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Refrigerants,
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FASTENERS,
MATERIALS
and REALLY COOL AUTOMOTIVE STUFF
British:
- British Cars Web - Scions of Lucas
- Team.net email archives!
- Downloadable
British Car logos!
- British Car Forum! -
Like an email list, but with photos, etc.
- Other Triumph
owners
The Vintage Triumph Register. Information,
maintenance, buyer's guides; great stuff!
- See some nice examples from the British Motor Industry Heritige Trust.
- Totally
Triumph ClassifiedsTriumph cars, parts, services, etc. --- Buy and sell
- Lee's Paper Triumph TR6
- MANUALS AND SERVICE BULLETINS
- Factory TR6 Repair Manual (pdf)
- Wiring Diagrams (from above manual) (pdf)
- Other
Triumph Service Manuals here.(pdf format) (includes TR2, TR3, TR3A, TR4,
TR6, TR7, TR8,
Rover 3500, Stag, Dolomite Sprint, Herald, GT6, Vitesse,
Spitfire, Vanguard, Renown, Mayflower (!) and more.
- Very nice set of
Triumph service bulletins from 1954 through 1965, including Vanguard,
TR2, TR3, TR4, some Spitfire and Sports 6, (from TeriAnn Wakeman).
- Large number of Triumph service
bulletins from 1961-62, for TR3, TR4, Herald, Sports Six (Thanks to
Bill Beecher).
- Another nice collection of
Triumph service bulletins; from
Triumphs Only, a parts, restoration and repair shop in Stockton,
California.
- Triumph Owners . com!
--- Free Membership
Bullfire's
EXTENSIVE log of his TR6 frame-off restoration. (Ed Hollingsworth, Omaha,
NE at The Triumph
Experience)
Bob Danielson's TR6 and NICE photos of restoration.
Joseph Grant's SERIOUSLY non-stock
TR6. Nice gallery, nice detail.
- Also from Joseph Grant: Zenith Stromberg Carburetor Repair Guide
- Another nice individual TR6 owner's
site - SMITHTR6.COM
- Lee Janssen's
Turbo TR6!
- Nice restored,
supercharged TR6. Also fuel injection, intercooler, cool!
- Pretty cool
custom-built parts for Triumphs (especially racing). Billet parts,
performance brakes, engine service, etc.
- Good '74 restoration site; Great photos,
etc.
- Nice
TR4A restoration site - Guy Huggins. Nice description of mistakes and
set-backs!
- Dave Connitt's TR4A Restoration
- Tripp's TR6 restoration (nice!)
- Buckeye Triumphs
  A really nice
club site; lots of good technical info
also see
- Triumph Maintenance Handbook
— A comprehensive compendium of maintenance and
repair
articles, from The Vintage
Triumph Register
-
British Automotive
Maintenance 101
-
British Wiring Color Codes
-
A "way-cool" way to illuminate
those dim Smith's gauges...
- ...OR Try these excellent LED solutions from
LiteZupp
- TR6 Bearing and Thrust-Washer Replacement
-
TR6 Horn Repair ("toot toot!")
-
Important TR6 Clutch Information
-
TR6 Detailed Front Suspension Restoration
-
TR6 Steering Column Bushings — from Bob Danielson
- Wheels and Tires:
- TR6 aluminum fuel tank from Boyd Welding —
Use with Space Saver Spare
- Fuel float replacement with Ford Mustang part
- Throttle shafts - Rebushing
- TR6 block "Saddle Bar" (Sealing
block) Fix the leak from the front of your block/pan interface.
- TR6 Wiring Diagrams (pdf format)
Courtesy of
Advance Auto Wire
- Lucas and Delco Remy Distributors,
Advances curves, vacuum units
- Tuning the Lucas Distributor (pdf format)
- Comprehensive list of Lucas Distributor part nos.,
applications, options, etc. (pdf format)
- Stromberg 175 technical document (pdf format)
— also SU-HS6.
- Speedo repair (pdf format)
— Jaeger & Smiths Speedometers, by Tony Rhodes
- Best source of Vintage
British Cables esp. speedo and tach cables
- Very cool guide to Care of
Smiths Instruments (pdf format)
-
Modernize your voltage stabilizer!
— from The Triumph Experience.
- 5-minute U-Joint replacment.
— from John Twist, University Motors.
- More John Twist tech videos
— mostly MG but good stuff.
- Marcel Chichak's fine discussion on
ignition timing.
- Triumph Paint Codes
- Barney Gaylord's notes on wiper motor
wiring.
- Performance Cams for TR6
-
YOU'LL FIND A BUNCH OF TR6 SITES HERE.
- NICE TR6 REFERENCE MATERIAL
HERE.
- Tayman Electrical - convert your radio
to modern electronics - without changing the look!
British
Auto Manufacturers, 1894-1960 (From the Wayback Machine; original site is dead.)
A nice collection of British Car
Links, including new and used parts, etc.
Jaguar specific:
Thinking of buying a British Car? Read This.
British car vendors. - Parts and Supplies.
(A very old list, but there may be a few good links here.)
Brakes
PAINT INFO
TIRES
LIGHTS
Refrigerants
Car Tech: OBDII Tools
Toyota MR2
Mini Cooper (modern)
Nissan Quest:
Nissan Parts (nissanparts.cc) |||
Nissan Quest/Mercury Villager FAQs
Automotive Info
Parts:
Clubs:
Racing:
WEB PERIODICALS
Commercial:
The Good Stuff: Information!
CONVERSIONS
Pressure Units
| |
Pascal (Pa) |
Bar
(bar) |
Technical atmosphere
(at) |
Atmosphere
(atm) |
Torr
(mmHg) |
Pound-force per square inch
(psi) |
| 1 Pa |
= 1 N/m² |
10-5 |
10.197×10-6 |
9.8692×10-6 |
7.5006×10-3 |
145.04×10-6 |
| 1 bar |
100 000 |
= 106 dyn/cm² |
1.0197 |
0.98692 |
750.06 |
14.504 |
| 1 at |
98 066.5 |
0.980665 |
= 1 kgf/cm² |
0.96784 |
735.56 |
14.223 |
| 1 atm |
101 325 |
1.01325 |
1.0332 |
= 1 atm |
760 |
14.696 |
| 1 torr |
133.322 |
1.3332×10-3 |
1.3595×10-3 |
1.3158×10-3 |
= 1 mmHg |
19.337×10-3 |
| 1 psi |
6 894.76 |
68.948×10-3 |
70.307×10-3 |
68.046×10-3 |
51.715 |
= 1 lbf/in² |
Workshop
- Wire Ampacity
Tables — What guage wire
should I use?
- The greatest tool store in the
world?
- TOOLS!
-
See John Niolon's really nicely
outfitted shop, with TONS of tool storage.
- Miniature tools and
accessories from
Gyros Precision Tools - Miniature
circular saw blades, cutoff wheels, drill bits, etc.
- Discuss your tools and shop at
The Garage Journal
- Floor Coatings
- Workshop Techniques: GREAT notes on how to "get the best out of of your
workshop machinery." [Gone? - link was
http://www.btinternet.com/~chrisheapy/techindx.htm ]
- ...including HOW TO ANODIZE ALUMINUM [Gone, too? - link was
http://www.btinternet.com/~chrisheapy/t-anodis.htm
- TM Technologies - 'Tin Man Tech'
- Metalcraft Tools: Metal-forming
tools, including the English Wheel!
- SmallParts. Parts, tools,
supplies. Wow.
- Lindsay's Technical Books.
Incredible source of books.
- WELDING:
Lincoln Arc Welding. Welding articles, tips, FAQs, etc.
- Swagelok (!)
- How To Make Springs (PDF)
-
How To Make Springs (link)
- Vehicle Lifts
from Complete Hydraulic
- Workshop Tips. And Math!
Batteries
Fasteners
Chemicals, Materials, Household products
Building Buildings
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Updated 26 September 2024