- 181. Re: Re: MG ignition switch blues..... (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1992 13:54:30 CDT
- got the bright idea of adding a spring-loaded third position to the ignition switch and thereby doing away with the separate pushbutton. Another variation was to put the starter button under the gas
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00099.html (8,725 bytes)
- 182. Re: Help with valve cover gasket! (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1992 10:09:31 CDT
- I THINK it is possible, but I'm going to tapdance around that question and just say that I have redone many a valve cover that was sealed unsuccessfully with blue stuff (by somebody else :-). I hate
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00113.html (7,605 bytes)
- 183. Re: Alternators, cables and fireworks (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 09:25:54 CDT
- Diagnosing from a distance here... I don't think a wiring problem alone could actually physically dislodge your alternator and regulator. I can think of two possibilities: 1) Your "Rube Goldberg" alt
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00131.html (8,234 bytes)
- 184. Re: SOL gif; Flag question?? (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 15:58:02 CDT
- Yes, there is. If I recall correctly, the white bars are not symmetrical; the uppers are thinner than the lowers, or vice versa. Anyway, if you can find a genuine reproduction of the flag (e.g. encyc
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00143.html (7,248 bytes)
- 185. Re: Odd part on spitfidget 1500 gearbox extension (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 10:09:37 CDT
- Umm, any chance that it provides a kind of click-stop hold on the rod? That is, rod moves all the way to one end and plunger settles into a recess of some sort on the rod in order to hold it there un
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00162.html (7,447 bytes)
- 186. Re: carpet sets (cheap) (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 11:02:34 CDT
- My not-too-old J.C. Whitney catalog lists a choice of three materials available for '68-'76 MGB: Polypropylene Polyester Shag Nylon Pile Loop Pile -- -- -- 78-2879BF 78-0548NF 78-0561YF $116.06 $95.3
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00166.html (7,401 bytes)
- 187. Re: cooling/t shirts/ and for sale (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 09:18:29 CDT
- I seem to recall seeing a little software package from someplace like Radio Shack that enabled you to make iron-ons from a graphic using a printer. I guess it flips the image right-for-left and print
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00194.html (7,288 bytes)
- 188. Re: Pour Your Own suspension bushings (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 10:59:45 CDT
- Just got off the phone with Dad, a retired chemical purchasing agent. He has not heard of Carsan specifically, but guesses from the name that it might be a blend of Styrene Acrylo-Nitrile, put out b
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00204.html (7,488 bytes)
- 189. Re: Extra Cobra Chassis (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 13:28:03 CDT
- Don't know what he has planned for them, but this month's Car & Driver has a nice article on him, and the extra chassis are shown stacked to the ceiling in one photo. So yes, they exist. Looks like h
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00218.html (7,567 bytes)
- 190. Re: Silly Car Tricks (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 14:18:07 CDT
- Oh, come on, now; when are you guys going to let the rest of us in on the joke? What's the story here? -Andy
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00222.html (7,701 bytes)
- 191. Re: MGB Exhaust & Vintage Races (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 09:51:03 CDT
- Warning: Little or No LBC Content ahead! I had a nice surprise when I took my '72 G.T.O. to a local Car-X muffler franchise last fall. I needed a complete full independent dual system (i.e. 2 muffler
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00250.html (8,021 bytes)
- 192. Re: PVC pipe was re: air compressors (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 12:35:30 CDT
- Hmmm. Might it be possible for pulses from the compressor to exceed 180 psi? In other words, the pressure in the lines may AVERAGE 100-120 psi, but the individual bumps from the compressor might go s
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00258.html (7,852 bytes)
- 193. Re: CLANK XX- The Clankster St (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 09:34:06 CDT
- Indeed. A friend bought a NAPA fuel pump for his Buick, and when we opened the official NAPA box, the official "NAPA" fuel pump had "AC" cast on the side. It was an OEM General Motors part. Whaddaya
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00358.html (7,375 bytes)
- 194. Re: Redcar progress, nitpicks (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 13:58:38 CDT
- Second that! Which makes me wonder: where on earth is it written that little cars are supposed to have wimpy little nasal-sounding horns? If I was building small cars, I would make certain that they
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00368.html (7,524 bytes)
- 195. Re: LBC horns (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 09:26:10 CDT
- (I love it when I get a good thread started... :-) Lest anyone think the difference between big car and little car horns is overstated, I recently had to diagnose an electrical problem in a friend's
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00391.html (7,109 bytes)
- 196. Re: LBC horns (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 09:31:36 CDT
- That appears to be Part Number 12-2763X, listing for $24.26 in my catalog, but maybe a bit more by now. J.C. Whitney is at (312) 431-6102; by mail at: J.C. Whitney & Co. 1917-19 Archer Avenue P.O. Bo
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00392.html (7,122 bytes)
- 197. Re: Tale of woe! (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 10:59:53 CDT
- Um, how overcharged was it??? Anyway, I don't know if I'd blame the TR8 for this one. The GM R4, or RX-4, compressor is a HORRIBLE compressor; if I didn't know better, I'd say that British Leyland de
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00436.html (8,704 bytes)
- 198. Dave Barry's Hillman Minx Column (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:10:38 CDT
- It appears in one of his most recent collections of columns, which I think is called "Dave Barry Strikes Back!" (Can't be more specific at this moment as I left the book at home; however, any decent
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00439.html (7,302 bytes)
- 199. Keeping Battery Terminals Clean (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Fri, 01 May 1992 16:22:50 CDT
- I think the battery could sit in a puddle until the end of time without doing itself any harm, unless the case is cracked, of course, in which case you know where the puddle came from. :-) My long-la
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00028.html (7,578 bytes)
- 200. Re; head Gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Sat, 02 May 1992 12:59:36 CDT
- So do I; I have just retrieved a can from the basement and carefully balanced it on top of my VT100 as I type here... Its official name is ("The Original"!) K & W COPPER COAT Gasket Compound. Some h
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00037.html (7,492 bytes)
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