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GT6Steve

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    Las Vegas Nevada USA

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    Brit cars, Jags, Triumphs,
    I race a pretty fast Triumph,
  1. FF wanted 64 Pounds a pair, obviously I don't know about shipping...
  2. Anybody got friends over at Famous Four? Do I have to freakin BEG to get my order request responded to?? Must be incredibly nice to have such a good business as to throw away custom. Since their phone number doesn't work could anybody give them a ring and tell them to read their damned E-mail? I've tried to call them several times today and get a wrong number.
  3. I'll stick a piece of fuel line into the plug hole and blow to see if the cylinder will hold pressure, as in both valves closed.
  4. Ya know, I've not yet got a response from Famous Fours. Is that typical cuz they're busy and I should be patient or is that indicitive of their customer support? The above comments made me ready to order but now I find myself drawing back. You guys know them better than I, am I being too suspicious? BTW, Sunny Las Vegas is now a dust bowl with 60 MPH winds lifting every free bit of soil into the air. Sadly the storm has no moisture for this end of the desert....
  5. Thanx for that, I've sent an E-mail enquiring. Price seems OK but I was a bit worried about the "heavy Duty" connotation. If it's just marketing blather I'll order them for a trial.
  6. Greetings from sunny Las Vegas, My question is pretty much the opposite of anything I see you guys doing but this is where the experts are found. I want to lower my 91 RRC by a couple of inches. It is driven only on Motorways and usually at 85 MPH. A couple inches lower will make it easier for the wife and dogs to board and likely improve stability. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about simply cutting the springs as I'd like to keep them to put back in if required. Spares aren't common over here. Any suggestions for shorter replacements? Thanx in advance, Steve
  7. An interesting twist on the new motor breakin period. Driving it to work and back early uin the week it started to develop a low idle and severe bog off the line. This was after a twenty minute period of 3500 RPM motorway run. I'm pondering which sensor could be breaking down until the final day it wouldn't run at any idle period. I had to get the revs up to move making the last three miles home a bit high strung. At home, the first thing I did was pop off the dizzy cap, I don't know why. The rotor brass fell out and the rivet for it was caught in the three screws releif on the spark cover. WTF?? I put in an old Lucas rotor and it's now running sweetly. Well, but for a major oil leak on the front cover somewhere, GAWD, I hope that's just a loose bolt...
  8. With all that time with Landies you'll be horrified or pleased to hear of the perfect RRC shell I took the distributor from at this desert breakers yard. It was so clean I even thought about it. All the suspension is gone. Sad really. All that beautiful alloy work going to be crushed as if it were a Chrysler or Chevy...
  9. I've got a hardback Haynes that I found in some Highstreet market for pennies. Just what it's worth. I'd give it to you if we were closer. At the other extreme I have a photocopy of the factory manual that I paid way too much for. I LOVE it! The pain of the ripoff is long gone but I always find the answer in that 100cm volume. The Haynes does have electrical diagrams so it may suffice . Only covers petrol models though, maybe why it was so cheap? Don't you guys have mostly diesel models?
  10. Where did you find that parts manual? Is it available online? That has to be useful...
  11. Thanx for that. I'd looked and not seen anything. Just hoping...
  12. Can the steering column be adjusted on the 90 RRC so as to get the wheel closer to the driver? I know a lot of cars have slots in the mounts or a collapsible column. Is there any adjustment room in these? Thanx in advance, Steve
  13. Yeah Fred that's me. Spun bearing King
  14. Thanx for that tip RR, I'd pondered such a thing but didn't follow up on it. Last Monday I dug into it with the new module, entirely confident it would run. Not to be! I spent about four hours going over it feeling dumber with each passing moment. I thought I understood a Kettering ignition... In the end I determined it HAD to be the reluctor in the dizzy even though it seemed fine on the bench. So, off to the breakers where I gave up another 125 Dollars for a used dissy from the only RR he had. Put it in and it sparked but I'd run out of time to adjust it until this morning. Brought it to top dead center, confirmed the number one hole was airtight and dropped the thing into position. And it ran! So now it's in front of the shop instead at the bottom of the drive and I can time it properly and tighten it down. Thanx for all the help. BTW, I scattered the engine in the racer last weekend whilst leading. One lap from the finish.
  15. I remember living a few years in the Pacific Northwest US with rivers. The Chevy truck would go happily thru any river with the water over the hood because the dizzy was at the back. Fords (or Dodges, can't remember) would fail because the fan started flinging water onto the front mounted dizzy. I've ridden thru rivers where we had to roll the windows up quick to keep the water out in my friends Chevy pickup. I also remember abandoning that same truck and shivering for about six hours on the time he didn't make it! We finally got a fire going just in time for a logging truck to come by and give us a ride!! This desert boy learnt a lot in those three years in North Idaho
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