SO what did you you do with your Stag today?

[Wisey]

Mine is in the car park at work. It's my daily driver, on days like today....
I'm still building confidence, it had been off the road for 28 years - abandoned project! Beware! I made a rash promise to my daughter, and had it running for her wedding at the bank holiday just gone. I think I have encountered and overcome just about every "Stag" problem going over the past year, but driving around today makes it all sooooo worthwhile!

[samp5679]

well I done this AGAIN started to take head off IMG_4416.JPG

[DJT]

120-mile round trip to Saunton via Great Torrington and Bideford and back down the A377. The last 70-odd miles without servo assistance to the brakes. That concentrates the mind and reinforces the need to think ahead. The Stag brakes are terrible with no assistance

[Ctwidle]

Got home after 2 1/2 months away. Took the covers off, disconnected the smart charger, cranked for 20 seconds with HT lead off till I got some oil pressure, turned to start again and everything went dead! Searched for 1/2 hour for the dis-car-nect plug, which was actually hanging with the keys, and it started first turn. Mental note: get over jet lag before starting car next time.
Now I have to get it cleaned up for a visit to the Classic British Car day in Brisbane on Sunday.

[richardthestag]

yesterday .. high speed dash from High Wycombe to N Devon. started out in 26 ambiant temperature with shorts and t-shirt. temp gauge happily sitting between 90-95. Only issues were the overdrive solenoid sticking on when disengaged. Discounted the switch because od was engaged for 1st and 2nd gears also. Got stuck in traffic for an hour on the A420 just outside Swindon. then hoofed it for the rest of the journey.

26mpg average - that'll do Stag

My Speedo may be underreading will need to get it sorted

[Mike Stevens]

Used mine for work for the 3rd day in a row this week. Not bad considering it was left in the garage for nearly 3 months while we were in Normandy.

Now the dragging clutch is sorted it is a dream to drive! The clutch is now light, smooth and predictable. Fantastic!

The A420 is a horrible road. I used to live in Faringdon but left there just after the bypass was built. Before that everything came through the town!

Cheers,
Mike.

[roverv8stag]

Mines at work today
Will be replacing rear brakes on Saturday. The handbrake jammed on the other morning..had to be pulled up dammed tight and then released whilst driving forward to release the brake it all works again now but since I have the new parts (shoes and drums and adjuster kit and release levers) figured Id best do it before attacking the Italian Alps at the end of the month.

[mole42]

Swapped the differential again.
I now have the original 3.7 installed which I re-bearinged (thanks Chris Witor) and then had set up by Marcus in Scaryport. Very very quiet now.
The 4.1 which I bought as a "genuine re-conditioned Stag diff" is very good, nice and quiet, but it doesn't really suit a Stag. I must find a 2000 estate owner who wants a recon diff.
Managed to seal some more leaky joints on the exhaust.
Changed the oil and filter.

Wired up the Cibié Oscar spotlights which I'll be using for the RBRR.
Wired up the 220W electric fan which helps the temperature gauge stay on the low side of "N" even in today's heat and traffic.
Half-wired the relays for Dip and Main but ran out of time.

[Carboy0]

Swapped the differential again.
I now have the original 3.7 installed which I re-bearinged (thanks Chris Witor) and then had set up by Marcus in Scaryport. Very very quiet now.
The 4.1 which I bought as a "genuine re-conditioned Stag diff" is very good, nice and quiet, but it doesn't really suit a Stag. I must find a 2000 estate owner who wants a recon diff.
Managed to seal some more leaky joints on the exhaust.
Changed the oil and filter.

Wired up the Cibié Oscar spotlights which I'll be using for the RBRR.
Wired up the 220W electric fan which helps the temperature gauge stay on the low side of "N" even in today's heat and traffic.
Half-wired the relays for Dip and Main but ran out of time.

mole42 - Being my first Triumph I am really interested in the RBRR as I only heard about it for the first time last year, as a friend completed it in a Dolomite 1850.

Will you be blogging your experiences, I would be really interested in how well a Stag can do, with half a mind to entering myself next year.

[mole42]

mole42 - Being my first Triumph I am really interested in the RBRR as I only heard about it for the first time last year, as a friend completed it in a Dolomite 1850.

Will you be blogging your experiences, I would be really interested in how well a Stag can do, with half a mind to entering myself next year.

Not sure about a blog, I'm not really a blogging sort of person. Last time I did RBRR (1990) I wrote a lot of notes in the road book which I will probably do again. My Stag has already done a shakedown of 900 miles to The Hague and back so I have no worries about reliability but we're a three-man crew and the back seat of a Stag isn't the most comfortable for sleeping. If I were choosing a Triumph for the RBRR it would be a 2500 TC or S.

Richard

[DJT]

120-mile round trip to Saunton via Great Torrington and Bideford and back down the A377. The last 70-odd miles without servo assistance to the brakes. That concentrates the mind and reinforces the need to think ahead. The Stag brakes are terrible with no assistance

Stripped out the servo and master cylinder this morning in preparation for the shiny reconditioned servo when it arrived from Robsport. Split the units to find fluid in the servo. B****r, now waiting for a new master cylinder to be delivered on Monday......

[Carboy0]

When I fitted the new rad last weekend, I took off the front heater U hose and found this on the end of the transit pipe that runs under the right hand carb.

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So I ordered this from Robsport and fitted it tonight.

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[Guest]

Painted the inside of my new (to me) front bumper, which has been rechromed. Painted it with Hammerite primer

[RobinLegin]

When I fitted the new rad last weekend, I took off the front heater U hose and found this on the end of the transit pipe that runs under the right hand carb.

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So I ordered this from Robsport and fitted it tonight.

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This same pipe on my green dragon was the cause of a small but constant loss of fluid from the cooling system. No coolant loss since the new pipe was installed.
Nigel

[Richard G]

Stripped out the servo and master cylinder this morning in preparation for the shiny reconditioned servo when it arrived from Robsport. Split the units to find fluid in the servo. B****r, now waiting for a new master cylinder to be delivered on Monday......

I stripped out my brake Master Cylinder to fit new seals, job didnt go well, should have bought a new cylinder complete in the first place! Now off the road for the weekend.