I won’t go into all the electrical and other failures, but my Triumph TR3 ate starters for lunch. Luckily, Triumph provided a nice non-Lucas crank as standard equipment, so my arm ended up as the starter. On Apr 16, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Conbert Benneck <chbenneck@gmail.com> wrote:
On 16-Apr-14 9:22 AM, stevetrapp wrote:
Lucas was known as "The Prince of Darkness" because Lucas electrics _/always/_ failed at the worst possible time. Another example of MURPHY'S Law at work.
Remember those wonderful Lucas cap-like battery cable connectors that were held in place on the battery posts with a wood screw down the center?
...or Lucas fuel pumps where you got burned contacts - i.e., no more fuel: you were dead in the water.
Or trying to synchronize SU carburetors by holding a garden hose to your ear to listen to equal hisses....?
Or the early Mini-Coopers that were carbon monoxide generators because of poor BMC engineering?
Been there; done that too.
Connie
Oh, yeah. Sort of like triming the jib without knots on the lines. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Davies" <jdavies104@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 5:00 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Aviation Fuel
Who remembers synchronizing SU carburettors?
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Sandy <sandyal55@aol.com> wrote:
Only 2 things wrong with old British cars: Lucas and Girling
-----Original Message----- From: stevetrapp@q.com <javascript:;> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com <javascript:;>> Sent: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 4:02 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Aviation Fuel
Hey guys, those of us who have owned British Cars know that the reason the Brits drink warm beer is because of lucas refrigerators. But we wised up and bought Montgomery sailboats, built in the USA. Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smith" <openboatt@gmail.com <javascript:;>> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com <javascript:;>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:52 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Aviation Fuel
Yes, and the lights should have failed at the same time....
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:25 PM, John Tyner <tynerjr@md.metrocast.net <javascript:;>>wrote:
Isn't that normal for a British car of that vintage, David? :-) ----- John Tyner M-15 #412 "Chimpanzee"
On 4/15/2014 8:14 PM, David Grah wrote:
> I ran out of gas in my 1963 Triumph TR4 and the airport when there > flying > my 1950 Cessna 170. I put some 100 low lead aviation fuel in the car >>> to > get > home. It smelled like a plane and ran fine but by the time I got home > the > gasket on the fuel bowl had swelled, warped, and allowed the gas to leak > out profusely. This suggests to me that aviation gas is not always > harmless. > > David Grah > Bishop California > Montgomery 15 Serial 369 Sky > > Sent from my iPhone > >