Palmer, Robert L. wrote:
>Al,
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>You are absolutely right, this is normal (for Tiger owner) behavior. Steve
>is certainly not the first to ride on the hood of his Tiger for diagnostic
>purposes - like measuring air flow.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: SFordRB@aol.com [mailto:SFordRB@aol.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:20 PM
>To: rnrbj@hotmail.com; tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Carb retrun spring questions.
>
>
>In a message dated 9/20/02 9:11:05 AM, rnrbj@hotmail.com writes:
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><< Sage wrote:
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>>(I tried riding on top of the engine with Jane driving so I could look down
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>>the carb, but its too hot and windy to stay on there very long), is this
>>normal secondary >operation?
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>Absolutely!
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>johnson >>
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>To stay on longer and at higher speeds use "Ford 100MPH tape", just remember
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>not to get it too close to curly hair, Johnson.
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>Moonstone
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Dr. Moonstone and others:
I'm glad my attempt to ride on top of the engine to check my carb is
"normal" Tiger owner behavior. I've also got a whole bunch of other
equally "normal" behavior I go through with that car!
In my continuing quest to figure out more about my Tiger than is healthy
for me to know, I did figure out an easy way of making the gas pedal
"stop" an adjustable part, without having to unscrew it and drill new
holes to reposition it after you adjust pedal height.
I bought a 10/32 3" long round head, phillips machine screw at the
hardware store, unscrewed the pedal stop (the screw and rubber
"bumper"), pulled the old screw out, put the new 3" screw through the
rubber bumper, and secured the new 3" screw on the rubber bumper with a
washer and nut. Then I just screwed the "new" stop assembly in to the
desired height. I checked this by pushing down the pedal all the way and
holding it there with my stock Rootes jack (wedged it between the floor,
or the seat, and the pedal), then checking the carb to make sure it is
fully "open". About 10 minutes of adjusting and I got it just right.
Full pedal, pressed against my newly adjusted floor stop, opens the carb
all the way, but I left it with about 1/8th of an inch additional carb
throttle lever free movement just to make sure there's no extra strain
on the throttle cable when I stand on the gas.
I temporarily just have used some tape to keep my new pedal stop
adjustment from scrwing in or out on its own, but I'm going to semi-lock
it in place tonight with a washer and a nut or two.
Adjusting the pedal height considerably higher than it was seems to make
the car go a lot better. I think it's because there's just more leverage
on the pedal from the higher position.
Steve Sage
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