Recalls for 1976 Triumph Tr7

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Triumph TR7 at the British Motor Museum

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A visit to the British Motor Museum on the Early May Bank Holiday weekend.

The main event was the Gaydon Land Rover Show.

The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.

The creation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL) in 1968 saw the bringing together of multiple motor vehicle companies and marques (Austin, Jaguar, Morris, MG, Riley, Rover, Standard Triumph, and Wolseley). With many of the companies having their own collections of historic vehicles, in 1975 a centralised Leyland Historic Vehicles department was created to manage these. As the collection got ever larger, in 1983 BL created charitable trusts to ensure that these important collections, not only of vehicles, but of company archives too, would be preserved for the nation. The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) was created, and under its umbrella, so were the Austin Rover Group Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. In 1990, following the acquisition of Jaguar by Ford, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection was moved to the Jaguar Browns Lane plant in Coventry. The Austin Rover Group Heritage Trust, which with the company by then having morphed into the Rover Group, became the Rover Group Trust, transferred its collection in its entirety to the BMIHT.

The collection, some of which was located at Syon Park, London, and the remainder being kept at Studley Castle, Warwickshire, continued to grow, and the BMIHT decided that a new building was required to house it all. With financial assistance from the Rover Group, and other benefactors, a large new facility was built, set in 65 acres (260,000 m2) of grounds, on the Rover Group's Gaydon site in Warwickshire (the former RAF Gaydon airfield), and opened as the Heritage Motor Centre in 1993. The trust's complete collection, which included more than 25 vehicles, was relocated to the new centre.

The museum became a Designated Collection when it was added to the "exceptional cultural collections" of the Arts Council England in December 2014.

In 2015, the museum was temporarily closed for a £1.1 million refurbishment and rebranding to take place. Additionally, a new £4 million two-storey Collection Centre was built to house the reserve collection of the trust. The museum was reopened on 13 February 2016 as the British Motor Museum. The new Collection Centre houses about 250 extra vehicles, and is used for both BMIHT and Jaguar Heritage Trust (formerly the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust) cars.

Following Jaguar's decision to close their Jaguar Heritage Centre, a small selection of the Jaguar Heritage Collection has been on display at the Museum.

In 2003 more than sixty cars from the collection were auctioned off by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust; over forty more cars were sold off from the museum in 2006.

Triumph TR7

No 2 racing car, Tony Pond driver.

DEFECT #1 - VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER

Posted on: 1979-10-12
Description
There may be a malfunction in the windshield wiper system due to any of the following: (1) incorrect tightening of the wiper wheel boxes during vehicle assembly, (2) excessively high friction/drag of wiper blades or (3) water entry into windshield wiper motor.

Consequence

Corrective Action
Dealer will lubricate and retighten wipers and fit the wiper wheelboxes with spacers. A protective shroud will also be fitted over the wiper motor to prevent water entry.

Notes
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: visual; windshield wiper.consequences of defect: failure of the windshield wiper system may occur,without warning. This would interfere with driver visibility in bad weather,and could lead to a vehicle accident.

DEFECT #2 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES

Posted on: 1979-10-12
Description
The involved vehicles are equipped with incorrectly manufactured throttle control cable assemblies. The connection between the accelerator pedal and the throttle cable may break, causing a loss of engine power. Prior to this, there may be a malfunction in accelerator pedal operation, causing the accelerator to stick in the open position.

Consequence

Corrective Action
The dealer will install an improved throttle control cable without charge to owner.

Notes
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: fuel; throttle linkage, accelerator cable.consequences of defect: in either case, loss of vehicle control and an accidentcould occur.note: if accelerator pedal becomes stuck, the clutch should be disengaged orthe gear selector placed in the neutral position, the ignition should beswitched off and the car should be pulled over to the side of the road.

DEFECT #3 - POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING

Posted on: 1979-10-12
Description

Consequence

Corrective Action

Notes
British leyland campaign no a432.possibility that a defective weld conditionmay exist on the rear lower link mounting bracket at its attachment point tothe rear axle tube.if this condition exists weld could fail in service,resulting in possible loss of vehicle control.(correct by inspecting andrewelding brackets to preclude failure of welds).passenger vehicle.

DEFECT #4 - WHEELS

Posted on: 1979-10-12
Description
The spoker wheels, installed on the involved vehicles, may fail in service due to cracks that may develop in use. Continued driving with a cracked wheel could lead to failure of other spokes and the complete collapse of the wheel.

Consequence

Corrective Action
Dealer will inspect and replace all suspect wheels with an improved type of wheel, without charge to owner.

Notes
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: suspension; wheels.consequences of defect: should wheel collapse during vehicle operation, loss ofvehicle control and an accident could occur.note: fast driving over rough road surfaces or under other conditions ofunusual stress should be avoided until wheel(s) are replaced.

DEFECT #5 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

Posted on: 1979-10-12
Description
The headlamp motor could fail due to corrosion of the motor and limit switch assembly. Should the motor or the limit switch fail, the headlamp assembly could stick in either the up or down position.

Consequence

Corrective Action
Dealer will install an improved sealed limit switch or a new headlamp motor, if necessary, without charge to owner.

Notes
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: electrical; headlamp motor.consequences of defect: should the headlamp switch become stuck in the downposition, decreased visibility during adverse weather or night drivingconditions could result in an accident.note: if motor or limit switch failure occurs, the headlamp assembly can beraised or lowered manually by rotating the knob situated below the headlampmotor; the underhood label and owners handbook contain instructions for thisprocedure.