From sunbeamparts at gmail.com Sun Jun 1 11:21:34 2025 From: sunbeamparts at gmail.com (Tineke Malherbe-Dupont) Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 17:21:34 +0000 Subject: [Tigers] NOS Tiger 2 indicator and light switch Lucas 35691 Message-ID: Hi We discovered a NOS Tiger 2 indicator and light switch Lucas 35691 in our warehouse. Priced at 395 euro. [cid:0f265636-1015-41b8-a388-5c0c32d64362] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/jpeg Size: 804613 bytes Desc: image.png URL: From tym2 at comcast.net Fri Jun 6 10:26:43 2025 From: tym2 at comcast.net (Dr. T. Y. McDowell) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 12:26:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue Message-ID: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Good Afternoon Tigers, I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive). It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, Tym McDowell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jd.sencindiver at gmail.com Fri Jun 6 10:53:34 2025 From: jd.sencindiver at gmail.com (Jim Sencindiver) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 12:53:34 -0400 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Tim, I would start with looking at the battery cables. I had a similar problem (but in the fall, temps in the 50s) and the ground cable from the battery was bad/corroded. Get a multimeter, set it on "continuity" and check for ground continuity, then check for voltage from the positive terminal to ground. Good luck. On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 12:37?PM Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers < tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: > Good Afternoon Tigers, > > I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two > miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new > battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ > degree heat for the truck to arrive). > > It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to > look/start. > Any input would be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Tym McDowell > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jd.sencindiver at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jay.laifman at gmail.com Fri Jun 6 10:58:13 2025 From: jay.laifman at gmail.com (Jay Laifman) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 09:58:13 -0700 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Slipping fan belt? > On Jun 6, 2025, at 9:38?AM, Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers wrote: > > ? > Good Afternoon Tigers, > > I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive). > > It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. > Any input would be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Tym McDowell > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman at gmail.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From srwick at hotmail.com Fri Jun 6 11:12:35 2025 From: srwick at hotmail.com (steve wick) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 17:12:35 +0000 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Check your ammeter. The same thing happened to me. The main power goes through the ammeter. A wire came loose on the back of the alternator and shorted. The ammeter acted like a fusible link and fried. All power was lost. I ended up rerouting the wires to the ammeter through a 30-amp circuit breaker. Steve ________________________________ From: Tigers on behalf of Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 9:26 AM To: Tiger's List Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue Good Afternoon Tigers, I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive). It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, Tym McDowell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jefferyrandall at gmail.com Fri Jun 6 11:51:38 2025 From: jefferyrandall at gmail.com (Jeffery Randall) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:51:38 -0400 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Coil would be something to check, it will run when it's cold and fail when it warms up. On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:20?PM Jim Sencindiver via Tigers < tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: > Tim, > I would start with looking at the battery cables. I had a similar problem > (but in the fall, temps in the 50s) and the ground cable from the battery > was bad/corroded. Get a multimeter, set it on "continuity" and check for > ground continuity, then check for voltage from the positive terminal to > ground. > > Good luck. > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 12:37?PM Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers < > tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> Good Afternoon Tigers, >> >> I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two >> miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new >> battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ >> degree heat for the truck to arrive). >> >> It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to >> look/start. >> Any input would be appreciated! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Tym McDowell >> _______________________________________________ >> >> tigers at autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jd.sencindiver at gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jefferyrandall at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tigers at embarqmail.com Fri Jun 6 11:58:30 2025 From: Tigers at embarqmail.com (Will Seay) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:58:30 -0400 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Tym If the car just died it's hard to put the blame on the battery. If you managed to start the car, the battery can't be in very bad shape. If you were to completely disconnect the battery while the car is running, it would continue to run on the generator. If you're sure it's an electrical problem I would start by checking out the ignition system - points, coil, condenser, ballast resistor. Good luck Will - 382001570 Tigers at embarqmail.com On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:26?PM Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers < tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: > Good Afternoon Tigers, > > I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two > miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new > battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ > degree heat for the truck to arrive). > > It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to > look/start. > Any input would be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Tym McDowell > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/tigers at embarqmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From orr4sale at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 6 12:21:37 2025 From: orr4sale at sbcglobal.net (D or G at sbc) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 18:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <1253046836.428314.1749234097792@mail.yahoo.com> If the horn, headlights, etc. work, then it might be a bad coil, or loose wire. Check and see if you have spark. David Franchi On Friday, June 6, 2025 at 09:32:49 AM PDT, Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers wrote: Good Afternoon Tigers, I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail!? Brand new battery.? I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive).? It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, Tym McDowell _______________________________________________ tigers at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/orr4sale at sbcglobal.net From tigers at embarqmail.com Fri Jun 6 12:44:14 2025 From: tigers at embarqmail.com (Wilfred Seay) Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:44:14 -0700 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue Message-ID: <2QNG61OQCQU4.L4VW75AZ7DKN@luweb03oc> Tym If the car just died it's hard to put the blame on the battery. If you managed to start the car, the battery can't be in very bad shape. If you were to completely disconnect the battery while the car is running, it would continue to run on the generator. If you're sure it's an electrical problem I would start by checking out the ignition system - points, coil, condenser, ballast resistor. Good luck Will - 382001570 Tigers at embarqmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coolvt at aol.com Fri Jun 6 12:48:54 2025 From: coolvt at aol.com (Cheers... Mark ) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 18:48:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Tigers] (no subject) References: <1382070186.444150.1749235734794.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1382070186.444150.1749235734794@mail.yahoo.com> If it sputters and then dies, it's most likely fuel related. If it dies with no notice, most likely electrical.? Once that is determined it makes it easier to find the problem. ?Once at a TA event a woman brought in a car that would die and then restart. One of the Tiger owner there discovered the wire from the coil was not plugged tightly into the distributor. Problem solved in 10 seconds with a test drive to verify.? ?Would check all wires that you can reach to be sure they are tight and clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jliny5 at cox.net Fri Jun 6 13:28:33 2025 From: jliny5 at cox.net (James Lindner) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 15:28:33 -0400 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> References: <362332900.45173.1749227203953@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <34ED93FA-4329-4A5F-B391-3F83702125BE@cox.net> Tym I agree withe a ground issue somewhere. Do you have electronic ignition (Petronix, Mallory etc?) if so, I would strongly suspect that. Have heard similar stories from owners that have electronic ignition. Jim Sent from my iPad > On Jun 6, 2025, at 12:34 PM, Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers wrote: > > ? > Good Afternoon Tigers, > > I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive). > > It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. > Any input would be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Tym McDowell > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jliny5 at cox.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jay.laifman at gmail.com Fri Jun 6 21:44:22 2025 From: jay.laifman at gmail.com (Jay Laifman) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 22:44:22 -0500 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0715C7B6-A3BE-4B48-941F-5E4F1710B925@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From winbladgary at gmail.com Sat Jun 7 07:47:35 2025 From: winbladgary at gmail.com (Gary Winblad) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 06:47:35 -0700 Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Issue In-Reply-To: <0715C7B6-A3BE-4B48-941F-5E4F1710B925@gmail.com> References: <0715C7B6-A3BE-4B48-941F-5E4F1710B925@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes Jay! Modern batteries can do that. Did it in my 1994 Ford Probe way back then. No warning signs. Was parked 50 miles from home, went to start it an "dead as a doornail". After a jump, was able to drive it home on the alternator though. I sure wonder what Tym means by "dead as a doornail". I doubt it is what all the other guys are suggesting... Gary W. On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 8:51?PM Jay Laifman wrote: > While I agree with Will?s comments, I will point out on my daughter?s 201? > Jaguar, the car did stop cold while driving, from a bad battery. I argued > against the dealer about it - because I thought I knew better. But > ultimately, I was proved wrong. Modern cars electronic signals are so > narrow, the fluctuations from a battery dying can shut off some cars. > Though I understand some cars are designed to save critical driving > systems. But this was a Jaguar ? > > On Jun 6, 2025, at 3:39?PM, Will Seay via Tigers > wrote: > > ? > Tym > If the car just died it's hard to put the blame on the battery. If you > managed to start the car, the battery can't be in very bad shape. If you > were to completely disconnect the battery while the car is running, it > would continue to run on the generator. If you're sure it's an > electrical problem I would start by checking out the ignition system - > points, coil, condenser, ballast resistor. > Good luck > > Will - 382001570 > Tigers at embarqmail.com > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:26?PM Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers < > tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> Good Afternoon Tigers, >> >> I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two >> miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new >> battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ >> degree heat for the truck to arrive). >> >> It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to >> look/start. >> Any input would be appreciated! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Tym McDowell >> _______________________________________________ >> >> tigers at autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/tigers at embarqmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/winbladgary at gmail.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tym2 at comcast.net Sat Jun 7 08:42:10 2025 From: tym2 at comcast.net (Dr. T. Y. McDowell) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 10:42:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Tigers] Dead As A Doornail In-Reply-To: References: <0715C7B6-A3BE-4B48-941F-5E4F1710B925@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2042066148.63198.1749307330901@connect.xfinity.com> My "dead as a doornail" comment....... No electricity, no electric fuel pump, no lights, no radio, no horn - nothing. I'll let the group know when I find out what it is. Thanks for the help! Tym McDowell > On 06/07/2025 9:47 AM EDT Gary Winblad wrote: > > > Yes Jay! > Modern batteries can do that. Did it in my 1994 Ford Probe way back then. No warning signs. Was parked 50 miles from home, > went to start it an "dead as a doornail". After a jump, was able to drive it home on the alternator though. > > I sure wonder what Tym means by "dead as a doornail". I doubt it is what all the other guys are suggesting... > Gary W. > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 8:51?PM Jay Laifman wrote: > > > > > While I agree with Will?s comments, I will point out on my daughter?s 201? Jaguar, the car did stop cold while driving, from a bad battery. I argued against the dealer about it - because I thought I knew better. But ultimately, I was proved wrong. Modern cars electronic signals are so narrow, the fluctuations from a battery dying can shut off some cars. Though I understand some cars are designed to save critical driving systems. But this was a Jaguar ? > > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2025, at 3:39?PM, Will Seay via Tigers wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Tym > > > If the car just died it's hard to put the blame on the battery. If you managed to start the car, the battery can't be in very bad shape. If you were to completely disconnect the battery while the car is running, it would continue to run on the generator. If you're sure it's an electrical problem I would start by checking out the ignition system - points, coil, condenser, ballast resistor. > > > Good luck > > > Will - 382001570 > > > Tigers at embarqmail.com mailto:Tigers at embarqmail.com > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:26?PM Dr. T. Y. McDowell via Tigers wrote: > > > > > > > Good Afternoon Tigers, > > > > > > > > I had took my Tiger out yesterday for gas and an inspection sticker. Two miles from my house the car just died - dead as a doornail! Brand new battery. I had to have the car flat-bedded home (I waited 2.5 hours in 90+ degree heat for the truck to arrive). > > > > > > > > It's definitely an electrical issue, but I have no idea where to look/start. > > > > Any input would be appreciated! > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > Tym McDowell > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > tigers at autox.team.net mailto:tigers at autox.team.net > > > > > > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > > > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/tigers at embarqmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > tigers at autox.team.net mailto:tigers at autox.team.net > > > > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > > > > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman at gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > tigers at autox.team.net mailto:tigers at autox.team.net > > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/winbladgary at gmail.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tigers at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/tym2 at comcast.net > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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