Have to try the other address as I'm still waiting for a call to
tell me when to head out for the job. So my cars all ready, execpt
for washing, to go with nowhere to go yet. Greased the front wheels
and changed 1 front tire. Found out my rough steering was from tread
seperation and not poor balancing. Now I find that my average speed
has increased since the rumble no longer occurs at 55 mph. Replacing
the tire was tough, I needed a Michelin XZX 165 SR 14. Nobody had
any tires with a 165 profile. A 175 was even hard to find. Finally
ordered one in from Minneapolis.
I put an oil cooler in but I didn't want to spoil the air flow through
the radiator as the job I have for the summer envolves much driving.
So I put it underneath the front shelf. The car is a MGBGT '74. This
involved cutting 2 holes in the top deck, the bottom deck already has
2 holes of the proper size and placement. The cooler is bolted to 2
4.5 inch pieces of bar stock which are fitted through the holes in the
lower deck. Hose attachment with the 90 degree tubing on the hoses was
not possible so I took the 45 degree fittings from 2 old hoses and clamped
them to new hoses. Unfortunatly the old hoses were not long enough to reach
so I used single braid hydraulic hose instead. Now to get enough air flow
to the cooler I had to cut the center portion of the valance out. The
valance already has 2 holes in it, this made 1 hole out of the 2. Shrouding
was then constructed to funnel the air to the cooler. Since the oil cooler
was being shrouded I did the radiator at the same time. After all this
the only difference I noticed was about 15# more oil pressure after the
oil should have been hot and a slight decrease in water temperature.
The oil pressure may be the difference between old and new oil, or going
from 20w50 to straight 60 weight. You might wonder why the heavy oil,
it gets very hot up here during the summer. I'll switch back when it
gets colder. Also with the 20w50 I had a 4 sec wait for oil pressure,
now I don't wait.
Another difference with the shrouding is the interior of the car is quieter.
Don't know why.
I won't be here for the summer so I'm getting off the list. It's been fun
reading here. Have fun!
Tim
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