TRIUMPH STAG OIL PRESSURE

[PATTERNPART]

Hi I've bought a Stag. Not a concourse car but not a banger either. Went for a test drive to see if the gauges showed anything untoward. Oil pressure when warm seemed to be between 10 and 20 at idle. 40mph in traffic in top was about 30psi and about 40psi was about the most we saw going gently on dual carriageway in overdrive top so 2,700rpm ish. The engine has done about 40,000 miles. I wonder how accurate the gauge is. Hopefully gives enough of a feel! Water temp stayed safely in low N range.

[MCSV8]

Congratulations ! I've had my Stag for 35 years.

Your oil and water seem fine, if the gauges are true. They probably are. If you're not loosing any fluids and the engine doesn't smell hot happy days.

Enjoy the forthcoming weather !

Edited by MCSV8 on Saturday 7th May 19:21

[astonman]

Concourse!!!
A large open area in front,or inside of a public building.
Perhaps,you meant to say, CONCOURS?
A competition.

[PATTERNPART]

Sorry meant concours

[PATTERNPART]

MCSV8 said:

Congratulations ! I've had my Stag for 35 years.

Your oil and water seem fine, if the gauges are true. They probably are. If you're not loosing any fluids and the engine doesn't smell hot happy days.

Enjoy the forthcoming weather !

Edited by MCSV8 on Saturday 7th May 19:21

Good to hear. Mk1 or 2? Manual or Auto? I didn't used to be a fan but they're actually lovely cars. The roof and hardtop is very well thought out.

[MCSV8]

Mine's a manual/OD Mk1.5 (1974). I have a hardtop but never use it. I've just installed a hoist in my garage to get it out of the way.

Edited by MCSV8 on Sunday 8th May 18:39

[uk66fastback]

Good stuff, hope you can enjoy it.

I had one in 1986-88 - and it was shocking. Twelve years old and full of rust, why I bought it heaven only knows. Overheated within three months, causing head gasket failure. Cost me a lot to get back on the road. Would I have another one, now all the overheating problems are sorted on those cars that remain - probably not, it scarred me for a long time. When they do work, they’re lovely cars.

Sorry for the tale of woe. It’s almost like I still need to type it out in every Stag thread as a kind of release valve!

[Yertis]

MCSV8 said:

I've just installed a hoist in my garage to get it out of the way.

I wouldn't mind more info on how you did that – I plan to do the same for my TRs hard-top (that I didn't even bother fitting last winter).

[MCSV8]

Used a roof rail set that attaches to the hardtop gutter rail. I found a cheap Chinese one on Ebay and made it work, but it was a bit cr*p. Would use a better one next time.

Joined the bars together with a piece of angle and fitted a large shackle. Adjust mounting position to find CofG.

A mains electric winch fixed to the garage roof joists like this:

Edited by MCSV8 on Tuesday 10th May 13:18

[Yertis]

Thanks. Cool, and makes my planned solution – modifying a Thule roofbox hoist – look a bit lame. The Thule kit is rated for a good bit more than the weight of a TR6 hard-top, which is smaller than the Stag hard-top and, I imagine, significantly lighter.

[uk66fastback]

My uncle did a similar thing with his but with ropes and pulleys, so manual, in effect.