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Tom,

You have every reason to be proud. A beautiful child.

And probably better behaved than some adults I know.
 
Brosky said:
It's nice to see the TR2 & TR3 guys here. They've been quiet too long!
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Suck up!
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DNK said:
Hey when did the Triumph Forum turn into a TR 2 and 3 forum
Come on where's all the 6 chatter.
I'm dying here.
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Oh, you mean the <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">real </span></span>TR's? :smirk:
 
I'm beginning to think Bas and I are the only two lowly Spitfire owners around anymore. I have been silent because it is to Frappin' cold to do anything on it except spend money on parts. Better days ahead soon I hope.
 
Well I started the weekend out thinking I would just install new accelerator pedal bushings as my old ones seem to have "perished". That in itself was not bad but one thing led to another and I decided to finally install the spin on oil filter adapter I've had sitting on the shelf for to many years.

So I drain the oil and remove the oil filter canister and realize that in order to get it out I need to loosen the clutch slave cylinder and move it a bit.

All good so far. Then I find out that the forward hard fuel line is in the way, so I gently turn it to make just a hair of room to get the oil canister out via the bottom of the car.

Wouldn't you know it, all of a sudden I have a fuel leak! Just dripping but a leak none the less. Then more htan dripping, a pretty heavy flow.

Of course it cannot be easy as the leak is hidden by the clip that holds the fuel and brake line to the frame (obviously many years of vibration and wear and the last straw was I had to go mess with it).

I go to the back of the car and clamp the fuel line coming out of the tank before the fuel pump so I do not have a continuous stream as I'm working.

I take the rubber line off that connects the last hard line to the fuel filter and on to the fuel pump, and then remove the hard line from the frame rail. The rubber connector between the two hard lines was as hard as a rock and upon playing with it a bit it fell apart. I think it must be original equipment all the way back to the tank so I am going to start at the front and work my way back and replace all the rubber fuel connections.

So now I am stuck with finding some 5/16 stainless brake line and rebend the last hard line so it fits around the new spin off oil filter.

So I sat for awhile and thought, "You know Jim, you should really replace the hard lines all the way to carbs, and you should really replace all the rubber hose connectors back to the fuel tank".

Tomorrow I will jump into my recently restored MGTF "parts runner" and head to the local auto parts store to get some stainless 5/16" brake line to cut and bend as needed to sort this mess out.
 
Darwin,

You have an interesting story on your blog. It seems that you and Basil ended up with the same problem with blow by caused by rings with too much end gap or clearance. I wonder how many other Spitfire owners may be doing the same without knowing it. Checking the ring fit to the cylinders may be overlooked by those who don't do this everyday and assume that they have been given good replacement parts.
 
Jimmy,

This is how a thousand LBC owners stories begin. Once started, they seem to never end. Or at least the trips to order parts.
 
Yes Paul, once you start it just snowballs. Especially since I let this TR6 sit for a number of years while getting the TF sorted out.

I've already gone through the whole brake system and clutch hydraulics, rebuilt the carbs, and then tried to drive it.

I'm not sure I'm getting full clutch engagement as when I start out the engine bogs down and it does not seem to matter how much throttle I'm giving it.

This is what led me to start replacing the accelerator shaft bushings and trying to tighten up the throttle linkage as there seems to be a lot of slop in that area.

I'm also thinking of sending the carbs and manifold off to Paltech (I'm second guessing my carb rebuild) and the distributor off to Advanced to get everything up to snuff. This way I would start with a know quantity.

I rebuilt this car fifteen years ago and now it's time to go through everything again.
 
That's what I used. Got the tip here or from the 6pack forum I don't remember. But they worked great. The passenger side was the hardest to install but I finally levered it into place.
 
I finished my total frame-off on my TR6 just a few weeks ago. Now it sits waiting for the warm weather.
My bet is that when I finally get it on the road, I will make Basil's server slow down to a crawl with all my questions.
There just has to be things to go wrong since everything was restored.
So, please stand by for my posts in the spring.......
 
We'll be here waiting for your questions. And we're all waiting for spring.
 
Thanks Paul. You are right about spring.... snow is just a four letter word!
 
JimmyG said:
Well I started the weekend out thinking I would just install new accelerator pedal bushings as my old ones seem to have "perished". That in itself was not bad but one thing led to another and I decided to finally install the spin on oil filter adapter I've had sitting on the shelf for to many years.
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And I also have been spending the weekend and the last week thinking about if there is any way that I can replace the body mounts on my TR3 without taking the body off the frame. I looked under the car and it looks like all of the rubber body mounts also seem to have perished. I don't think there is any way to do it. But I think the lack of body mounts probably explains why I have so much vibration in the car when I drive.
 
Spitfires ARE sweet....those 12 cylinder Merlin engines just roar! Oh.....wait......wrong type of Spitfire......nevermind! :smile:
 
Peter!

Closer to the ground, and narrow.
Also, no wings.
Boy, these lessons on car basics are sure tough!

Dave :savewave:
 
I noticed the same thing while on my back dealing with the fuel leak. I looked around and noticed that all the body mounts on the TR6 looked like they are ready to crumble into bits (They are all original).

I also noted that the motor mounts are in bad shape, and that leads me to think that all the rubber suspension components probably need to be replaced as well.

I should never have let this thing sit so long. What once was a reliable daily driver is now my favorite project ( I almost said never ending project but having owned my MGTF since 1978 and I bought the TR6 in 1986 in pieces and put it back together again, including paint, I know what I am into).

In the back of my mind I think I'm due for new U joints all around as well.

So it goes...
 
Yea!.Yea!..Yea!...My TR'S got rollup's does yours.Ha! Ha!.The original old British stuff can come along too.We ALL love our British iron,its in there character.
Ken&Whitelightning(Ohio 10degree's & 7in snow)I've got BlueJays,RedBirds,Chickadee's,TuftedTitmouse,YellowFinches,RedFinches,Junco's,Dove's,&Crows,at my feeders BUT NO ROBIN'S YET.(and a GIANT REDTAILED HAWK sitting in the far tree.)Oh!well SPRING is out their somewhere.
 
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