Technical Information Index

TOPIC	DETAILS - from April 2007
Fixing a leaking sensor plug in the Volvo radiator conversion.	An illustrated article by Rick Fletcher showing a temporary repair if the sensor plug "falls out". The correct replacement rubber bush to carry as a spare is decribed. (April 2007)
Fitting a 2500 Gearbox with overdrive to a TR.	Another technical illustrated article by Brian Richards - reproduced courtesy of Brian and Editor Bob Slender (July 2006)
Wire Wheel Article	Brian Richards has written an article on the Correct Way to Tighten Wire Wheels in the latest issue of "Sidescreen". To support this article we have made available an article by Wilson McComb which was re-printed with the permission of "Safety Fast" (MG Car Club) in our "Technical Tips 2" handbook. You can view this article on the Website... OR ... you can Download the Word File 183kb.
Fitting a Volvo cross flow radiator to a TR3A	An illustrated article by Brian Richards - reproduced courtesy of Brian and Editor Bob Slender Additional PICS added 28th Jan 06

ARCHIVE TOPICS	DETAILS - pre 2006
Cooling the Sidescreen TR	A series of 3 articles by Brian Richards - previously seen in "Sidescreen" & reproduced courtesy of Brian and Editor Bob Slender
Rack & Pinion Conversion	Here are a couple of pics showing one way to make a mounting system for rack & pinion steering. It uses a TR4A rack but it could be adapted for a Ford Escort rack
Fitting bottom Radiator Bolts	Here is a method to simplify removing & re-fitting the awkward-to-get-at bottom radiator bolts.
Disassembling the Control Head in the steering column	This is a great technical article on Disassembling the Control Head in the steering column on the Sidescreen Cars. This is a Microsoft Word® File which I have ZIPPED to reduce the file size but it is still LARGE at 700k. To download the file click: Part 1 - Disassembly We are grateful to Clive Elsdon in the UK for permission to place his article on our website. clive@cliveelsdon.co.uk Pressure will now be on Clive to produce Part 2
Narrow Fan Belt & Alternator Conversion	Due to frequent requests we have reprinted the NARROW FAN BELT (& ALTERNATOR) CONVERSION article from the April 1999 club magazine. The diagrams have not been digitised but will follow soon - most people could proceed without them. (2004) - a series of photos has been added to assist this operation.
Gearbox Removing Jib	Here is a tool to help you remove the gearbox through the cockpit - single handed - no strain! See the Gearbox Removing Jib
Gearbox Lifting Crane	See the Jan Rijckaertj GEARBOX LIFTING CRANE which is an alternative solution to the one above. (Dec 2003)
TR Overdrive Solenoid Repair	An article contributed by Ronnie Babbitt on the operation and repair of TR Solenoids.
Gear and Diff Ratio Calculations	A question was asked in the Website Forum about Gear and Diff ratio calculations, to give KPH/1000 RPM etc. Mick Anderson has kindly responded by making up an Excel spreadsheet. It allows all these calculations, and much more, to be done very simply. It needs to be run with Excel 97 or later. Earlier versions give the correct calculations but the graphs do not draw correctly.Download Spreadsheet ... Thanks Mick
Technical Tips Book	The TECHNICAL TIPS BOOK - Reprint is now available to TR Register Australia members - see For Sale
SU Carburettor - Tuning & Adjusting	the information on the following pages was extracted from: The SU Carburettor Type H - tuning, adjusting and servicing instructions The British Motor Corporation Limited 1965 the type H carburettor from here you can step through page by page or go to the specific section below... tuning single carburettors tuning multi carburettors adjusting and servicing: jet centering cleaning float chamber fuel level needle size & position faults
SU Jets	If you are interested in maximum performance from SU carbs on a somewhat modified engine, check out http://www.team.net/www/morgan/tech/tuning.html and download the SUNEEDLE.EXE program (if you have a PC capable of running a DOS program). It has needle charts for almost 500 different needles, along with tools to select and compare needles. The 'lean' needles listed by Moss for the TR3/A are only leaner over a small band of low power (cruise) settings. They are actually richer through the higher power bands than the 'normal' needle! After downloading SUNEEDLE.EXE, you should move it to a directory of it's own before executing it. It is a self-extracting archive of 11 different files including 5 different DOS programs. You will want to read HAYSTACK.MAN which is a plain ASCII text file, using WordPad or whatever. Update (8 Nov 2001) "...here's the latest attempt to present a web based searchable needle index. This is a totally stand alone javascript based 0.090" search table, it may say it's taking too long but let it run. It'll work just fine. You can seach by station to compare what other needle is near that one." GO TO: http://www.teglerizer.com/suneedledb/index.html
Fitting TR Bonnet Badges & Letters	Here is a method of fitting cast bonnet (hood) badges & letters to classic cars
Fixing LUCAS Light Switches	Before you throw away that old Lucas light switch, have a go at REPAIRING it.
Scuttle Shake? (1)	Here is one way of correcting scuttle shake - Neville Smith VIC
Scuttle Shake? (2) & under Bonnet (Hood) Drainage	And here is another way of modifying a TR2 to prevent scuttle shake (and also provide an effective "drainage" system).