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To: "National Corporation (E-mail)" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: inquiry 032299a
From: "Wright, Larry" <lrw@aop.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:00:11 -0500
Bob Palmer wrote:
>Tony,
>The manual says the torque spec for these bolts is 62 lbs-ft (or
>foot-pounds in the common vernacular). I usually tighten them a bit
tighter
>than this, but we should probably take the advice of the experts.
>As far as anti-seize, or whatever, I would suggest using something to
>exclude the moisture that inevitably collects above the bolt. 

(a) wouldn't adding _any_ kind of goop change the torque setting by
acting as a lubricant? I read this somewhere, possibly right on this
List, didn't save it...
(b) a glob of silicone caulk, I'd guess, would cap of those recesses
above the tip of the bolt. 

Ed Esslinger wrote:
>I'm going to SUNI ,driving my Tiger. It's 2200 miles from here . As I'm
not
>getting any younger, I could use a cruse control. Anyone on the list,
been
>there ,done that??

Yes, twice, but not on a Tiger and not recently. Pretty sure the one on
my brothers Suzuki Samurai (ugh) was from J C Junk, went on in an hour
and worked great, but I recall it plugged into the stock on-board black
box, thus not a Sunbeam-type application. The one I put in my Datsun 510
was from Zemco, picked up its speed reading from a sensor that counted
magnets pass by that were attached to the driveshaft; it worked well
too. In addition, it had a fuel flow device, and a digital read-out
panel on the dash gave current and trip MPG, gallons per hour,
miles-to-empty, etc; I think it told you 82 different (mostly useless)
things. I still have it and keep thinking about sticking it in the
Garage Queen.

I found cruise control to be about the easiest accessory I've ever added
to a car; your problem on a Tiger will be finding space for the
components.

Pen Pendleton wrote:
>Tigger shirts, eh? So do the Alpine guys get the Pooh shirts? Is there
a 
>special Eeeore shirt for Laifman?

LOL! 

>Personally, I'm waiting on the new batch of "Inquiry 031299a" shirts 
>available this Spring from Sunbeam Specialties.

Sorry; keep waiting. I've been told that the max that can go on a shirt
is 250 words, and all of my "Inquiry" messages have been going well over
that.

JPKKMK@aol.com wrote:
>I have an interesting problem with the tach in my tiger. Some days it
will
>read just fine other times it will read very high (like 5500 at 65mph)

Try shifting up.  :^)

Lawrence R. Wright
Purchasing Analyst
Andrews Office Products Div. of USOP
lrw@aop.com
Ph. 301.386.7923  Fx. 301.386.5333


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