To: | mgs@autox.team.net |
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Subject: | Re: [Mgs] Solstice, |
From: | Steve <temporarilyoffline@gmail.com> |
Date: | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:22:28 -0400 |
What about your Z4? I've got an old BMW that I daily drive... 305k/mi and still ticking... well clattering, its fun and I don't care if anything happens to it. - Steve On 6/9/07, Henry D. Reynolds <hdr@pobox.com> wrote: > > well having just had a pressure relief valve fail in my daily driven '78 > MG has > me driving my '82 280SL and if i would sell it in an instant to have my MG > on > the road again. > > the Mercedes is a nice ride for some but not for me. I can never get > comfortable > in the seats. It is accelerates nicely on the highway but is heavy as a > tank and > no spunk from a stand still. > > If i could sell if for 4k i'd feel like a thief. > > Back to my MG. I lost oil pressure gradually as the oil warmed and pulled > over > as soon as i noticed it was running below 25 PSI at highway speed. I > pulled the > capnut and the spring was a 1/4" shorter than the 3" that Haynes says it > should > have been. Having replaced that I feel the engine is a total loss: burning > oil > streaming from the tail pipe and clattering like a diesel. > > now i have an engine that came with a parts car I purchased around 12 > years ago > am prepping for the swap. but it will be end of July before my MG, and i > am > whole again. > > -- > "Alle Menschen werden Bruder" > > Henry D. Reynolds - System Administrator > mail: hdr@pobox.com - phone: 512.448.3617 - cell: 512.699.8658 > _______________________________________________ > temporarilyoffline@gmail.com > > Edit your replies > > Mgs@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs _______________________________________________ Edit your replies Mgs@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs |
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