- 301. Re: [Tigers] brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:42:40 -0600
- My bottle of Castrol LMA is labeled DOT 4... I figured I'd at least continue to use a similar family of fluid. I found some Prestone stuff labeled DOT 4, specified boiling point 478F, and supposedly
- /html/tigers/2009-06/msg00128.html (8,583 bytes)
- 302. Re: [Tigers] Towing a Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:47 -0600
- I put the Tiger on a 16 foot flatdeck trailer and towed it out to SUNI with our 2000 Tundra. The only concession I made was to turn off the overdrive on the transmission - it hurts the mileage a bit
- /html/tigers/2009-06/msg00246.html (10,697 bytes)
- 303. Re: [Tigers] Be still your troubled hearts (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:57:56 -0600
- Hey Lynn, that's great to hear. Hopefully the other parts (or approprate compensation) will also find their way back to the right folks. I'll pull the black pins out of my voodoo Sunbeam model now...
- /html/tigers/2009-07/msg00134.html (9,667 bytes)
- 304. Re: [Tigers] SCF74 at monterey video (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:16:25 -0600
- That's a great video. That Falcon (and by extension, Buck's Tiger and the other cars in that group) is pulling some serious cornering G - the datalogger display showed 1.2G in either lateral directio
- /html/tigers/2009-08/msg00214.html (8,021 bytes)
- 305. Re: [Tigers] Cylinder Heads - Small Block Ford (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:45:25 -0600
- You will have to divide them into (at least) three categories in order to be able to get a fair assessment. First, all iron heads. The GT40P heads might be one of the best just because of the valve s
- /html/tigers/2009-09/msg00104.html (9,810 bytes)
- 306. Re: [Tigers] Amp Meter (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:02:52 -0600
- Your ammeter wouldn't have expired without some substantial amount of smoke and the plastic part in the back would be burned, melted or at least distorted. As was suggested, you've probably miswired
- /html/tigers/2009-09/msg00105.html (10,172 bytes)
- 307. [Tigers] New docs on Tigers United (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:31 -0700
- Some light reading while you're in a turkey daze! Bill Rogers has amassed a great collection of original dealer service information, and has scanned, restored, OCR'ed and PDF'ed the parts reference d
- /html/tigers/2009-11/msg00205.html (7,748 bytes)
- 308. Re: [Tigers] Stock Air Filter Question (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:31:07 -0700
- The 3710 is what I used. It required just a bit of a squeeze to fit the element into the housing top and bottom initially, but now it is oval to stay. For what it's worth, the E-2859 that is listed a
- /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00098.html (11,194 bytes)
- 309. Re: [Tigers] Opinions Please: LAT-70 Repro Wheels Better than (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:43:04 -0700
- Some tire shops may refuse to mount tires on wheels that don't have a safety bead. The main thing about the reproduction LAT wheels is that they are available (you can get a matching replacement shou
- /html/tigers/2010-01/msg00253.html (8,367 bytes)
- 310. Re: [Tigers] Tiger Pulley Part Number (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:20:18 -0700
- You'll know if it's right, by how close it comes to wiping out the steering rack tube. It should only have one sheave, and about 1" offset from the balancer flange to the center of the sheave. Its ou
- /html/tigers/2010-01/msg00271.html (8,447 bytes)
- 311. Re: [Tigers] Tiger Pulley Part Number (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:07:36 -0700
- You might find this doc of interest: http://www.tigersunited.com/resources/parts_rs260/Parts_List/2-AF-EngineMotor.pdf There is a better scan (but without the Ford numbers) at <http://www.tigersunite
- /html/tigers/2010-01/msg00274.html (7,987 bytes)
- 312. Re: [Tigers] To roll bar or not to roll bar, (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:34:55 -0700
- I had a local speed shop bend up a 1 3/4" x 0.120" wall piece of tubing to a template I cut out of cardboard, and I had them leave a bit of extra length on the legs. Then I took the hoop inside the c
- /html/tigers/2010-02/msg00048.html (9,000 bytes)
- 313. Re: [Tigers] Brakes & Wheel Combinations (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:26:37 -0700
- Hi Gary, and Joel, It's an involved mod, but I changed over to Ford pattern 5 bolt (5 on 4 1/2) hubs and then put on 11 3/4" rotors front and rear. I got some redrilled stock front hubs from Tom Hall
- /html/tigers/2010-02/msg00106.html (10,017 bytes)
- 314. Re: [Tigers] Fuel Injection (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:34:01 -0700
- Hi Wally, I have a BossEFI throttle body injection unit on my Tiger. It's sitting on an F4B manifold and it just barely fits under the firewall rib, but only after I machined the arc off the rear "fl
- /html/tigers/2010-02/msg00109.html (10,274 bytes)
- 315. Re: [Tigers] Fuel Injection (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:17:24 -0700
- Ron, and Cullen, The Powerjection, like my BossEFI, has a learning mode. It uses a heated oxygen sensor and PLX O2 sensor module and feeds its output back to the controller. A downside of the BossEFI
- /html/tigers/2010-02/msg00138.html (9,674 bytes)
- 316. Re: [Tigers] Inspector in Midwest (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:18:47 -0600
- I think the common thread here is Verizon, not necessarily the sender or the mailing list server. Theo Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Tigers@autox.team.net Donate
- /html/tigers/2010-03/msg00212.html (7,380 bytes)
- 317. Re: [Tigers] Risky Business (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:17:45 -0600
- Mauro, you shouldn't be leery of driving your car, so long as you know everything is up to date as far as maintenance is concerned. But a Tiger is a 60's car, and it was not designed to last forever.
- /html/tigers/2010-04/msg00216.html (10,123 bytes)
- 318. Re: [Tigers] ...speaking of scary stuff... (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:06 -0600
- There was a couple driving home from SUNI 3 that had a blowout on the interstate. Major damage to the tiger and the woman spent months in recovery - offhand I don't remember if she made a full recove
- /html/tigers/2010-04/msg00300.html (7,964 bytes)
- 319. Re: [Tigers] Hub Pulling.................too easy. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 21:07:19 -0600
- Hi Duke, Axle endplay is something you want to have within about 0.002" (spec is 0.006 to 0.008"), so you should make up some shims out of 0.004" shim stock in addition to the 0.010" one(s) you may a
- /html/tigers/2010-05/msg00007.html (7,468 bytes)
- 320. Re: [Tigers] Best distributor for Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: THEO SMIT <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:11:44 -0600
- If you're going with a stock-ish distributor, then do some parts-bin engineering to set it up with a mechanical advance of 24 to 26 crankshaft degrees, and find a vacuum advance unit that has an adju
- /html/tigers/2010-06/msg00107.html (9,441 bytes)
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