Well, after all of the work I did on the tiger and the last minute fixes
I made, I am proud to say that the tiger made its first long distance
trip this weekend. It was the first time I took it on the freeway and
the first time I took it for a trip longer than 5 miles!!! I drove it
about 80 miles early on Sunday, and other than a few minor pitfalls, it
was a decent trip.
My steering wheel was still shaking, but after the new tires, not nearly
as bad. I am not sure where else to look to correct for that since I got
an alignment, and the new tires and the rims were not terribly out of
balance. What else.
The biggest two problems I had were bad but became minor due to some
good luck considering how unsafe it was. As I was driving on the 405
with my wife behind me, I could hear what sounded like sparks in the
trunk. As I was pulling over , the car died on me. I open the trunk, and
the hold down brace for the battery (metal) has vibrated to the point
that it easily welded itself to each of the top terminals on the
battery. It was pretty hot and smoking, but I got it unwelded with my
trusty hammer. I left the brace off and hooked up the battery and got a
boost from my truck and it started. Then as I was walking back to the
tiger, I see fuel almost pouring out of the drivers side trunk. It looks
like since this is the first time I actually filled UP the tanks, I
found a bad seal for the fuel sender. Add it to the list. It wasn't
until after I got back on the freeway that I thought about how lucky I
was that the fuel did not meet those sparks from the battery. That would
have been bad.
Well after that it was a good trip. A little noisy and I think my intake
gets too hot since when I stopped for a break, I had to wait 10 minutes
to start it back up. I think the intake/carb just overheat and get vapor
lock or something. What can I do to resolve that? As I said, decent trip
and I hope it was not the last. Thanks to everyone for all the help!!
Scott
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