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From Journal: Léon Guyot's Journal
Author: Léon Guyot
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Thursday May 17, 2012 12:04 AM
4th May 1984: 107,605, 1,186 indicated. 6th May 1984: 107,806, 1,387 indicated, 28.04 mpg, (this with Twin Webers & 8-port head) 9th May 1984: TSSC East Berkshire & Hants & Surrey Area Meets on the same night! 10th May 1984: TSSC Thames Area Meet 108,039, 1,620 indicated, 25.75 mpg, 184.1p/g 15th May 1984: 108,229, 1,810 indicated, 27.53 mpg, 184.1p/g 19th May 1984: TSSC International Concours - MOTEC, Telford, Shropshire, 108,411, 1,992 indicated, 28.30 mpg, 181.9p/g 20th May 1984: 108,562, 2,143 indicated, 23.27 mpg, 184.1p/g 24th May 1984: TSSC Thames Area Meet 25th May 1984: 108,719, 2,300 indicated, 25.32 mpg 26th May 1984: Went to 'Rod run' on Essex with Ben Verwer (the Swerver) 27th May 1984: so much rain that all cars got stuck in the mud, 2 to 2.5 feet deep at the field entrance - got lifted/pushed out - typical English Bank Holiday, 108,843, 2,424 indicated. 29th May 1984: Went to Greenwich Autos for Brake Pads Topped up front trunnions with EP90 oil, inspected old front brake pads, tightened LH front wheel bearing, must replace both soon 108,977, 2,558 indicated. 30th May 1984: Adjusted rear brake shoes - after 5,803 miles, topped up differential with Castrol EP90 oil, 109,034, 2,615 indicated. 1st June 1984: 109,043, 2,624 indicated, 25.33 mpg, 36.23 Ltr 184.1p/g. 2nd June 1984: Went to Greenwich Autos 3rd June 1984: Replaced front brake pads, both sides, rep...
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From Journal: Anthony Kurilla's Journal
Author: Anthony Kurilla
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Wednesday May 16, 2012 4:15 PM
Got the water pump off this morning and the darn fan clutch does not want to cooperate with my removal attempts. I will see if the auto part store will loan a tool I can use to help with the removal and install on new pump. Pulled radiator and flushed it thoroughly, it also gives me plenty of access to the water pump.
From Journal: Léon Guyot's Journal
Author: Léon Guyot
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 11:30 PM
3rd April 1984: 24.70 Ltr, 184.1p/g 6th April 1984: 24.70 Ltr, 184.1p/g 7th April 1984: My first motoring offence - speeding ticket on M4 Motorway (90mph), actually 93mph, good thing he didn't see me 10 minutes earlier at 107mph! (I was testing out the mods on an empty M4 motorway early in the morning on a Sunday in Wiltshire! (oh, youthful enthusiasm) 7th April 1984: TSSC Test day at Castle Combe race track, Wiltshire. Herald put up a very good time, but today. Discovered that it could do with wider wheels/tyres, and brakes that work faster! n.b. tore LH rear tyre from rim! It was a new Pirelli P3 24.70 Ltr, 12.35 Ltr. 11th April 1984: TSSC Hants & Surrey Area Meet My first broken windscreen. At night, Flying stone from oncoming Datsun smashed my windscreen - got glass in my finger, 24.70 Ltr 12th April 1984: TSSC Thames Area Meet - The Winning Post Pub. 13th April 1984: 24.70 Ltr 14th-15th April 1984: TSSC Thames Area - South of England Meet # 3 at Chessington Zoo, Surrey 17th April 1984: 24.70 Ltr 19th April 1984: 24.70 Ltr 21st April 1984: 107,500, Renewed Kenlowe Electric fan Thermostat 22nd April 1984: 846 miles, 17.76 Ltr TSSC Thames Area visit to Goodwood, Sussex & test day, 24.70 Ltr 26th April 1984: TSSC Thames Area Meet - The Winning Post Pub. 30th April 1984: Obtained a replacement tyre
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From Journal: Léon Guyot's Journal
Author: Léon Guyot
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 11:13 PM
1st March 1984: TSSC Thames Area meet, The Winning Post Pub, Great West Road, Chiswick 4th March 1984: My 25th Birthday 8th March 1984: Third Anniversary of buying the Herald 11th March 1984: 105,492, 20,354 indicated, 31.88 mpg 14th March 1984: Speedometer broke and the angle drive also snapped. Telephoned SAH, and attended TSSC Hants & Surrey Area Meet 15th March 1984: TSSC Thames Area meet, The Winning Post Pub, Great West Road, Chiswick 17th March 1984: 184.10p/g 19th March 1984: Went to SAH in Leighton Buzzard with Herald & all parts for fitting, including 8-port head, twin 40DCOE Webers etc. SAH supplied & fitted their 'fast road' camshaft of 30/70/70/30 20th March 1984: TSSC West Kent Area meet in Richard Francis' 1966 S-type Jaguar -wonderful!!! 22nd March 1984: Went to SAH to collect Herald, on train via Euston. When Léon asked Chris Bull, the SAH workshop manager,how it went, he just grinned and said "not bad!" What a revelation! 0-60 in 10.6 seconds, and a top speed of 107 mph from about 100 bhp at the flywheel. Absolutely fantastic & a real transformation, however, brakes were still standard discs at the front, although the leaky plastic bodied and sloping brake master cylinder had been replaced with a vertical aluminium master cylinder from a Wolseley. actually purchased new at an autojumble. An SAH dual box mild steel exhaust system was also fitted, although the centre pipe wa...
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From Journal: Joel Fedchenko's Journal
Author: Joel Fedchenko
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 11:45 AM
Your right I should have been posting pictures. My wife designed the paint scheme(stole the look from the early Vettes,my wife is a BowTie girl), and helped me paint it on.
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From Journal: Gary Woolf's Journal
Author: Gary Woolf
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 3:10 AM
could not get right side indicators to work front or back so to investigate deeper
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From Journal: Anthony Kurilla's Journal
Author: Anthony Kurilla
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Monday May 14, 2012 8:38 PM
I bought a power bleeder attachment for my compressor and it definitely got those puppies empty. Not worth beans in refilling. I used a 2 x 4 as a partner to press on brake while I bled each one in order of farthest from the master cylinder. Brakes feel good now! Now I need to adjust the hand brake then move on to the water pump. I should be pretty much road worthy after that.
From Journal: Léon Guyot's Journal
Author: Léon Guyot
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Monday May 14, 2012 4:55 PM
12th January 1984: 103,708, 18,570 indicated, 187.9p/g 19th January 1984: Took Tachometer to Speedy Cables, Islington, London 20th January 1984: Went to Tridon for parts, Thornton Heath, Surrey 20th January 1984: 18,671 indiacted, 30.81 mpg, 183.7p/g 21st January 1984: TSSC Winter Weekend, Fosse Manor, Gloucestershire -icy! 22nd January 1984: 18,931 indicated, 259.6, 34.30 mpg, 183.7p/g 27th January 1984: Telephoned Microdynamics, Caterham, Surrey 28th January 1984: Visited Microdynamics for distributor, then Mitcham Motors for Spark Plugs, then Baldyne Engineering, with my 1200 8-port cylinder-head, 19,152 indicated, 31.22 mpg, 183.7p/g 29th January 1984: Visited Paul Lucas in Chalfont St.Giles for Oil Cooler parts 29th January 1984: TSSC Wessex Area meet, New Forest, nr. Fordingbridge, Hants, 29.01.1984, 19,369 indicated, 183.0p/g 30th January 1984: Telephoned Speedy Cables 31st January 1984: Telephoned Baldynes re: Cylinder-Head 2nd January 1984: Telephoned Baldynes re: Cylinder-Head 3rd January 1984: Telephoned Baldynes re: Cylinder-Head 104,647, 19,509 indicated, 33.63 mpg, 183.7p/g 4th February 1984: Collected new Camshaft chainwheel from Tridon, then to Mitcham Motors for Spark Plugs, Jubilee Clips and mounting brackets, then collected Cylinder-Head from Baldynes. 9th February 1984: Telephoned Tridon & SAH and went to London Car Club in ...
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From Journal: My 76 Spit Refurbishment
Author: Eric G
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Sunday May 13, 2012 7:21 AM
My new outer rockers arrived on Friday! They are 18 gauge, and appear to be nicely made. I'll see how they work when the time comes to get them on. I also scored a brand new rear lower valance panel on ebay on the cheap. I removed most of the outer rocker panel yesterday, and found that the lower A-post support panel is home made. It's a smooth piece of sheet that was brazed to the 2x3 tube. Under this panel is another piece of metal that has been bent and formed to make the lower door hinge area, and part of the footwell area. I removed some patches on the firewall corner after seeing some more bad brazes and uncovered a whole bunch of rivets and brazing. At this point I've got to decide what I'm going to do with the 2x3 tube. If the car has been modified too much to make it work by the PO, then it may be too much work for me to put it right. I'm fairly certain that the tube is screwing up the front A-post/firewall area dimensions. I've definitely got to remove the angle iron piece, so perhaps I can at least cut the front part of the box tube off. I did finally see why the rust out was so bad. In my previous post I had a shot of the firewall. There was a piece of sheet metal that was bent over the angle iron frame support. This was not brazed or welded to anything. Any water or crud that was flinging up from the road was going under this metal, and then seeping in along the angle iron into the rocker panel areas. Oddly enough, the inner sill (or perhaps the f...
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From Journal: Anthony Kurilla's Journal
Author: Anthony Kurilla
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Saturday May 12, 2012 4:18 PM
Finished installing shoes for rear now I just need to bleed them tomorrow and then adjust. Water pump will be next.
From Journal: Anthony Kurilla's Journal
Author: Anthony Kurilla
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Friday May 11, 2012 9:00 PM
Finished installation of my refurbished spring and got my other parts for fun tomorrow and Sunday. Brakes tomorrow and Water Pump Sunday.
From Journal: Anthony Kurilla's Journal
Author: Anthony Kurilla
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Thursday May 10, 2012 9:02 PM
Cleaned and painted spring after mounting all 8 nylon washers. I used a dab of glue to hold into place. I also painted the drums and differential cover access plate. Now just waiting for more coats o paint on other side of spring and for my parts to show.
From Journal: Mark Freece's Journal
Author: Mark Freece
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Thursday May 10, 2012 7:01 PM
Well had some major problems getting the plugs to spark. Ended up putting a new coil, points and condenser. But she fired right up. After I felt great about that I connected the gas tank line and put about 4 gallons of gas in the tank, called it a night. Woke up the next day only to find out there was a hairline crack in the tank and only had about a gallon left. Ahhhhh! now my garage has a distinctive odor of gas (I got a head ache!). Just ordered a new tank from VB but at least it's running!
From Journal: Todd Gaulin's Journal
Author: Todd Gaulin
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Thursday May 10, 2012 6:04 PM
Removed both rear wheels and brake drums. Removed bolts between diff and both axle shafts. Removed access cover for leaf spring and removed studs for spring. Disconnected bottom shock mounts, radius rods, spring bushings break lines, disconnected both e-brake cables and removed both axle shafts. Found one bad u-joint on the drivers side shaft. Removed nuts from front diff mounts. Everything went smooth until I got to the long bolt at the back of the diff. I got the bolt out ok, but the damn thing wouldn't come out. After trying a few things I finally got it out using a crowbar in the little gap above the rear bushing between the diff and the frame and jacking the front of the diff. I put the diff on the bench and removed the bolts from the stub shafts and removed them. I removed the bolts connecting the carrier to the housing and had difficulty separating them. I pounded away with a flathead screwdriver and then discovered I needed something wider. Borrowed a wedge from my neighbor and got it apart. Nothing obvious is wrong with the diff, but there seems to be a slight stutter when turning the pinion. I think I need to put in new bearings and seals.
From Journal: Léon Guyot's Journal
Author: Léon Guyot
Posted on: The Triumph Experience
Post Date: Thursday May 10, 2012 12:04 AM
5th November 1983: 16,484 indicated, 2360.1 engine, 34.50 mpg, 183.7p/g 6th November 1983: TSSC Thames Area/Hants & Surrey Area's visit Brighton Classic Car Show on day of Emancipation Run 13th November 1983: 16,816 indicated, 2692.5 engine, 30.68 mpg, 183.7p/g 20th November 1983: TSSC AGM, 102,170, 17,032 indicated, 2907.7 engine, 39.67 mpg, 183.7p/g 26th November 1983: 17,360 indicated, 3235.8 engine, 31.70 mpg 183.7p/g 3rd December 1983: Changed Oil in Gearbox/Overdrive December 1983: Léon purchased some rare tuning parts from an advert in the TSSC Courier magazine i.e. a couple of 'eight port' 1200 cylinder heads in rusty condition c/w an original set of tubular steel exhaust manifolds, a pair of alloy inlet manifolds, two dual choke Weber 40DCOE sidedraught carburettors, and an old oil cooler kit, all from a chap called Paul Lucas, who was then racing an early Spitfire fairly seriously - but had recently changed over to a 1300 engine. 10th December 1983: 17,593 indicated 11th December 1983: 17,594 indicated, 29.12 mpg 18th December 1983: 17,848 indicated, 254.2, 33.30 mpg, 183.7p/g 22th December 1983: Changed LH wiper wheelbox - took me 4½ hours 24th December 1983: 103,231, 18,093 indicated, 33.03 mpg, 183.7p/g 24th December 1983: Mileage check: 1) vehicle: 103,231 miles, 2) engine: 41,980 miles, 3) gearbox: 4,360 miles, 4) odometer: 18,093 miles since last year:...
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