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21. Re: Starting trouble on '73 MGB (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Feb 94 8:54:27 EST; Josh writes... OK, who solves it first.... This and the ongoing description sounds like bad battery cables or more likely bad connections at one end or the other. Part of the hint is that lights dim; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00003.html (8,392 bytes)
22. Volvo ad vs MG (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 11:08:10 EST; Todd wrote... I haven't seen it, but at the local MG club meeting last night (thanks for inviting me Wade!) they referenced an ad being used by Volvo. It apparantly goes something like: I have 5 Volv; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00127.html (7,460 bytes)
23. Re: Fire Extinguishers (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 10:24:42 EST; In previous writings... Couple of thoughts. 1) Good 'ole water sprinklers on the rafters might be in the realm of do-it-yourself installations. Not good at all for oil/gas fires, but might save thing; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00243.html (9,268 bytes)
24. Re: TR6 with dead battery (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 9:38:08 EST; Must be a virus going 'round. Don't let your car know about the SOL mailing list! My '72 TR6 also showed its Lucas butt this weekend! Decided to take it out for a short ride Sunday afternoon. Cranked; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00364.html (10,136 bytes)
25. Re: My Midget won't start &-( (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 9:30:53 EST; David writes... Other than the cranking speed, cold starting problems would tend to suggest checking out carb chokes and the like. I too would suggest that engine oil might be a bit thick for winter; /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00495.html (8,113 bytes)
26. Ramblings, various subjects (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jan 94 10:45:38 EST; Hi all. Happy New Year! Forgive my ramblings. I've kept fairly current with my reading, but haven't taken time to do any mailings. 1) neat road We took vacation in Hawaii (Maui) last month. Two roads; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00032.html (9,128 bytes)
27. Snake switch (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jan 94 12:25:52 EST; Roland said about the Snake... You're lucky. Many choices. 1) Fair chance that a Ford dealer has it in stock 2) Aftermarket parts shops stock them (NAPA, PEP Boys, etc) 3) Hemmings is full of "NOS su; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00262.html (6,684 bytes)
28. Re: Some TR6 questions (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 94 11:55:23 EST; The steady squeak might be any of the various moving places. Look to be sure the various rubber bushings are in place. I don't remember any points which specifically require greasing, but if you fin; /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00399.html (7,815 bytes)
29. My TR6 ate its fan (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 17:43:23 EST; I posted a version of this a few days ago, but it must have been lost in the mail problems Mark had over the weekend... Anyway, over the weekend my TR6 got taken out for a drive and proceeded to spit; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00224.html (7,920 bytes)
30. Re: TR6 - windshield wiper help (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 9:35:20 EST; Stefan writes... I should consider myself lucky. Mine wipes, but won't park. You get good at timing the off switch in the proper park position. Clean would be good, but unless it were binding or the; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00337.html (7,780 bytes)
31. Re: My TR6 ate its fan (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 10:00:17 EST; Well, I found my replacement fan. Took a few calls, but VISA and UPS now have it on the way from Texas to Georgia. A bit pricey for a blob of plastic, but isn't that what hobbies are for... I took th; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00338.html (8,176 bytes)
32. Re: My TR6 ate its fan (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 12:16:43 EST; I tried to take this offline to Scott, but the mail gods got me... Lucky you! Yep, Locktite is in order. When you had the bolt removed (or maybe you didn't) did you notice the fit between the bolt an; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00401.html (7,695 bytes)
33. Re: Fuel Filter? (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 10:04:17 EST; Jim Brannan writes (re his TR4): I'm not sure about the TR4, but the PO of my TR6 made a simple mod which seems to be a reasonable one. The 6 normally has an inline fuel filter just before the line g; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00525.html (8,323 bytes)
34. Re: Chattering noise in TR4 (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 10:13:05 EST; Have you missed what I did on the first cold session with my TR6? It is not intuitively obvious that opening the scuttle vent (the air vent at the base of the windshield) is needed for good heat. On; /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00526.html (7,809 bytes)
35. TR6 Gear Oil and Alternators (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 15:52:30 EDT; I wanted to add comments and questions to two of the subjects being tossed about recently. regarding gear oil... I checked my manuals and indeed 80-90wt GL-4 gear oil is called for at least the TR6 v; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00050.html (8,393 bytes)
36. Road Atlanta SVRA -- WOW! (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 9:31:54 EDT; If you think you're going to get a detailed review of the Road Atlanta SVRA event here, you're wrong. This was my first visit to such an event and I didn't understand much about what was going on --; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00462.html (10,090 bytes)
37. Alabama junkyard (score: 1): Author: Joe Flake <flake@d311510.atl.hp.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 11:13:30 EDT; Sunday's Atlanta paper had an interesting article titled "Dwindling junkyards can still fill auto restorers' needs for car parts." It included lots of picturesque prose about "row upon row of abandon; /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00469.html (8,312 bytes)

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