You call that hot! Over here it's been between 35 and 37 degrees
Celcius for the past five days (95 - 100ish deg F) - not really
the most pleasant weather for driving a PI TR6, as the fuel pump
overheats and get vapour lock after about 20 minutes of driving.
Must get around to buying a priming pump soon, but it's too damn
hot to go to a wrecker...
Frank Biedermann
69 TR6 PI
Adelaide
AUSTRALIA
BTW - does anyone know of a model of car (which is likely to exist
in Oz) which has an electric fuel pump external to the tank, but
which is low pressure (around 5-10 psi)? Jobbers at wrecker seem
to have a penchant for not knowing what the various bits of cars
are capable of... (for e.g. ask them for a 5psi external electric
fuel pump and they'd probably say: "No don't think I've ever seen
any of those.", while if you asked for a fuel pump from model x
which has that rating they'd say: "Yeah, gots stacks of those, just
don't seem to be able to shift 'em."
Phil Smith wrote:
It's hot! in the 80's, prime daytime LBC driving is almost over. Still
extremely nice at night though!
Phil Smith
TR6
Tampa, FL.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: jim williams <sportsix63@yahoo.com>
To: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: weather
>
>
>
> --- Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com> wrote:
> >
> > Watching the news last night and the forcast for
> > today was 65, imediately
> > put the "3" battery on charge, wife came in from
> > work and asked why the
> > charger was operating, "well I just want to keep the
> > battery-up". This a.m.
> > at the breakfast table, she heard the news and a
> > little voice said "Liar",
> > it's top down not battery down. "FT"
> >
> > In the hills of West Virginia the sun is out. Temps.
> in the high 50s. After work today I plan to coax to
> life my wife's Sunbeam, the Sportsix, and the Triumph
> Estate. Sure wish in were Spring.
>
> Jim Williams
> Lewisburg, WV
> Do You Yahoo!?
Frank Biedermann
Quality Assurance/Audit Officer
Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia
60 Greenhill Rd
Wayville, SA, 5041
AUSTRALIA
ph: (+61) 8 8372 7439
fax: (+61) 8 8372 7438
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