John,
I'm taking the liberty to copy/paste a response from Lawrie Alexander to
this question. It's worked great for me:
>22lbs is an interesting number to be published - if you look in the original
>TD factory manual, it says "It is of the utmost importance that the tyres be
>carefully maintained at a constant pressure of 18lbs. per sq. in." !
>
>I've always found that, with bias ply tires of the original size, 22lbs in
>front and 24lbs in the rear gave the best combination of wear, handling and
>ride. With radial tires of the size you are using, I recommend 24lbs in
>front, 26lbs in the rear for general use. Add 4 lbs at each end if you are
>going on a long, fast drive, and increase the differential from front to
>rear to 4lbs if you are carrying a suitcase on a luggage rack (esp. the
>low-mount rack.)
>
>Lawrie
>British Sportscar Center
>
Bud Krueger
52TD (Dunlop SP-20's)
Gunnell, John wrote:
>Hi Mates
>
> Here I go again with my patented dumb questions.
>
> How much air should I put in the TD tires? It has P165-15 radials. Shop
>manual says 18 psi or something low like that. The tire sidewalls say 44 psi.
>
> Before putting the rebuilt rear shocks on the TF I want to paint up the
>frame in that area. When I cleaned the road gook there were large bare metal
>sections. I know the best way to finish a rusty frame, but how do I get the
>POR-15 to stick on the bare metal portions? I'm working from underneath with
>the car on a 4-post lift, so access is pretty good, but not great.
>
> By the way, there's still plenty of snow piles here in Iola, Wis., but I
>brought the TD to work today as the temperature is in the mid-40s and the
>roads are all clear.
>
>John Gunnell
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