ISOA Tech Tips

Last updated March 20, 2009

The tech articles on this web site are written with the understanding that you have some mechanical and/or electrical knowledge, and that you know and assume the risks and responsibilities involved in working on your own car. If you decide to make a modification to your car based upon one of these articles, you assume total responsibility and risk for those modifications. In no event will ISOA or any of its directors or officers be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of your making modifications to your vehicle based upon the contents of an article provided in this web site. It's your car, and it can affect the health and safety of yourself and others - work and drive safely and wisely! To put it bluntly, if you don't know what you're doing under the hood, then you shouldn't be there.

ISOA Tech Tips - Master Index

2009 Tech Items

• Distributor Advance Curve spreadsheet March 20, 2009

2005 Tech Articles

• Stag V8 Performance Curve
• Stag V8 Water Pump Covers

2003 Tech Articles

• TR2 - TR4 Water Pump Pulley Puller
• The Right Screwdriver Tip
• Adjusting Triple Webers
• Adjusting a Spitfire Differential
• Stag/TR8 temperature sending unit

2002 Tech Articles

• Fuses - The Wrong One Will Burn Ya
• Fix Your Blinkers
• Repairing a Cubbie Box Bracket - also available as a 101kB .pdf file
• What's the Hub-bub About? - parts list for rebuilding your IRS hubs
• Tach-Braaapp - an electric tach installation on a TR6

2001 Tech Articles

• Build a Mixture Monitor - Fit an Oxygen sensor in your exhaust
• Hydraulic System Rebuild for Beginners - Part 1A: Clutch Master & Slave Disassembly
• Electronic Ignition - Part 1
• Cooling the Tractor Engine Triumphs
• J-Type Overdrive Blues
• Ode to Ground

1999 Tech Articles

• The Tapered Pin? Fix that low clutch pedal!
• When you don't heed the warning! Use this procedure if your bonnet cable has broken, leaving the bonnet "Sealed for Life".
• Kill Switches - They aren't just for race cars anymore!

1998 Tech Articles

• Auxiliary Bonnet Release - This is the source for the article that was reprinted in the January 1998 Snic-Braaapp. This link takes you to the Capital Triumph Register's web site. To return back to ISOA, hit the "Back" button on your browser.
• I have Seen the Light! Turn signals flashing erratically?
• TR6 Intake/Exhaust Manifold Gasket
• TR4 Straight Axle Hub Removal
• Needle Point - Repair, Adjustment and General Maintenance of the Zenith-Stromberg 175CD Metering Needle. This is a text-only version. If you'd like to see the original article complete with several photos, use this link to download a 608kB .pdf file. To view this file, you'll need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. M$IE 4.0 users - there appears to be a bug in M$IE 4.0 that prevents it from loading Reader properly, even if all your file associations are set correctly. You'll have to save this file to your hard drive and load Reader separately.
• TR6 Clutch Master Cylinder Rebuild

1997 Tech Articles

• TR7/Stag Thermostats
• Repairing TR6 Spin-On oil filter adapter leaks
• Converting your Triumph from Positive to Negative Ground

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