Leckstein wrote:
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> At 02:49 PM 7/18/97 -0500, A. B. Bonds wrote:
> >In <19970718192539.AAA13206@dontoy>, Don Toy wrote:
> >>Guys and Gals,
> >> I really need your collective wisdom. My TF has seem limited action in
> >>recent years. The main reason is the incredible amount of heat being
> >>generated, making it quite uncomfortable.
> >
> >Hmm. The only way a clutch can make heat is when it is slipping.
> >This results when the clutch is worn (or oily). Your symptoms do not
> >sound like a worn clutch. It would grab at only the last little bit
> >of pedal travel, and you suggest that it is not disengaging properly.
> >
> >Another inconsistency here is that you say the heat is generated when
> >you were adjusting the carbies. In that event, one presumes the
> >gearbox is in neutral and the only thing you are doing is driving the
> >laygear in the tranny, which would put a minimal load on the
> >driveline. Clutch doesn't look like the culprit.
> >
> >T's get !!@#@! hot. Especially in the summer. Even after a thorough
> >cleaning of the radiator, new water pump and tanking the block, mine
> >runs at about 85 deg C in moderate weather and in the 90's when the
> >ambient is above 85. This also blows into the cockpit (where is this
> >heat in the wintertime, I wonder?) Right now (it being 94 out there)
> >mine sits in the garage and the vehicle of choice is the B.
> >
> >Sorry I don't have much to say, but I don't vote for clutch, although
> >you may have some problem with yours (like a worn-out throwout
> >bearing...).
> > A. B. Bonds
> >
> I agree, my TF runs at 85 C in moderate temps, 95 in hot weather. In the
> winter, it always runs cold as does the heater. As we say when driving a T
> type, whatever it is doing outside, its doing inside.
>
> Mike
I agree with you guys, though my experience is with a TD. Make sure you
aren't running with the timing retarded and that the carbs are if
anything a hair to the rich side. Also, there are those holes in the
water passages under the freeze plugs that tend to clog up. Since having
my radiator recored a couple years ago, my TD runs 75-80 in moderate
weather and 85 in hot weather. Of course this also depends on what the
terrain of the road is and how fast I'm going. On an interstate for an
extended period or going over mountains add 5 degrees to the above. The
mountain heat up corrects itself when coming down the other side.
Charlie
'52 TD, '60 MGA, '66 MGB
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