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Postby Workshop Help » 03 Nov 2013 22:16

Ohhh, our friend must be a southpaw. Being a right hander, I've never had the pleasure of using the Master Brake Cylinder as a resting spot. My right paw is always doing the fix-it thing while my left paw is trying to hold the light and my third hand is pushing the part in place. Then my forth and fifth hands take photos of it all as my sixth hand is holding my spectacles from falling off my nose.

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Postby Hasbeen » 04 Nov 2013 00:18

Hay Mildred you missed the other hand, the one with the tissue in it.

Cleaning the sweat off those spectacles.

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Postby Workshop Help » 04 Nov 2013 01:35

Harumph! Hasbeen, we ultra feminine types do not sweat. That would be unseemly. We coyly effervesce charm and grace. Ask your wife, she'll tell you.

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Postby Cobber » 04 Nov 2013 02:54

<font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Surely no TR-7 check list of horrors is complete without mentioning the headlight circuitry!</font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="size2">


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Postby Sautie » 04 Nov 2013 05:30

What about:-
Correct 5 speed gearbox fluid.
Not towing 5 speed car unless you remove the prop shaft.
Removing dashboard screws on windscreen side.
Have you ever tried changing the sump gasket on an 8?[?]
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Postby Hasbeen » 04 Nov 2013 05:52

Yes Sautie, been there done that & got the T shirt.

When the sump on the 8 was sitting on the steering rack, after a little engine mount sag, the big end of No 1 conrod was just tapping the sump when the engine was cold. We had to pull the sump & panel beat the sump.

It was rather a bit fiddly I will admit.

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Postby FI Spyder » 04 Nov 2013 13:26

Never had issues with any of those things listed above(mostly because I've never had those issues). Two worst things for me was replacing the clutch and removing the heater to replace the crumbled foam.

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Postby ugmw177 » 04 Nov 2013 13:36

Just pulled both heads off of my Stag v8; could not have done it without the "head honcho". Plan to use the grade 8 bolt fasteners upon reassy.

another fun job on the 7 is the steering column bushing at the firewall.
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