- 181. Re: Apocryphal? (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 10:32:13 PST
- -I am supposedly the 3rd owner of our TIGER. The PO had it for about 10 years, as far as he knew it had the "original" 5-bolt engine. When he rebuilt it, the shop realized it was a 289...not a 260.
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00220.html (8,748 bytes)
- 182. Re[2]: 5 speed Tranny Conversions (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 11:36:57 PST
- -And I also believe the input shaft housings are different. -When I "dumped" a 289 into my '66 Econoline & mounted the 4-speed shifter IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE HOUSING (ask me off-line about my 8-foot
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00225.html (8,384 bytes)
- 183. Re[2]: 289 MK1a tiger (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 08:27:45 PST
- Gee; who's the gutless wonder that can't sign their name to the net? Phil get the book. and you not need to ask useless questions.
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00248.html (7,130 bytes)
- 184. Re: Nasty remarks: let's stop them, please (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 09:34:00 PST
- Sorry to all; -If anybody has a beef with some numbskull, bonehead thing I say, send me something privately, mano-a-mano, so we can work out our differences off-line. -Sending a message un-signed is
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00255.html (8,603 bytes)
- 185. MUSIC & TIGERS. (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 11:50:45 PST
- -What's the opinions out there about favorite tunes to listen to whilst wrenching on the beasts? -Last night while "fiddling about" on our TIGER, I started up a 4-disc CD set of the WHO. Really got
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00261.html (7,259 bytes)
- 186. Re: RE- Jensen Date vs. CA DMV. (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 10:23:36 PST
- -Did you get a definitive calendar month from DMV when the model year cutoff/changeover is? I vaguely remember it used to be October started their new fiscal year. Supposedly this was based on the f
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00262.html (8,699 bytes)
- 187. Re[2]: Apocryphal? (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 09:19:24 PST
- -Anybody that has any mfg. experience at all, knows how difficult & time-consuming it is to hit a break-point right on the ol' kazoo. -I've NEVER, NEVER worked anywhere where this was done to the fo
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00265.html (9,436 bytes)
- 188. Re[4]: Apocryphal? (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:09:36 PST
- -What's scary about this whole thing is, unless you have the actual work-orders to match to the Production Plan/Records(in my example, the "official" changeover on the 260 badge was car # 2400)you'l
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00274.html (8,645 bytes)
- 189. Re[2]: Leaf spring repair/replacement (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:16:47 PST
- -The bane of my wife, sitting in my garage right now is a CHROMED rear-end from a Pontiac/Olds that was cut down and actually used in a '60's-era front-engined top-fueler. It is just the housing, no
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00280.html (8,598 bytes)
- 190. Re[2]: EXHAUSTed (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 14:49:48 PST
- -Hell with the $45.00/hr labor rate for 30 seconds. Ever try the 'ol 12-pack trick? Last time I looked, BUD was $5.99/12-pack. Works quite well. Then, when you need a major job done,send it "their"
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00282.html (7,951 bytes)
- 191. Re: 2.88 gears/Posi (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 09:14:35 PST
- -You're gonna' run 2.88's with a 5-speed? You'll have the very first 200 MPH/@2,000 RPM TIGER ever seen. Have you thought of BONNEVILLE SPEED WEEK? Phil YES, Chad has it correct. No problem for our
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00301.html (7,757 bytes)
- 192. Re[2]: Something to Tickle You (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 09:55:07 PST
- Thx.,...I'll pass these on. Subject: Time:8:28 AM OFFICE MEMO Something to Tickle You Date:7/26/96 The story is told of the big Polack lumberjack who bought a brand new chainsaw and was told it could
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00303.html (10,885 bytes)
- 193. Re: ?? Genius at Work ?? (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 10:00:46 PST
- -Maybe it was designed by the same rocket scientist who came up with the.....toilet paper roll oil filters!!! Phil When I got the six bolts out, and was able to separate the upper and lower halves,
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00304.html (7,195 bytes)
- 194. Re[2]: 2.88 gears/Posi (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 10:44:05 PST
- -Also not real conducive to maintaining rod bearings. From what I vaguely remember(engine Physics whiz's help here)when a gas engine lugs, there are 2 major forces attacking the connecting rods. 1),
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00307.html (7,374 bytes)
- 195. Re: Exhaust Tips and cut legs... (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 13:15:42 PST
- -I'm wondering what ol' Larry & the Missus' are contorting about in the garage that they get all cut up? Larry: can't you wait to get in the house? P.S. did you know Vaseline is great for sex....you
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00313.html (7,240 bytes)
- 196. Re[2]: Bench bleeding (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 16:01:36 PST
- Rick & Roland; et. al. -I haven't checked thoroughly, but does the TIGER Shop manual give the +/- callouts on min./max. dimensions for inside master-cylinder and wheel-cylinder I.D. to provide proper
- /html/tigers/1996-07/msg00369.html (8,144 bytes)
- 197. Re[2]: Cars in strange place (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 96 15:44:55 PST
- -I go by one (a Dauphine, not a goat farm) every day on our commute. It's "piled" on a couple of other cars in a wrecking yard in East Palo Alto. By the looks of things, it probably will sit there a
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00019.html (7,744 bytes)
- 198. Re[2]: Anti-cavitation Water Pump (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 09:54:43 PST
- -Years ago I had a "HIPO" 289 stuffed into a '66 ECONOLINE...with the engine between the front seats. There was a floor pan about 4' square under the front to force the air in & up to the radiator.
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00031.html (15,405 bytes)
- 199. Re[2]: Tiger Air Conditioner (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 10:57:54 PST
- -Life certainly has its trade-offs. Last "winter" here in CA (the Bay Area) I could hop into the 'ol TIGER and drive it every day, except when it rained. This is because I'm too lazy to put up the t
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00032.html (11,695 bytes)
- 200. Re: Tigers invade Ensenada! (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 11:44:19 PST
- -But is the water "safe" to put in our radiators or should we bring bottled water for them too? Phil LeBrun
- /html/tigers/1996-06/msg00034.html (8,224 bytes)
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