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Reprinted with permission from Steve Dold (Diesel Marine) from Nor-Cal SAACs DRIVEN, August 89 in the March 1996 RootesReview As many of you may know it is sometimes very hard to start your car, or should I say restart it, after you have run it on a hot day. This Tech Tip is a reprint (more…)
by David R. Harris in the March 19996 RootesReview This is a hint that others may want to incorporate into their wiring and the reasons are as follows: Most drivers today are accustomed (when driving in the dark) to operating their vehicles with better lighting than what is available with ordinary sealed beams. There are (more…)
by Stu Brennan If you’re like me, and you want to know as much as possible about what’s happening with the systems in your car, then you have probably considered adding an extra gauge. I wanted to add a voltmeter, but where should it go? I didn’t want to hang it under the dashboard. I (more…)
Over the years of use, the horn rings either break or they become bent to the extent that the horn ring hits the steering wheel spokes before it makes its internal electrical contact and turns on the horn. A broken horn ring can be replaced with one of the nice repro units being made. For (more…)
from CAT One thing to check before replacing your heater blower motor is that it’s really broken. I discovered, after a period of non-use, that the friction in the bearings can be greater that the torque developed in the windings and mine wouldn’t tum. Since it can’t move, the wires get hot and, at best, (more…)
by Jim Morrison Even some of the cruddiest looking gauges can be brought back to show condition through a careful disassembly and cleaning of the chrome bezel, glass and gauge face. This procedure has been described in the CAT shop notes and other places. When I got my gauges looking spotless, the sun faded needles (more…)
by Dan Cameron For the second time in the history of owning my Tiger, I have had the tum signal cancellation device fail; that is, when completing a tum, the signal would stay on. There are three probable causes for this symptom. Let’s take them one at a time: 1. Broken cancellation arm – the (more…)
by Steve Finberg Most of the fog light installations tha tI have seen are made to the front valance panel. Unfortunately the valance vibrates quite a bit on rough roads, noticeably shortening the life of the expensive quartz iodine bulbs. To provide a much stabler mount for two fog lights mounted below the valance, I (more…)
by Thomas Wiencek It all started with a simple article in Practical Classics, November,1985, called’ “Good-bye DC…Hello AC’” After reading this article and since it was so easy to do, I decided to put an alternator on my Series II Alpine. One of my restoration goals is to make my Sunbeam as reliable as possible. (more…)
by Tom Ehrhart A survey was made during United IX of Alpine and Tiger tachometer accuracy. Using calibration equipment traceable to National Bureau of Standards (Now NIST), a total of 24 Tachometers were scrutinized by Doug Pruitt of Frederick, MD. Car owners were asked to remove their tachs throughout the weekend so Doug would be (more…)