- 21. Re: Girling Hydraulics (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 07:41:31 -0700 (PDT)
- The story about SS requiring an interference fit came from someone who does brass re-sleeving as a sideline business. His sleeves are slip fitted and bonded. To be honest this could have been based
- /html/tigers/1999-05/msg00134.html (9,272 bytes)
- 22. Re: Re-built Hydraulics (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 07:37:48 -0700 (PDT)
- When I flush my brake and clutch systems I start by withdrawing all of the fluid from the reservoirs with one of those chemical squeeze bottles. Then I push all of the caliper pistons in until they
- /html/tigers/1999-05/msg00237.html (8,286 bytes)
- 23. Re: Red grease source (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
- If anyone has a contact for Lockheed, I would be interested in it. I'm NOT looking for a parts distributor. Maybe this already came up on this list, but a source for Red grease is H.D. Rogers & Sons
- /html/tigers/1999-05/msg00295.html (8,118 bytes)
- 24. Re: dumb question (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:53:55 -0700 (PDT)
- About four years ago I changed the oils in my Cobra's diff, transmission and steering rack to the equivalent Redline synthetics. Within a few months all developed serious leaks. Even Redline doesn't
- /html/tigers/1999-04/msg00086.html (8,838 bytes)
- 25. A Letter From the CA DMV (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
- Yesterday I received an interesting letter from the DMV regarding my Cobra. According to their records I may be entitled to a refund for overpayment of past license fees and be eligible for registrat
- /html/tigers/1999-04/msg00221.html (9,012 bytes)
- 26. Re: A Letter From the CA DMV (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:47:55 -0700 (PDT)
- I'll probably just let it go. I'm not sure I want the DMV thinking about what the present worth of the car might be. Roland
- /html/tigers/1999-04/msg00224.html (6,962 bytes)
- 27. ACOC Web Site (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:01:00 -0800 (PST)
- Some of you might find this interesting. The AC Owners Club (ACOC) now has a web site: www.racecar.co.uk/acoc (temp) www.acoc.co.uk (will be) It's mostly text at the moment, but there are a few small
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00083.html (6,693 bytes)
- 28. AC Frua 428 (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:00:43 -0800 (PST)
- Spotted this ad in the Snakebite Bulletin, the National SAAC bi-monthly advertiser. If interested please contact the the owner, not me. AC Frua 428, #CF 63. British Racing Green/black leather; orig a
- /html/tigers/1999-03/msg00417.html (7,164 bytes)
- 29. Re shift out of luck (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:31:07 -0800 (PST)
- Motorsports International sells a cast aluminum bracket, but it wont be of any use to you because 289 Cobras had 5-bolt motors. When I put a 6-bolt motor in my Cobra I made a bracket out of plate sto
- /html/tigers/1999-02/msg00662.html (7,671 bytes)
- 30. Re: Wire Wheels for the Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:12:56 -0800 (PST)
- Dayton also makes splined wire wheels. I know of a couple of Cobras with them. BTW, my Cobra has had splined wire wheels since day one. They still work fine and after more than 35 years the splines
- /html/tigers/1999-01/msg00232.html (8,953 bytes)
- 31. Re: Bubble Flares (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:03:40 -0800 (PST)
- I don't think there is anything particularly English about bubble flares. They are also referred to as ISO flare and I believe they conform to some international standard. J.C. Whitney sells ISO fla
- /html/tigers/1998-12/msg00133.html (8,392 bytes)
- 32. Re: Paint Remover (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:26:43 -0800 (PST)
- As I was removing the rear suspension from my Cobra I sprayed the working area with Brakaleen to clean off the 35 years of accumulated grease and muck. To my surprise I noticed that it was taking th
- /html/tigers/1998-12/msg00245.html (7,333 bytes)
- 33. Re: Paint Remover (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:51:28 -0800 (PST)
- It's a pain to get the grease out from under your fingernails after you've been working on your car. Who needs fingernails, anyway? Roland
- /html/tigers/1998-12/msg00247.html (7,892 bytes)
- 34. Re: Spax (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:42:57 -0800 (PST)
- If you bought them new, maybe they are under warranty. I belive Koni has a lifetime warranty on their shocks, perhaps Spax has a similar policy. Look for that receipt and give 'em a call. Wished I h
- /html/tigers/1998-12/msg00356.html (6,932 bytes)
- 35. Gauge Lighting (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:16:18 -0800 (PST)
- A few years ago I had to repair the snake's oil pressure gauge. While I was at it I cleaned up the inside including the face and glass. After the gauge was re-installed, I was amazed at the differenc
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00195.html (7,466 bytes)
- 36. Re: Gauge Lighting (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:17:31 -0800 (PST)
- Since Steve Laifman is an old geezer like me, bet he'll remember this. When I was a kid my parents had a '50 Studebaker. The gauges had fluorescent paint on their faces and black lights in the dash t
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00197.html (6,980 bytes)
- 37. Re: Gauge Lighting (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:41:58 -0800 (PST)
- Yep. Funny, I had a '48 Ford and don't recall it having this type of dash lighting. Well, the up side is that short term memory is the first to go. Roland
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00199.html (6,976 bytes)
- 38. Re: Gauge Lighting (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 10:30:17 -0800 (PST)
- Phew, what a relief. Long term still intact. Now where, er, what, ah,
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00216.html (7,555 bytes)
- 39. Re: Electrolytic Erosion (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:10:50 -0800 (PST)
- Hmmm, didn't we have this very same discussion a couple of years back? Gregory Fieldson wrote an article on this subject several years ago which I think it worth a read. You can download from the au
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00310.html (7,450 bytes)
- 40. freebe generator (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 14:13:52 -0800 (PST)
- Spotted on the Fordnatics lists. Reply to Chris, not me.
- /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00370.html (6,674 bytes)
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