Hi, Erich:
Actually, it is a brand new unit from Rick at Sunbeam Specialties. I would
surely think that he would be selling the proper sending unit for a Tiger.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: e.coiner@cox.net [mailto:e.coiner@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 6:18 PM
To: Andy Walker <awtiger@cox.net>
Cc: Andy Walker via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] THE TIGER LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!1
What is the provenance of your temp sending unit on the engine?
It could be the wrong one.
erich
---- Andy Walker via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Hey, guys:
>
>
>
> I finally had the Tiger ready to start today and, with the help of an
> expert racing mechanic buddy of mine, we fired it off. It ran great
> right off the bat!!!! Actually, we had everything statically set
> pretty close to where it needed to be. Once we had run the motor long
> enough to break in the cam, we set the timing and tuned the carb until
> it ran smoothly. We had just a little mid-range flutter in the carb
> under no load but, the longer it ran, the more that seemed to clear
> up. I'll just have to see how that reacts in the weeks to come.
>
>
>
> All is not perfect, however; we still have a couple of problems to work out.
> The first is the fact that my factory original tach reads 300 to 400
> rpm higher all through the scale than it should. We ended up having
> to use the tach on my engine analyzer to set the idle. Do any of you
> guys know if the tach can be adjusted from the outside of the unit
> while it is in operation, or am I just going to have to send it to
> someone like Nisonger to get it calibrated?
>
>
>
> I've also got a problem with my temp gauge as it was reading hotter
> than it should. Actually, it has always read hotter than the motor actually
> is.
> While we were running it today, I had my shop fan blowing into the
> radiator to help cool it off. I was also using my infa-red
> thermometer to check the temps at various points in the engine
> compartment. The hottest reading we got was on the thermostat housing
> itself with 201 degrees. The radiator and upper hose read anywhere
> from 165 to 174 degrees. The problem is that while all this was going
> on, the temp gauge on the dash was reading 240 degrees!!!! As when I
> had the old 289 in the car, it never spit a drop of water, so I really
> don't think that the temp reading I'm seeing on the dash is correct.
> I've considered that it could be the instrument voltage stabilizer,
> but my fuel gauge appears to read correctly. Does anyone have any ideas what
> it could be?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Andy Walker
>
> Edmond, OK
>
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