Paul
Congratulations on your newly running ride.
Sounds like you have the right method for filling the cooling system just
keep watching it.
You could put in a catch can for the overflow tube; something I recommend
everyone do and then put coolant in the catch can until it is no longer
sucked into the system.
Lots of people will say that won't work unless you change the radiator cap;
well I have been running a stock cap with a catch can for about 20 years and
it works just fine. My stock fill tank is about half full cold.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul R. Breuhan
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:41 PM
To: Tigers Den
Subject: [Tigers] Success!! ...and Filling a Tiger's Cooling System
Well Gang,
Last Wednesday I finally started my Tiger up after 4 years!
It cranked over and fired up the first time much to my relief (after fixing
a couple fuel leaks, and a bound up acceleration pump). I ran it for a bit
to get the timing and carb in better tune. Everything seemed to be okay.
On Thursday I was able to leave work a bit early and took my car for a
journey of about a mile in my neighborhood before the darkness hit. It was a
relief that mechanically things worked well (laid some rubber much to my
neighbors' delight), and the motor sounded strong. I do have a number of
small issues with the stock gauges to look at (temperature gauge not
working, fuel gauge reads high) but everything seems to be a go.
Now my question???
This may seem silly but how you fill your cooling system and know that is
all the way filled? I don't want any trapped air pockets.
The Factory Shop Manual says the factory cooling system holds about 16
quarts.
I am using a Griffin aluminum radiator and an aluminum fill tank from Dale's
Resto...but NO heater core (or hoses that go to it)...and I have about 13
quarts in the system. So maybe that's all it will hold?
Initially I slowly filled the tank and got about 11-12 quarts in. It sat for
a couple weeks and naturally went down a bit, so I topped it off. Then after
running the car it went down again, so I was able to add some more...about
another quart or so worth.
Now maybe my system holds less than a stock system but I want to make sure
the car is properly filled...so any advice is certainly welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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