sorry,
I could not resist :)
I wish my bolts came off easy :(
dealing with the small ones holding the wire harness above the grill
opening.
X head bolt with small nut 1/4"? still trying to find a spanner that will
fit, but I can't actually see the nut....
cheers,
As Rich said, "time to buy a car"
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Barrie Robinson <barrie at look.ca> wrote:
>
> Come on Ira! I may be disgustingly erudite and fearsomely handsome but I
> am not dumb. Of course I replaced "consumables" and worn bits - but
> interior went back in as it was in excellent condition. New dash as that
> looked as if it had been put in a toaster. Hood kept. Only one bolt sheared
> - all the rest just eased out - no rust !!!
>
>
>
> At 07:23 PM 6/1/2011, I Erbs wrote:
>
> Why didnt you replace worn stuff? Were you bored, so you took yout car
> apart and put it back exactly the same?
>
> Ira Erbs
> IT Consultant
> Portland, OR
>
> sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
> my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>
> On Jun 1, 2011 3:54 PM, "Barrie Robinson" <barrie at look.ca> wrote:
> Good lord and jehosephat ! I have had quite a few responses to my signing
> off the Healey list. I am not only gob smacked, but floored as well because
> they told me I must not leave the list. My god, even Ed !! So I am not
> going to leave and look forward to rich Healey correspondence. I think I
> am one of the few people who took an original untouched BJ8 to pieces and
> put it back exactly the same. I have the records somewhere and I still have
> the sole extant Lucas rubber strap (patented no less) in my safe.
>
> My many thanks and humble gratitude to those who convinced me to "stay".
>
> Regards,
>
> Barrie Robinson
> barrie at look.ca
> 705-721-9060
> MGB GT V8 in great nick
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>
> Barrie
>
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>
--
Ira Erbs
IT CONSULTANT
Portland, OR
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein
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