[Nobbc] Sunday's drive and a brief technical note...

[Norman Weinfeld]

Ron et al.,

A thousand thanks for a magnificent ride yesterday! The weather started out
with pea-soup fog at the Golden Gate and this persisted all the way to the
substation, where it began to break about 9:30 (I was 45 minutes early! -
unheard of...) making for the glorious day we all enjoyed. The ride back to
S.F. was something else again. Bumper-to-bumper pretty much all the way in
sweltering heat. The XK ran flawlessly though, only getting up to 90 degrees.
The electric fan managed to get that down a full 6 degrees though, probably my
best test of this need yet. Sorry for peeling off at lunch, but Andy, Marla,
and I continued on to Kendall-Jackson to scarf down our already-packed
sandwiches.

Best,

Norm
XK140 DHC


From: gtwincams
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:01 PM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Sunday's drive and a brief technical note...


Happy MGA 50th, Ron - isn't that your age as well?
You're right, it's a fairly common problem with some cars - I've even it
on Jags in the past. The tip in this case was to lift the air valves -
we would have been waiting around longer if we hadn't, I believe.
Probably not many 50 year old Hyundais in the future, but I'll bet
Toyotas and Hondas might be around, especially the more collectible
ones. Guess the younger generation will be collecting and conserving
those...
Cheers,
Greg

Ron Engelhardt wrote:
> It WAS a good ride and beautiful weather! I wasn't able to stay for
> lunch but this is a familiar problem. I'm always able to start when it's
> hot but it does run raggedy until enougn fuel pumps up to the bowl to
> replace the gas that boiled out.
>
> On a side note, my car was built exactly 50 years ago tomorrow so she'll
> be getting a birthday ride tomorrow to celebrate. Think we'll ever see
> any 50 year old Hyundais?
>
> Ron
> 58 MGA
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