One of the great things about owning a Tiger is the amazing community. It’s big enough to have all the answers, but small enough to care and feel a part of. I had the opportunity to give a little back yesterday when I met a top bloke called Bob who is thinking about buying himself …
Author Archives: Tim Lees
Headlights, bleeding and smoke
Popped down to the garage today to turn the Tiger over for 5 minutes as it’s been a couple of weeks. I had a few bits and pieces I wanted to do too. I have something of a puzzle. In the last month or so when the car first stars there is a significant amount …
Splish Splash!
So I’m like a kid when I have a new toy. I have to play with it. We had some decent weather after a long period of rain. I’d planned a circuit of West Berkshire and my wife was navigating. We did get a little lost and we found an interesting water feature (watch all …
Jobs done…
Okay so I’ve updated the brake and ball joint pages as both jobs are done! This is an important milestone as everything that would stop me from driving the car on a track is now addressed and the car should get through it’s MOT in April. I’m planning to get out at the weekend (weather …
Time flies!
My word… over a month since I last posted! Work has been a bit busy and then I was away over Christmas so I’ve been concentrating on the car rather than the posting. The hardware sent through with the kit was too long and I needed some spacers to get the callipers central on the …
Test fitted…
So this shouldn’t have taken me the four hours that it did! Including a trip to pick up some new hex sockets. However, here we are: I’m much clearer on how it all goes together and the bonus is that Tiger have already modified the brake pads to fit. None of the old brake assembly …
Test fitting…
So the plan today is to head down to the garage, remove the old brake callipers and test fit the new Tiger branded, 4 pot, fixed brake callipers. I’ve read the instructions a number of times and I have to be honest they don’t make much sense to me! I suspect I’ll be able to …
First upgrade…
So the post man has been and this is what he left: It’s the 4 pot, Tiger-branded, Hi Spec front brake upgrade kit! Came really well packed from Tiger with lots of instructions. I’ll probably strip the old brakes this weekend but leave the callipers connected to the brake lines. I’ll test this new stuff …
Shaking her down
The weather was nice so we took the opportunity to go out for a shake down run. It was a simple enough job now to get everything back on the car (although you wouldn’t tell from my face!): I had some help getting the wheels back on: We got her filled up with fuel: We …
Two jobs finished and another close…
I was down at the garage again today. The weather has really turned and it was pretty chilly! I managed to get two jobs finished up. One small and one bigger. I replaced the dodgy hose clip identified in the last post: A simple job but one that left undone could have consequences. I should …
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