In 1975 at McNally Pass Alaska at 40 degrees below zero in the middle of
nowhere, my 1970 Pontiac Lemans GTO slipped its timing gear. Some weeks
later, as I tore down the engine to find why I had no compression, the
problem was obvious. A nylon gear with little or no teeth.
Sorry for the non-Tiger content, it was a special memory.
Curtis
defrosting in California
At 06:08 PM 10/13/01 -0700, Eric Gibeaut wrote:
>>>>
>
> Help!
> This Spring my trusty old 1975 Bronco with 150,000 miles on it's 302
> stopped
> dead because of stripped nylon timing gears. Several bent valves,
> much work
> and $$$ later the Bronco is fine. This leads to my question....
> my 1965 Tiger has 120,000 miles on the original, never opened up 260.
> Did
> Ford use nylon timing gears on the Tiger engines and is this a grenade
> with
> the pin half-way out waiting to explode?!
> thanks for your help
> Eric
>
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: "Schonberger, Barry K" <BKSchonb@usi.edu>
> To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <tpatton@tiresplus.com>; <cbowland@email.msn.com>; <
> SIRSCCA@plainc.com>;
> <jkgriffs@yahoo.com>; <NWIC@gotinsurance.com>; <leroy@lacy-purl.com>;
>
> <jellicat@att.net>; <racetiger@hotmail.com>; <nfcdg@aol.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:51 PM
> Subject: Team Tiger on Speedvision
>
>
> > Speedvision has announced their broadcast schedule for the 2001 SCCA
>
> > Valvoline Runoffs. The one hour broadcast of the GT 2 race with Team
> Tiger
> > can be seen at the following EASTERN times:
> >
> > Nov. 2nd 10:00pm
> > Nov. 3rd 2:00am and 1:00pm
> > Nov. 4th 4:00am
> > Nov. 5th 12:00 noon
> >
> > I would suggest you check your local listings that week to see if
> there
> have
> > been any changes.
> > Don't miss this opportunity to see the good, the bad, and the ugly.
>
> >
> > BARRY SCHONBERGER
> > Team Tiger
>
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