- 1. Re: Steel Distributor Gear (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 08:53:36 -0700
- Jim The hole in the distributor shaft is not exactly the same in all distributors. The clearance settings require that this gear be located for your application and then drilled. Ford suggests cross
- /html/tigers/2001-07/msg00013.html (7,597 bytes)
- 2. Re: going nuts trying to find the nut (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:04:10 -0700
- The 7/8-14 is the correct size for this nut. Since you have "pulled" the hubs from the axle, it is likely that you now have a variable thread pitch in the area of the cotter pin hole. This localized
- /html/tigers/2001-04/msg00192.html (7,919 bytes)
- 3. Re: Yellow Tiger in Shell Gas Station commercial (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:23:39 -0700
- I haven't noticed a "new" Shell commercial but since no one else answered your question - Last year Karen and Ed Fosters Yellow Tiger was featured in a Shell commercial. This is the Lord Rootes winne
- /html/tigers/2001-04/msg00248.html (7,202 bytes)
- 4. Laura Garrad (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:44:37 -0700
- Laura Garrad has recently entered the hospital for Chemotherapy Treatment. She is expected to be there for about a month. Because she is in isolation, she is unable to receive visitors, or flowers at
- /html/tigers/2001-04/msg00306.html (6,820 bytes)
- 5. Re: Possible Component Missmatch (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:02:28 -0800
- Whoa!!! If I remember correctly your running a late 302 roller cam engine and you installed the "old" distributor out of the 260 ?? The cast iron distributor gear on the early distributor will be eat
- /html/tigers/2001-02/msg00188.html (7,945 bytes)
- 6. Re: Need Rotisserie Help (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:29:25 -0800
- We have found that the center of gravity (CG) is about 2.5 to 3 inches above the bumper mounting elevation. It is typically not a critical dimension because you will want to "pin" the rotational devi
- /html/tigers/2001-01/msg00180.html (8,500 bytes)
- 7. Re: Offset Drive Shaft (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 21:32:54 -0800
- There are two basic designs with regard to the rear axle. Either the axles are equal length, as are those of a Tiger, or they are unequal (Ford 9"). If the axles are equal length, the pinion is almos
- /html/tigers/2000-12/msg00012.html (8,528 bytes)
- 8. Re: Dist. Cap (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 22:20:41 -0700
- I think you may be a little conservative in your timing numbers, particularly with the limited vacuum advance module. I know that most owners with modified engines never consider the addition of vacu
- /html/tigers/2000-10/msg00114.html (9,615 bytes)
- 9. Bubble Flairs (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:27:37 -0700
- If you want to make the Bubble flair using only the Double flair go to a wrecking yard and find a steel adapter, or heavy fitting that accepts the bubble flair. I got one from an old British Lockheed
- /html/tigers/2000-10/msg00151.html (6,761 bytes)
- 10. Re: Bubble Flairs (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:14:24 -0700
- Me thinks I have not made myself clear. The steel adapter is used to help develop the final form and then the tube is removed and installed normally in the aluminium alloy components. I do use Rick's
- /html/tigers/2000-10/msg00152.html (7,512 bytes)
- 11. Re: Rear End Setup? HELP! (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:37:49 -0700
- The factory grouped the housings and gears by tolerance groups to reduce the time required to "fit" the setups. This is the reason for the plus and minus or high and low designations. The markings ap
- /html/tigers/2000-10/msg00233.html (9,798 bytes)
- 12. Re: Toploader questions (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:32:32 -0800
- The easiest way to tell if the toploader is a "wide ratio" is to remove the top and examine the input gear. In the wide ratio transmission, this input gear is smaller in diameter than the syncro port
- /html/tigers/2000-10/msg00260.html (8,366 bytes)
- 13. Re: My New Engine? (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:03:58 -0700
- Be advised that there are reports from several purchasers that the Ford Racing crate motors can have problems as delivered and are not under any warrantee. It may be worth the piece of mind to pull t
- /html/tigers/2000-09/msg00011.html (8,951 bytes)
- 14. Re: New engine (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 14:37:06 -0700
- There are two features on the late (86+) 5.0 small block which are important to some owners. The first is the longer lifter bores which allow the OEM roller lifters to operate correctly. This seeming
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00045.html (8,118 bytes)
- 15. Re: Tiger pedal assy (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:50:54 -0700
- What specific details do you need. I have the pedal assemblies drawn in AutoCAD if that would do what you want. I can tell you that the cylinder mounting bolts are the same size and spacing, in fact
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00123.html (7,817 bytes)
- 16. Tiger Authentication (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:14:25 -0700
- I know you've all been waiting with eager anticipation for some word on the "TAC on Wheels" event at the CAT Warehouse July 31st. The reporting delay was primarily caused by planning and preparation
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00125.html (7,666 bytes)
- 17. Re: Silicine RTV sealants (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:06:23 -0700
- Silicone sealants, typically known as "RTV" are the wrong material to use with gasoline and many other highly volatile hydrocarbon fluids. While it does harden from it's flowing paste form, the cross
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00149.html (8,150 bytes)
- 18. TU XXIV (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:13:08 -0700
- You can find the trophy results for this years TU on the STOA web page www.engravers.com/tiger. Comments and write up's of the event have not been assembled for the newsletter yet, so the list will h
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00158.html (7,072 bytes)
- 19. Re: McLeod Bearing (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:29:29 -0700
- 1. Is the clutch engaged or released as it now sits? 2. Has the retaining snap ring popped out of the clutch master cylinder? 3. Are you using a Long or a Ceterforce Pressure plate? 4. Describe you b
- /html/tigers/2000-08/msg00251.html (6,961 bytes)
- 20. Re: CRACK AT TAC (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:54:48 -0700
- Senior TAC Inspector Mike Andres (mjandres@sfsu.eud) will also be making the flight south with me Sunday morning bringing the team total to four. Tom
- /html/tigers/2000-07/msg00103.html (7,093 bytes)
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