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TR7 Front hydraulic brake hose
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 05:12
by iornbarb
Hi Group,
Information on type of thread and size of male end on front brake hydraulic hoses required, I now have all parts except 2 of these adapter nuts required to go from hoses to adaptor block inlets and do not wish to dismantle the brakes to fit the 4 pots until I have all parts available.
Thanks,
iornbarb
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 06:15
by Hasbeen
Bad luck mate, in Oz at least, they came with either metric, or
imperial brake systems.
The Oz cars had sticker on the drivers side suspension tower, to
tell you which system that car had. If that's gone, you will need
some help from god, a brake bloke with incredibly good eyes, or a
thread gauge.
Sorry the news is all bad for brakes in Oz, unless, like me, you get
lucky. The 8, the 7, & the spares car, I discovered, are all
imperial brakes, & a bloke, only 25Km away, stocks all the bits, in
generic sizes.
He supplied me with everything required to totally rebuild this 7s
brakes for A$62, including hoses. That's less than the cost of two
calliper kits, with a Triumph sticker on them.
Look for a small place, doing exchange master, & wheel cylinders in
your area. If you find one, they'll be able to tell you what you
have on there now, with a qiuck look, & could sleeve the rear
cylinders if these are as rusty as most of them.
Hasbeen
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 08:43
by Beans
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Hasbeen</i>
...in Oz at least, they came with either metric, or
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Again learned something today [:)]
Always thought all TR7's were fitted with metric threads for the brake fittings. Although I can remember that a set of uprated brakes from Rimmers I used years ago came with imperial thread [B)]
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Posted: 30 Sep 2008 12:46
by Hasbeen
We were used to this kind of thing, Beans, in the old days.
WE were often used as a dumping ground for the left over bits from
the bottom of the parts bins. It was not just a Leyland habit
either.
I once ordered a 3 bearing [Ford 105E, Anglia 1100cc race engine]
nickel molly chrome, forged crank, fron Holbay, complete with forged
rods, & pistons.
When we got the stuff 2 rods were twisted, & one bent. Worse, one of
the rods had a surface crack, which required overly heavy polishing
to get rid of.
The best one was the crank. They must have used the same throw crank
in something in the UK, using the 5 bearing block. The crank I got
had 5 main bearing journals machined, but some clown had machined
the number 2, 7.5 thou undersize.
No problem, ship it off to the colonies as a 3 bearing crank. "He
won't be using that journal, & probably won't notice, anyway".
Considering that the crank cost about the equivalent of 3 months of
a mechanic wage, I was not very amused.
As I said, we were too far away to complain too loudly, & got used to it.
Hasbeen