Quick Tips

Running Hot? How to put more air through your radiator by Brian PostleMake up a plate approximately 27" by 6". This will fit between the bottom of the radiator panel and where the number plate mounting nuts are. Hold in place by spot-welding, pot rivetting or use self tappers (whatever suits you).

The plate ensures that any air entering just above the bumper goes through the radiator, not out of the bottom of the valence. It can be fitted with the engine in situ, but I recommend making up a cardboard template first.

Convert your engine to a spin on-off oil filter. By Brian Postle

Are the hoses on your oil filter set-up cracking and leaking? Do you want to tidy up things around the engine?

You can convert your engine to a spin on-off oil filter by using the Ford Nipple in the block, Part Number DIAZ - 6890 - A and the Fram Filter PH2874.

This is a very neat installation and allows you to now mount your coil where the old oil filter was. Note that, with this being a smaller filter you should change your oil more regularly.

Missing / damaged radiators. By Brian Postle

The drawing below may be of some help in getting radiators repaired. Serck & Marston radiators can easily fit uprated cores to your Tiger radiator.

For missing or very badly damaged radiator-owners, new end tanks and brackets are usually available from the California Association of Tiger Owners (C.A.T.) in America.
Diagram of radiator

Rust Removal Solution, supplied by Walt Jobson, Australia

Mix two parts molasses to one part water in a plastic container. Suspend parts in the solution for one or two days (depending on the amount of rust) then hose off. DO NOT USE with aluminium. Also note that the mixture will not work on greasy parts.

Once bolts, nuts and other non-precision items are free of all rust, heat them over a charcoal fire then toss them into a pan of motor-oil to produce a baked-on protective finish (the part takes on a dark, rust-resistant finish). Watch out for flames and fumes from the oil though.

When this tip was published in Cats Whiskers Issue 47, a free Tiger T-shirt was offered as a memento to the first member trying this with a complete car. As far as we know, the offer still stands!