- 1. New panasport wheels (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:52:57 -0600
- Well, I finally have my new Panasport wheels and Pirelli tires on the Tiger and they look awesome. For fifteen years I have been thinking 'new wheels and tires next year, this year ...(whatever)'. No
- /html/tigers/2000-06/msg00085.html (7,118 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:49:39 -0600
- My (tiny) original key was a fairly close fit, but not awkward. The newer key blank that I changed to when the original wore out didn't fit until I took a grinder to it. The head is now like the orig
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00047.html (7,377 bytes)
- 3. Re: Pads for Sunbeams (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:42:53 -0600
- I used to work for a brake company, and do tech clinics for mechanics. We sold carbon-metallic brakes (as well as semi-metallic and organics). One should be careful about generalising, but on the who
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00250.html (8,460 bytes)
- 4. Lucas woes-update (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 06:30:44 -0600
- Thanks to all who replied, as I had hoped you had better ideas than I did. It did prove to be a poor power connection, although I am still not sure exactly which one. It was a weird problem being par
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00269.html (6,781 bytes)
- 5. Re: highway - Head Pull (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 20:06:18 -0600
- I have to disagree with Steve here, as I have managed to change a head gasket with the engine in place (on a date's driveway, no less). It is no fun, and there was just exactly enough space to slide
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00373.html (8,060 bytes)
- 6. Lucas woes (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:14:35 -0600
- I may have an answer on this, but if anyone would like to corrector confirm my guess before I buy a part long distance. As I was driving yesterday I lost my Tach reading, my water temp, fuel gauge, a
- /html/tigers/2000-04/msg00256.html (7,281 bytes)
- 7. Wheel sizes (photo request) (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 06:56:17 -0700
- Hello all, Well I am getting cabin fever, as my tiger has been parked for six weeks: it is time to buy something for it. I have decided on Panasport wheels but I can't decide between the 14" and the
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00070.html (7,466 bytes)
- 8. Wheel size (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:01:27 -0700
- Thanks to all who provided photos, I now have excellent pictures of 14", 15", and 16" panasports on Tigers (plus some minilites). There are some really great looking cars out there, and I'm afraid I
- /html/tigers/2000-01/msg00099.html (6,427 bytes)
- 9. Tiger Surge (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:37:15 -0700
- Just thought I would give the list an update on my surge problem from over a month ago. As you may recall my modified Tiger had never run right since its heart transplant, with an annoying surge (or
- /html/tigers/1999-12/msg00111.html (6,972 bytes)
- 10. Go fast juice (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 18:00:56 -0700
- I have nitrous on my Tiger, and this doesn't scare me. From his own admission, he left the bottle heater on which raised the pressure in the tank until it exploded. It would have exploded equally as
- /html/tigers/1999-11/msg00052.html (6,750 bytes)
- 11. hard top pieces (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:54:44 -0600
- It is hard top season in Canada now, soon to be 'parked Tiger' season in Edmonton actually. My hardtop went half way through a repair almost five years ago, unfortunately this was 'disassemble, fix r
- /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00162.html (7,050 bytes)
- 12. Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:11:10 -0600
- I have a riddle for all of the armchair mechanics out there, but it is a longish saga so anyone not interested hit 'delete' now. I installed a very racey 302 into my Mk I last winter and have spent a
- /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00297.html (9,199 bytes)
- 13. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:44:33 -0600
- Hi Bill, thanks for the offer of help in diagnosis. The Carb currently on the car is an edelbrock 600 cfm vacuum secondary. My first guess was a lean misfire so I richened the rod/jet combination wit
- /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00314.html (9,132 bytes)
- 14. Faulty(?) Oil filters (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:19:54 -0600
- I wonder if anyone can lend any insight on this. We had a 5.0 Ford vs. Import car showdown at the local drag strip this weekend and I was considering racing (actually I fit in both categories) so I d
- /html/tigers/1999-08/msg00481.html (8,683 bytes)
- 15. Re: Faulty(?) Oil filters (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:48:10 -0600
- Two people (Robert and Tim Ronak) have suggested this and it is certainly possible. Which way should it flow? Mine is set up to flow from the centre and out to the sides, that is why I could unscrew
- /html/tigers/1999-08/msg00498.html (7,451 bytes)
- 16. Oil Filter (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:11:10 -0600
- Kudos to the list again: Stu Brennan, Tim Ronak, John Logan, and Robert Dobrowski all diagnosed correctly. The oil filter hoses had been fabricated to run oil through the filter the wrong way during
- /html/tigers/1999-08/msg00519.html (6,754 bytes)
- 17. Re: Posi Rear (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 08:32:48 -0600
- I am not sure if this works for all types of 'posi' units, but in all cases I have tried: with the rear end in the air if one rear wheel is spun by hand, on posi units the off wheel will roll the sam
- /html/tigers/1999-06/msg00166.html (7,033 bytes)
- 18. turn signal repair (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:57:28 -0600
- Help, my turn signal is driving me crazy! I have a lazy turn signal that signals left whenever I hit a bump. To compound my problem I had rigged the horn to the same switch and now it occasionally be
- /html/tigers/1999-06/msg00405.html (6,952 bytes)
- 19. Oil filter (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth and Linda Macdonald <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:41:06 -0700
- I need a little information on the fittings for the original style oil filter on my tiger. I have my new '69 302 in the car and am now fussing with the oil filter assembly. We have fabricated up a mo
- /html/tigers/1998-12/msg00068.html (6,618 bytes)
- 20. Oil filter (score: 1)
- Author: Michael McBeth and Linda Macdonald <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:41:06 -0700
- I need a little information on the fittings for the original style oil filter on my tiger. I have my new '69 302 in the car and am now fussing with the oil filter assembly. We have fabricated up a mo
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00385.html (7,314 bytes)
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