- 181. RE: No Start!!! Battery Draw??? Help?? (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:23:15 -0600
- Hi Scott, The high current connections suffer the most from a poor connection, so start by cleaning the battery terminals, as well as the connection between the chassis and the ground cable. Then byp
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00030.html (7,988 bytes)
- 182. RE: No Start!!! Battery Draw??? Help?? (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:06:25 -0600
- Hey Dave, Can you give us some insight into why the "ground" on the fuse block matters? Other than keeping the fuse block from hitting the clutch master cylinder during vigorous driving? If you want
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00038.html (8,618 bytes)
- 183. RE: Paint cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:59:56 -0600
- Hi Mark, I just Googled "Pine sap removal" and one answer that came up was baby oil - at least for getting it off skin. I was going to suggest (mostly tongue-in-cheek) peanut butter, but it appears t
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00053.html (7,510 bytes)
- 184. RE: Sunbeam Alpine (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:29:47 -0600
- Hi Nick, Unfortunately, the biggest problem that you'll face is a social one: There are people that have swapped 289's or 302's into Alpines and sold the result to unsuspecting buyers as a Tiger, sup
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00070.html (7,553 bytes)
- 185. Scott's wiring problem fixed (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:03:36 -0600
- Hi Scott, Congrats on getting your car going again. When you re-do your ammeter connections make sure that you use ring lug connectors, not spade lugs, and that all the nuts stacked up on the back of
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00082.html (8,230 bytes)
- 186. RE: towing a Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:07:49 -0600
- According to what I've heard, the main issue with towing a manual transmission car is that the mainshaft in the transmission gets turned by the driveshaft, but that's all - since it's in neutral, the
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00112.html (8,685 bytes)
- 187. RE: Response to your question for item #2495371267 - Other (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:09:15 -0600
- Hi Scott, The main thing to understand is that Tigers were built 'from the ground up' at the factory. They didn't take existing Alpine shells, cut off the body parts (such as the front inner fender s
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00179.html (9,034 bytes)
- 188. RE: Nitrogen Enbrittlement (acid manifold porting) (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:30:29 -0600
- Hi Tom, I think hydrogen embrittlement is what you're looking for, and one (possibly expensive) way to actually do the exhaust manifolds might be to Extrude-Hone them. Other than their ads in GRM, I
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00184.html (8,017 bytes)
- 189. RE: Wheels and Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:59:52 -0600
- The main issue with 13" wheels are: Tire availability, especially for the street (you can still get performance oriented 13" tires especially in 205-60/13), and brake fit. I have a set of Wilwood rot
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00203.html (7,555 bytes)
- 190. RE: Nitrogen Embrittlement (acid manifold porting) (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:05:00 -0600
- Hi Tom, Based on this information, I'd say you're probably okay. http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Forms/embrittlement.htm Best regards, Theo
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00208.html (7,377 bytes)
- 191. RE: Soft Tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:49:40 -0600
- Google to the rescue! <http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story015.htm > Now even though Velcro was invented in 1948, and not perfected (according to the story) until 1956, that doesn't mea
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00253.html (7,235 bytes)
- 192. RE: Different soft tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:08:52 -0600
- Since I've got B382002705, I'd also be likely to have a mkII type top... Unless a PO replaced the bows, and unless Rootes did some parts-bin engineering at the end of the Mk1A production that made th
- /html/tigers/2004-10/msg00256.html (7,379 bytes)
- 193. RE: Picture of Tiger for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:08:50 -0600
- Hi Ron, The list server won't propagate images. Email it to me directly and I'll put it up on my webpage tonight. Theo
- /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00005.html (6,453 bytes)
- 194. RE: [Fwd: Re: This Car] (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:59:03 -0600
- It sounds like he's getting a little annoyed at all the attention he's getting, and maybe a little worried that someone will bring the DMV up to speed. I wonder if the sticker price is going down at
- /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00020.html (7,313 bytes)
- 195. RE: Battery Drain (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:36:49 -0600
- Hi Scott, If you've got an alarm or radio with a permanent battery connection then it might be slowly draining the battery. There isn't anything in the factory wiring that would have a constant curre
- /html/tigers/2004-09/msg00147.html (7,677 bytes)
- 196. RE: Caliper seals (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:56:39 -0600
- Since Girling calipers are also used on various older Volvo cars, the square caliper-half seals are usually available from Volvo dealers or those who stock Volvo rebuild parts. At least, they were wh
- /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00054.html (7,025 bytes)
- 197. RE: test (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:28:58 -0600
- Hi Dave, The safest thing to do is to bypass the switch at your earliest convenience (or inconvenience, which sounds like what's happening to you), and to put in a brake pedal activated switch, that
- /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00059.html (7,102 bytes)
- 198. RE: Dipstick Problems, Take Two (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:47:37 -0600
- Hi Chuck, One of the functions of the deep-sump oil pans is to move the oil level away from the crank. To get maximum benefit from such a sump you also install a deeper pickup, and that allows you to
- /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00075.html (7,387 bytes)
- 199. RE: Alternator conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:13:28 -0600
- As Ron says, don't be afraid of diving in and doing your own bracket - just make sure that it's really rigid, because you've got a big hunk of metal hanging off a reasonably long lever arm there. Sin
- /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00122.html (8,665 bytes)
- 200. RE: Stopping - JUST THE FACTS, Ma'am! (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:34:58 -0600
- Turkey eggs? Never considered that... You ought to go with what's locally available, which is why mine is made from some grizzly fur and pine bark that I scavenged from a recent trip to the mountains
- /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00163.html (8,349 bytes)
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