Scott
Great to see you got your Tiger on the road. Ahhh, the adventures
of Sunbeaming!!
You need to carefully check and inspect the condition of everything in the
front suspension for the shake. I had to change the bushings in the A-arms
to eliminate the shake in my Tiger, but other components can also contribute
to the shake.
You need to inspect all the hose connections, seals and rubber pieces
associated with the fuel system.
You need to strap the battery down correctly even though the trunk floor
panel will hold it in place.
Always think safety first.
Yes, it gets very hot under the bonnet and Tigers are prone to vapor lock.
What to do?
Make sure your cooling system is working well running at around 180 degrees
and not at 200 degrees.
Pop the hood to let the heat out.
I put a Pertronix ignition unit in and that seemed to help with hot
starting.
Sometimes I have to open the 2bbl all the way to get it to clear and start
when hot.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Jen/Scott
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:48 AM
To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: My Tiger Stretched it's Legs this Weekend
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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