Well it was bound to happen. Now that I found out what the Tiger could do
and adjusted my accelerator pedal to where I had WOT (with a little room for
engine movement and making sure I wasn't pulling against the carb stop) I
was out having a little romp. I wasn't even going that fast but had the rpms
up and pow! in great cloud of white smoke, I blew up the remote oil filter
hoses. We dumped almost all 6 quarts of oil in about 10 seconds. It looked
like we were fogging the area for insects. Thankfully nobody was behind us.
We shut off the engine and coasted into a gas station where the worker
behind the counter watched us with suspicious glares at the "queer british
car." Called a friend and endured the shame of having to be towed home.
Unfortunately, the 'bowtie' man across the street was home as we pulled up
and laughed as he continued washing his Chevy.
Anyway, off to the custom hose shop this morning for steel-braided lines.
The sad thing is I was just talking about needing to change the oil filter
two days ago, but this is not the way I wanted to do it.
While I had the radiator hose off, I pulled the thermostat to check the
rating. It was a 160 degree unit. Knowing Oklahoma weather is fairly hot,
should I go to 180 or keep the 160? The car has been running between 170 -
200 degrees but the temperature here has not been above 50 degrees the last
several weeks.
Thanks
Mark
B382000974
1966 - Mk1a
Mark Rose
Team Quest Learning Services
www.OUropes.ou.edu
mrose@ou.edu
405.325.0464
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