Saw your post and thought I would reply. I scan a bunch of posts both in my Tiger interests and my MG interests (plus aviation, Miata, running, etc. etc). I think there are multiple lists and hard to go see them all the time. The other general Tiger list gets quite a bit of traffic, perhaps more then the TE/AE list. If you were to post the same questions in that one I wouldn’t be surprised you would get more responses.
This forum is a “pull” forum in that you have to sign on and read the items. I have to admit to rarely signing on. The other list is a “push” in that the emails with questions and responses come whether I want them or not. Obviously the advantage is I at least read the titles if not the message, without any real effort on my part. Bad news is I get a lot of email every day from all the “push” lists I am on.
So, I think the reason you don’t get too many replies is that not too many people sign on very often. When they do they may not feel competent to answer. Even after fully rebuilding two other tigers and working on my third, I feel intimidated in the presence of the mechanical skills of a Steve Laifman, Doug Jennings, etc. Do often I don’t respond unless I feel I am absolutely sure. Go figure.
All the above is just my humble opinion. I am sitting in Alliance Ohio in my daughters apartment on the way up to the united in Alexandria Bay. Thus my desire to sign on and see what’s up.
Curt Hoffman