- 1. Re: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:12:04 -0500
- Thanks for the info. This sounds exactly like what's happening to my car! I wonder if anyone has tried to fit an electric fan to a TD. As in some modern cars, it could be set up to run with the igni
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00101.html (8,286 bytes)
- 2. Re: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: CFritz7001@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 23:40:12 EDT
- Two things which might help: 1) There used to be thick carb-to-manifold gaskets available; these helped insulate the carbs from heat being conducted from the exhaust manifold. 2) Fabricate a heat shi
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00103.html (7,549 bytes)
- 3. Re: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:31:31 -0400
- <<the XPAG/XPEG engine is one BIG hunk of cast iron (for 1250cc) in a relatively small engine bay. It seems to take forever to cool down. Maybe the sheer mass of the engine is contributing to vapor l
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00111.html (7,579 bytes)
- 4. RE: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Gillam" <anngene@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:01:34 -0500
- Pete Thiel asked in reference to the 1970's: Let's not forget where these cars come from fellow Listers. I just looked up the average temperature in London, England: JAN. 45 FEB. 45 MARCH 51 APRIL 55
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00112.html (7,987 bytes)
- 5. RE: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:50:33 -0500
- [Lew Palmer] It's both, folks. Here in Minnesota (no jokes, now - we've just had a week or more of 85+ degree weather and dew points in the 70s) we get the same hard starting after running. The prob
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00113.html (8,216 bytes)
- 6. Re: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:02:53 -0400
- Hi All, You'll probably have to use full screen for this, but here is a quick copy of numbers from the Weather Channel for temperatures for Prospect, CT compared to the numbers for London the Gene ga
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00114.html (8,956 bytes)
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