I never had a Tiger, but the alpine and other cars have a similar
system. I just always used a coffee can with Gas in it. No Smoking
Please !! That's what I did, and i'm still alive to talk about it, and
that parts were alway clean. I usualy used an old tooth brush to clean
them with. One use only !!
Rich
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>From: Rick Hoefle[SMTP:NamasteRH@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: Saturday, March 01, 1997 1:10 PM
>To: BSTIG1@aol.com
>Cc: richards@northcoast.com; Tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: PCV Circuit Cleaning
>
>BSTIG1@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Rick,
>> If I were you, and obviously I'm not, I would try cleaning it with your
>> "garden variety" carb cleaner. As for the parts supplement that I think
>> you're refering to, publication No.6601131, concering Rootes part #1229842
>>on
>> Plate ref. D111, don't take this as gospel. After all, the cover page
>> notes,"Commencing Chassis Number B9470001" and if you go section GF, the
>> transmission noted is a Toploader. Well I'm here to tell you, my Tiger
>>came
>> with a T-10 and it's chassis # is B9470047. I don't know where these Ford
>>and
>> Rootes engineers got their degrees in "Rocket Scientry", but the workshop
>> manual and parts publication certainly are not " the bible" when it comes
>>to
>> Tigers. Exerience usually is. As for the oil filler cap on my car, it's
>> connected by a hose to the air cleaner. Brett
>
>Well, as Dustin Hoffman said in "Little Big Man", "sometimes the world
>is just too strange to even bother living in" (or something like that).
>
>Anyway, the workshop manual says "The breather cap located on the
>rocker arm cover should be cleaned with a solvent at the proper
>mileage interval. DO NOT OIL THE MESH AFTER CLEANING. At the
>recommended interval, remove the crankcase ventilation regulator
>valve, vent hose and hose conections. Clean the valve in clean
>carburettor solvent and dry it with compressed air. Clean the rubber
>hose with a low-volatile petroleum base solvent and dry it with
>compressed air. Clean the orifice in the carburettor spacer or intake
>manifold fitting."
>
>Hence my question, orginally. What solvents do others use for these
>purposes? Obviously, carburettor cleaner means what it says, but what
>of the rest? I didn't mean this to be so significant, but it seems to
>be revealing a bit of trivia about our cars that I have not yet seen
>discussed here.
>
>So, how are others' cars set up for this?
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>
>
>Rick Hoefle 1964 Tiger B9470508 - HIS
> 1969 MGC - HERS
>
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