h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Permission to come aboard please I am a Triumph GT6 owner

Hurrah - another GT6 owner. Is it rotoflex?
Mine's series 3, non rotoflex and has been off the road for soo long..

Mine's a non-rotoflex MK3, its 36th off last built. Its ALMOST back on the road!

And just to prove that I am working on it, I spend this morning (before the rains came!) refiting the back lights and the petrol tank.
Just that little bit closer!!!

Cool - perhaps you could extend A307144 with "How to restore a Triumph GT6", as that would be of use to me. Especially getting the blasted gearbox back in again

Ah gearboxes!!. There are two methods commonly used, in the first the gearbox is taken out through the car. The advantages of this method are that the bonnet and engine do not have to be removed, however there is alway a chance that oil will contaminate the cockpit during removal, also the bellhousing often fouls on the lower part of the heater assembly (the severty of this seems to vary from car to car). The second method is the conventional one of removing the engine/gearbox as one lump. The advantage of this method is that the cockpit stays clean, no damage been done to seats, carpet, trim etc. The disavantages are that the bonnet normally needs to be removed and the engine/gearbox unit is very heavy.
I normally use the second method on mine 'cos my gearbox bellhousing fouls the heater matrix which means that the gearbox comes out at an angle and is more likly to spill oil.

Hope this helps!

Anthony

TriumphTone and Shark8me4tea duely added, cor aren't there a lot of us now.

I'd be happy to help to extend the page but I'm not too sure how to do it!

Am I too late to join in? I've only just found this place. I have an Alfa Romeo Sportwagon. It's got the selespeed semi-automatic gearbox which is an absolute hoot to use.

nope, you're not too late, the H2G2 Car Club is always opn to new members.

I'll add you to the list now

coo we now have 25 members

Hello, I would love to join your club. Cars are a mjor part of my life, and I (stupidly) didnt think there would be anyone on here who would be interested in cars, let alone understand the workings of the internal combustion engine!

Please Mrs Cloud, may I come in? I have left an offering in the Favourite Cars discussion for your consideration.

Thank you

j888
(Tiff Needall's love slave)

Welcome J!

We're developing into quite a crowd now!

" I felt a cold shiver. I was drawn to the attic window. I undid the clasp on the window sill and pushed the glass open. A cold, evil (and quite annoying) wind blows in. It's a cold wind, a bad wind. The kind of wind that makes it hard to talk to the people around you.

You opened the window, now the car club has to deal with the consequences.

MadHamish
(You have been warned, forsooth)

counsel, to chambers please

Hello, just found my way here, and would like to join.

I am an American fan of British cars. Otherwise known as a masochist. My particular facination is the Austin-Healey Bugeye sprite, but my tastes run the full range.

Matt

hello all
Got a little room for another family member?

Morning all!

Can I join too? I used to have a Mk2 Golf GTI (till I wrote it off ). I work at Land Rover as an engineer and even managed to write an entry about oversteer and understeer (based on my experiences in the Golf, too!)

Ah people duely added, oh the the ranks swell.

Ought to start some more threads so we actually have something for us all to talk about.

*tries to think

naw it's to hot

Hello! I'd like to join please - I have a red Mini Chelsea....