[Tigers] THE TIGER LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Andy Walker]

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 at cox.net [mailto:e.coiner at cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 6:18 PM
To: Andy Walker <awtiger at cox.net>
Cc: Andy Walker via Tigers <tigers at 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 at 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
>