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Mail From: Richard F Flynn <(email redacted)>


1) When I use my left-turn signal, it blinks weakly and irregularly. Jiggling
the stock seems to have a little effect but no real strong correlation to
whether it blinks or not. The right-turn signal works perfectly and the light
is strong. Any comments? Is it likely to be a bad contact in the steering
column or is a bad flasher-unit more probable?

2) Any suggestions for keeping the thermostat in the correct position when I try
to mount the neck back onto the manifold? It keeps slipping out of it's little
groove every time I try to mount it.

3) On my steering column, I have a stalk on the left side, opposite the turn
signal stalk. It doesn't seem to be connected to anything. I couldn't find any
reference to it in the Tiger manual or any of the other docs I have. Can anyone
tell me what it is supposed to be for (or shouldn't it be there?) (FYI, the car
is originally a Texas car that has been flipped to a right-hooker back here in
scenic downtown London.)

4) Are there supposed to be little rubber boots over the base of the stalk(s) on
the steering column?

thanks in advance

rick

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Mail From: "Jan Sven-Erik Harde" <(email redacted)>

Richard,

The flasher is probably just fine, it has the same lead for right or left,
and if one side works, and the other is lazy, the first flag that goes up
for me, is a ground fault.
First place to make sure you have a great contact, is at the front turn
signal unit, as the way the fronts ground is only by the screw that goes
through the body of the turn signal unit and into the body of the car, that
must be a clean contact.
As a test, take a piece of wire, strip each end a bit, turn your signal on,
then touch the end of wire to the chrome turn signal housing, the other to a
good ground source, such as your bumper, if the rate picks up, that is it.
Give that a try, if not, get back to me for some other ideas...

Have a GREAT weekend to ALL..

Jan...

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard F Flynn <(email redacted)>
To: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Random questions


>
> 1) When I use my left-turn signal, it blinks weakly and irregularly.
Jiggling
> the stock seems to have a little effect but no real strong correlation to
> whether it blinks or not. The right-turn signal works perfectly and the
light
> is strong. Any comments? Is it likely to be a bad contact in the
steering
> column or is a bad flasher-unit more probable?
>
> 2) Any suggestions for keeping the thermostat in the correct position when
I try
> to mount the neck back onto the manifold? It keeps slipping out of it's
little
> groove every time I try to mount it.
>
> 3) On my steering column, I have a stalk on the left side, opposite the
turn
> signal stalk. It doesn't seem to be connected to anything. I couldn't
find any
> reference to it in the Tiger manual or any of the other docs I have. Can
anyone
> tell me what it is supposed to be for (or shouldn't it be there?) (FYI,
the car
> is originally a Texas car that has been flipped to a right-hooker back
here in
> scenic downtown London.)
>
> 4) Are there supposed to be little rubber boots over the base of the
stalk(s) on
> the steering column?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> rick
>
>

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Mail From: James Barrett <(email redacted)>

At 05:02 PM 1/22/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>
>1) When I use my left-turn signal, it blinks weakly and irregularly. Jiggling
>the stock seems to have a little effect but no real strong correlation to
>whether it blinks or not. The right-turn signal works perfectly and the light
>is strong. Any comments? Is it likely to be a bad contact in the steering
>column or is a bad flasher-unit more probable?

Bad ground at either the front left or rear left signal light. Ground is via
a sheet metal screw that gets rusty. Been there, done that several times.
>
>2) Any suggestions for keeping the thermostat in the correct position when
I try
>to mount the neck back onto the manifold? It keeps slipping out of it's little
>groove every time I try to mount it.

RTV

>
>3) On my steering column, I have a stalk on the left side, opposite the turn
>signal stalk. It doesn't seem to be connected to anything. I couldn't
find any
>reference to it in the Tiger manual or any of the other docs I have. Can
anyone
>tell me what it is supposed to be for (or shouldn't it be there?) (FYI,
the car
>is originally a Texas car that has been flipped to a right-hooker back here in
>scenic downtown London.)

Previous High Beam flasher control?

>
>4) Are there supposed to be little rubber boots over the base of the
stalk(s) on
>the steering column?

None on my Tiger II.
>
>thanks in advance
>
>rick
>
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others