Hi All,
I wanted to thankyou all for the responses. It looks like a extra fuel
pump and a heat shield is the way to go. So thanks for the info.
Rick
Rick/Carolyn wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Sparky was in a parade today, well half of one anyways. She vapor
> locked so bad it took a hour to cool off. Has anyone ever made a heat
> shield for the carbs.? Would this help my vapor lock? How about a
> electric fan, would this be work to keep the fuel lines cool. She
> actually ran pretty cool as the engine was only 205 F, didn't boil
> over. Considering it was stop and go for about an hour before she died,
> I thought we did okay.
>
> BTW I gotta fix this if we are going to be in any other parades. It is
> real hard on the 'ol ego' to push her to the curb.
>
> Rick
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52 MGTD,Sparky 74 MGB, B-tris 76 XJ12 Coupe, Jacque
60 Bugeye, Puddles 58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
http://www.softcom.net/users/walters
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4644
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