- 1. Re: Curchill hub pullers... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Nov 92 08:53:05 U
- If I'm not mistaken the Churchill device is a *hydraulic* [...]The author goes on to state that he's still only had about a 60% success rate even with big, strong, 4 arm pullers... ** How about maki
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00048.html (8,854 bytes)
- 2. MGA Report (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 11:32:16 U
- MGA Report As some of you may know, I have an MGA I've been restoring. It seems like its been forever. I bought the car about 8 years ago, did a complete mechanical restoration at that time, but it s
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00179.html (9,073 bytes)
- 3. Re: crankfire Ignition Syste (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 10:17:08 U
- I remember a Kawasaki motorcycle I used to have, had this. The motorcycle had three cylinders, so there were three sensors clustered around the end of the crank. One day I decided to check the timin
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00245.html (6,624 bytes)
- 4. Re: Re- Oil pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 09:09:55 U
- Andrew Green writes: I understand it is basically just two gears meshing together. The two kinds of failure I've been told about are (1) the pickup screen getting clogged, which is obviously a repai
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00278.html (7,772 bytes)
- 5. Re: re- Whitworth and Triump (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 12:12:17 U
- "All the parts falling off this car are of the very finest British manufacture" (probably due to a whitworth fastener failing... :-) ** Ur, probably not. According to Carroll Smith, the Whitworth th
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00407.html (6,876 bytes)
- 6. Re: Re- Special Interest Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 2 Oct 92 09:40:41 U
- Keep an eye on these guys... ** I concur. I bought a TR3 exhaust system from them. Two pipes that slide together had diameters sufficiently different, so that a good seal could not be attained. In o
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00029.html (6,682 bytes)
- 7. Re: Re- UFO report in NZ (tr (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 6 Oct 92 17:49:52 U
- Jeez, anyone out there know how to fix a Lucas warp-drive for a '66 AH Sprite? ** Those warp drives are more for American cars. See, when you get the car up to the speed of light, its mass goes infi
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00100.html (6,820 bytes)
- 8. Recently Dreamed Ads (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 13 Oct 92 16:31:21 U
- Recently Dreamed Ads For Sale: '55 Isetta, w/Chevy small block. Fast & tipsy! $2000/bo 0-11-98-734-1466 '72 MGB with complete Mazda drive train. Runs & Drives. '91 Miata with complete MG drive train.
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00192.html (7,013 bytes)
- 9. Running without a Thermosta (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 19 Oct 92 11:15:40 U
- Running without a Thermostat John Lupien writes: ( about too-fast circulation of coolant leading to engine overheating ) This is a myth... ** I tend to agree with John here. I believe, that the requi
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00265.html (7,410 bytes)
- 10. Re: Your MGB Troubles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 27 Oct 92 09:50:04 U
- But in theory at least you can fill up the overflow tank and see if you are getting air bubbles coming out of the radiator. Auto shops have a gadget to do this automatically. ** Another technique is
- /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00392.html (7,288 bytes)
- 11. Re: Re- Observation... jack (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 06:29:09 U
- Next they will be putting stickers on floor jacks warning you from using them to lift a corner of a car... ** If you want to see some REAL corporate CYA, look at the stickers on a new ladder some tim
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00002.html (6,137 bytes)
- 12. All-british-car-meet (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 11:38:44 U
- All-british-car-meet Anybody know exactly when the All-British Car Meet in Palo Alto is? - Jerry
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00043.html (6,772 bytes)
- 13. Re: Paint hardness/Painting (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 25 Sep 92 08:54:59 U
- Rob Neilson asks why his paint is so easy to chip.... Rob, Ordinary non-catalyzed enamel takes at least a month or three to cure. "Dried" is not the same as "cured". Reactions take place in the pain
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00425.html (7,428 bytes)
- 14. Re: Re- Araldite (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 29 Sep 92 08:19:56 U
- Anybody else found something that will attack a hardened epoxy? ** Sure. I know of two things: 1) Paint Remover. This will soften it. But since the epoxy is buried in the casting, there is probably
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00479.html (6,810 bytes)
- 15. Re: RE- Jag Oil changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 30 Sep 92 12:41:48 U
- Nice trick, but only if you have spin-on oil filters. And the Jag would most likely not have this. I don't think driving an awl through the filter case would be appetising to most older LBC owners b
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00520.html (7,507 bytes)
- 16. Re: Re- Re- RE- Jag Oil chan (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 30 Sep 92 13:18:04 U
- Jerry, what a spoiler you are. First it's quick-zip cable ties for the rack gaiters; now drains on Jag oil filter canisters. Where's the FUN of owning a British car! ** Uh, gee, well, I don't know,
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00523.html (6,706 bytes)
- 17. Re: Re- Jag Oil Changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 30 Sep 92 15:44:41 U
- Sigh... Look, have you got twin fuel tanks? Good. Now then: 1) Install butterfly valve in place of drain plug. Attach Bowden cable (like on heater controls) to actuator lever of valve. Route cable to
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00529.html (7,654 bytes)
- 18. Re: 3500 stuff (was Re- 3500 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 3 Aug 92 10:31:06 U
- Reply to: RE>3500 stuff (was Re: 3500 in Ed Devinney writes about the history of the Buick V6: Olds went with a 330-inch all-iron engine, and (I think) Pontiac introduced the 326 that same year. ** I
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00015.html (7,616 bytes)
- 19. Re: Brazing Banjos (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 5 Aug 92 11:38:04 U
- Reply to: RE>Brazing Banjos Brazing is easy. Have you ever soldered? It's the same thing, except that you need to get the parts being joined red hot. Assumably, the stuff you are brazing together is
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00081.html (10,046 bytes)
- 20. Re: Re- Re- Dot4 >> DOT5 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry_kaidor@engtwomac.synoptics.com>
- Date: 10 Aug 92 09:35:50 U
- ** I can echo that. I painted the Clankster the day after doing the brakes. Local SOLer's can testify how THAT turned out :-(. On the other hand, I can't imagine that DOT5 is any worse in that regard
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00168.html (7,343 bytes)
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