- 281. Re: English Rivets (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 May 96 12:42:48 PDT
- BRITISH pop rivets?!! You mean I'm going to have to replace all of those 'merkin pop rivets I've been using on my car?
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00233.html (6,794 bytes)
- 282. Re: Gearing (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 96 8:37:33 PDT
- Several years ago Philip Ethier posted a set of spread instructions to the british-cars list that allows you to calculate engine RPM based on transmission gearing, rear end gearing, wheel diameter/wi
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00249.html (6,950 bytes)
- 283. Re: Facet Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 96 9:22:31 PDT
- Vibration and noisiness is the biggest complaints I've heard about these pumps. I've also heard that this can be reduced somewhat by using rubber mounting bushings. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00250.html (7,060 bytes)
- 284. Electric Fuel Pump Cut-off Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 12:44:59 -0700
- I'm planning on replacing the snake's mechanical fuel pump with an electric pump and I've got a question about the pump arrangement on Tigers. My son's TR8 has an inertia switch which cuts off power
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00256.html (7,350 bytes)
- 285. Re: Electric Fuel Pump Cut-off Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 96 14:17:03 PDT
- Did SU make cut-off switches too? Hopefully cutting off the fuel pump wouldn't result in the engine stopping instantly. I would think the float chamber would provide enough fuel to keep the engine r
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00259.html (8,001 bytes)
- 286. Re: Stop That! (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 96 17:05:36 PDT
- I can believe that it is. That's exactly the way my son's TR8 rear brakes are plumbed. Slightly cheaper, perhaps. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00264.html (6,906 bytes)
- 287. Re: "K" vs "HP" (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 8:54:50 PDT
- The K or HiPo series 289 has several differences from the stock 289: beefier main caps beefier connecting rods with 3/8" bolts (rather than 5/16") heads have screw-in rocker studs, different porting
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00303.html (8,403 bytes)
- 288. Re: "K" vs "HP" (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 10:33:11 PDT
- And another question: do any of the lead substitutes really work? I've head that none of them do anything except gum things up. Note I said substitutes. Adding MEL doesn't count, since it's not avai
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00304.html (7,491 bytes)
- 289. Re: Success! (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 12:36:57 PDT
- How about a write-up on the the wiper rebuild. I'm going to be doing this one day and I'd like to add to what info I already have before I start. It would be a nice addition to the Tiger web site. W
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00306.html (6,962 bytes)
- 290. RE: Tigers United (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 15:03:52 PDT
- I just saw a post by the editor of British Car Magazine on the british-cars list requesting photos and write-ups of car meets. Selected stuff to be published in the Update section of the magazine. M
- /html/tigers/1996-05/msg00313.html (7,565 bytes)
- 291. Big Question (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 15:22:50 -0700
- I'm currently putting together the HiPo 289 for my Cobra and I've come to a question I'm going to have to decide the answer to within the next week or so: Do I want to have oversized valves installed
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00011.html (8,470 bytes)
- 292. RE:Interesting Reading (Shelby, Cooling) (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 96 13:57:51 PDT
- Most everything seems to piss Shelby off. He sued Ford because he thought they were mis-using the name Cobra and as a result it is now in the public domain. You could legally rename your Tiger to Co
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00053.html (6,968 bytes)
- 293. Re: SS Caliper Pistons (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 13:24:40 PDT
- Several of the sources I posted a while back sell SS caliper pistons. Pistons can be ordered by size. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00058.html (6,983 bytes)
- 294. Big Question, Big Thanks! (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:57:33 -0700
- I received lots of responses to my should-I-have-larger-valves-installed question. Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond to that question and beyond. Recall I was asking so that I could d
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00070.html (8,501 bytes)
- 295. Re: Big Question, Big Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:54:56 -0700
- A couple of people have asked me why solid lifters? Because the car originally came with them and I'd like to maintain originality; because usage will be so low that valve adjustments won't be that b
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00077.html (7,407 bytes)
- 296. Re: Lubing the Top Loader (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 13:09:08 PDT
- I commented on this a couple of weeks back, but I think it might be worth mentioning again. I replaced the non synthetic oil in my Cobra's differential, transmission (T-10) and rack and pinion steer
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00102.html (7,784 bytes)
- 297. Re: Lubricants in Steering Rack (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 8:15:56 PDT
- I don't know how hard this is to do on a Tiger, but on my Cobra I crank the steering wheel full lock, undo the outer clamp and shove the nozzle of a squirt oil can underneath the gaiter, past the ba
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00121.html (7,768 bytes)
- 298. Spotted: Tiger FS (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:53:21 -0700
- This ad was in the April Nor-Cal SAAC newsletter: Estate Sale: 1966 Sunbeam Tiger 1A, total bare shell restoration just finished. Mexican 302, Probe Engineering 357 stroker kit, appraised at $26,500.
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00122.html (6,583 bytes)
- 299. Re: DMV dates and names (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 13:36:15 PDT
- Well, you might get lucky. Probably 95% of DMV registration business is taken care by mail. There tends to be this assumption at walk-in offices that if you had to come to the DMV in person to take
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00127.html (7,250 bytes)
- 300. RE: Spotted: Tiger FS (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:17:15 -0700
- I've been informed that the 406 area code is in Montana. Roland
- /html/tigers/1996-04/msg00133.html (6,268 bytes)
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