim ones with the LEDs and it's much nicer.

It's funny, with this, my 2nd wedge, because it's not such an original survivor car in such perfect shape (although it's 100% rust free, which is the most important thing in new england !) I actually feel free to do the things that I /wanted/ to do with my first one but didnt, like sound deadening the interior, putting a hood liner on the inside of the bonnet with a laurel triumph logo (which will also do some sound deadening of the engine too)
 
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