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Mail From: Steve Laifman <(email redacted)>

Tigers,

It isn't often that a truly unique solution to a vexing Tiger problem, especially
a Lucas problem, comes along. Good Ol' Larry Wright has come up with the most
creative solution, IMHO, that I have seen on the net. Even better than my hood
catch alignment.

"Wright, Larry" wrote:

> Maybe safer to use Habitrail
> tubing which, being clear, they wouldn't see. Just remove the hamster
> first, just in case the blower is installed backwards; you wouldn't want
> him to get sucked in.
>
> Lawrence R. Wright

It is simple, easy to understand language that doesn't 'hurt the brain' to read,
and is certainly unique. If you've got heater blower problems, he's got the
solution. Put a hamster in the cage and let him do the work. Can't be slower
than Lucas.

Now if Larry will reveal his modification plans to allow watering and feeding the
hamster, and getting rid of what it leaves behind, it would complete the story. If
he got a pair of hamsters, they would 'grow' their own replacement parts, maybe
with a few left over for E-bay auction.

Let's hear it for the "Creative Solution of the Year" vote.

I choose the 'Lawrence R. Wright Heater Blower Solution' for first place.

BTW: Larry, how do you get that hamster to run in the correct direction so the
heater blows, instead of sucks?




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Lawrence R. Wright
Purchasing Analyst
Andrews Office Products Div. of USOP
(email redacted) (new)
Ph. 301.386.7923 Fx. 301.386.5333


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Laifman [mailtoemail redacted)]

Quiet day on the launch pad?

>Good Ol' Larry Wright has come
> up with the most
> creative solution, IMHO, that I have seen on the net.

I knew it! As soon as I hit the 'send' button, I knew that someone would
draw the connection between the Habitrail tubing, the hamster and the
'squirrel-cage' fan; too late to stop the message. And I knew who it
would be, too. Theo and Stu might've been in the running but I don't
think they can type as fast (cold, stiff Northern fingers).

> Now if Larry will reveal his modification plans to allow
> watering and feeding the
> hamster, and getting rid of what it leaves behind, it would
> complete the story.

A section of line like used for the oil pressure gauge, running from the
'duckbill' drain to the blower housing will get water -- when it rains
-- to Joseph the hamster (so named because he'll live his life in the
dark). Food? I dunno. I started thinking about a clockwork mechanism to
slowly press a cracker against the outside of the blower fan, so that
chunks got off occasionally to fall _inside_ the wheel where Joseph
could get at them -- then decided that even uncle Desmond Kludge (aha!)
wouldn't have approved of something that complicated. Need a biscuit
that slowly breaks up when you thermal-cycle it, suspending up-stream
from the blower.

> he got a pair of hamsters, they would 'grow' their own
> replacement parts, maybe
> with a few left over for E-bay auction.

Last one available! Modest reserve!

> Let's hear it for the "Creative Solution of the Year" vote.
> I choose the 'Lawrence R. Wright Heater Blower Solution' for
> first place.

Thankee. Will the commemorative wall plaque leak?

> BTW: Larry, how do you get that hamster to run in the correct
> direction so the
> heater blows, instead of sucks?

_Now_ my head hurts, Steve. If we rely on Coriolis forces to get Joseph
off on the right foot, literally, what solution do we offer for Tiger
owners in South Africa and Australia?

This is a lot of brain sweat, especially when some Californian -- no
names, please -- will come out with a kit to swap in a guinea pig for
higher performance. $200 and you have to cut and widen the blower
housing yourself.

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The best use for the second hamster-

#1. As a back-up to the first hamster, Lucas, who is eating the cage as we
speak.

#2. Two hamsters in tandem, thus a two speed blower motor.

Fred Baum
MKI 9470768

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Folks,
This thread has possibilities, try replacing the
radiator fan with a squirrel cage. Insert squirrel from
northern climate (perferable from Northern England to keep
the Tiger "original".
When squirrel gets hot he will run the fan
to cool off himself and the Tiger. The leak in the radiator
will keep him well watered (and maybe drunk from the antifreeze).
Just open the hood to throw in a few peanuts for food.
Squirrel cage will automatically empty onto cross member
and then down to the ground. This should free up a good
5 to 10 hp previously wasted on driving the fan.


James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

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James Barrett wrote:

> Insert squirrel from northern climate (perferable from Northern England to
> keep
> the Tiger "original".
>
> James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others

Jim,

Damn creative. And being so kind after Larry intimated you (I presume) would
substitute larger displacement guinea pigs. Little did he know you'd opt for the
351 CID Northern English Squirrels.

Now me, I'd probably go for London Wharf Rats. First, they're a LAT option, so
you can still stay in the stock class, they retain the British Heritage, and they
act as a ferocious theft preventer as well - just look for the car thief with no
fingers.

A dash switch operated recording of a bob cat would help speed things up, and cool
things down in slow traffic.

The SPCA has reviewed this proposal and has issued a cult sanctioned death decree.

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Larry,
So that is why your Tiger is so fast...it's the hamster under the
hood....er...dash!
Jim

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In a message dated 8/13/99 9:59:06 PM, (email redacted) wrote:

>When squirrel gets hot he will run the fan
>to cool off himself and the Tiger. The leak in the radiator
>will keep him well watered (and maybe drunk from the antifreeze).
>Just open the hood to throw in a few peanuts for food.
>Squirrel cage will automatically empty onto cross member
>and then down to the ground. This should free up a good
>5 to 10 hp previously wasted on driving the fan.
When I first got my car and started teh rebuild, I found all kinds of
squirrel evidence in the intake, rear panels and trunk of the car.

Didn't do that much for performance though.

Rob Kempinski

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We're talkin' HAMSTERS, not SQUIRRELS!

Rocky would be ashamed of you guys that referenced squirrels in the same
breath with hamsters.

FRED BAUM
MKI 9470768

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Mail From: James Barrett <(email redacted)>

At 06:45 PM 8/15/99 EDT, you wrote:
>We're talkin' HAMSTERS, not SQUIRRELS!
>
>Rocky would be ashamed of you guys that referenced squirrels in the same
>breath with hamsters.
>
>FRED BAUM
>MKI 9470768
Fred,
Tigers get a little squirrely when you put the peddle to the metal.
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others