It also gives us the opportunity to check for “excessive” oil leaks (you’ll never have a completely dry British car engine!), and general operation. With all of the concern these days over premature camshaft and lifter wear, we want to be absolutely certain that our precise “break-in” procedure is followed, to help reduce the possibility of problems later down the road. Every TR engine that we rebuild here (20-25 per year) will spend time on our test rig before being re-installed into a car that is here or shipped back to the owner to complete a “self-install”. DecemSince we mentioned test stands last week, I thought we should take this opportunity to “complete the set” with a photo of our engine test stand. This effort and investment is just another example of our dedication to the absolute highest quality Triumph restoration and repair.
The shipping cost to bring them here was more than the price tag for the spacers, but we are now the only people on the planet with the correct fitting parts. I went overseas and had several thousand made from the correct diameter tube. The trouble was, the replacements available from Moss and all others were slightly too large, which made installation a really big P.I.T.A! They would go in, but not without a fight! We include 4 of these spacers in each of our fan blade mounting kits (MCY402), and previously recommended re-using stock sleeves (if you had them) instead of the larger replacements. These are the engine fan bolt spacers (Moss 330-380), and 4 of them are used on every TR2-TR6 with a stock engine cooling fan (or one of our 4-cylinder Hurricane fans). DecemThis week’s photo isn’t very sexy, but the story to go along with it is! You probably don’t recognize these little pieces of tubing, but they are VERY important to most TR’s.
Road test of triumph tr3a full#
When repairing and restoring real Triumph TR’s here in our workshop, the small details which make the cars safe and reliable always receive our attention first, and for our full restorations, the details which make them stunningly beautiful follow closely behind. The trash can is a short section of electrical conduit, and the trash bag inside is a real miniature bag that was formed with our bag sealer. The torch hoses are made from tiny phone wire and banded together with small segments of heat shrink tubing, while the air hose on the wall was created with electrical wire and plastic couplings on the ends. The workbench and shelf unit are faithful reproductions of fixtures here in our shop, and the torch bottles and cart are painted exactly as the torch set here at Macy’s Garage. What started out to be a replica of our GM Austin Higbee’s personal TR3A, evolved into this striking little diorama with tons of minor details.
Blog WHAT we’re doing, and HOW we’re doing it! DecemThe size of the project does not matter, but the small details certainly do! Our entire team has a laser focus on the fine details, be they functional or cosmetic, and this model TR3A is just one more example to prove that point.
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