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41. Early Spitfire OD tranny (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 20:11:07 -0400; Now, engagement-of-reverse is already detected so as to light a back-up light. Why not use it via a relay of some sort to dis-able the OD? That way you could have OD in 2nd (and 1st too, if you were; /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00437.html (7,333 bytes)
42. SPIT OD (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 14:53:12 -0400; Someone else pointed out the danger of using OD in too low a gear. Perhaps one should avoid using the OD in 1st or 2nd even if it can be engaged. On the other hand, it certainly is easier to wire up; /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00462.html (8,840 bytes)
43. More TR4 transmission/clutch/suspension questions (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 21:54:11 -0400; I'm thinking this is a TR4. If we're talking about something later, probably lots of this is wrong... 1) Looks like there's an adjustment for the clutch re-assembly that I don't have a spec for. I do; /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00482.html (10,130 bytes)
44. Oh no! More M***a bashing! (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 14:53:14 -0500; And how's this for controversy - anyone who drives with the top down and side windows rolled up is a *wimp*! Huh? Side windows? Whatzzat? -john "it's snowing so hard I had to put the top up on the '3; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00068.html (7,412 bytes)
45. CLANK V- P.O.D. RESTORATIO (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 18:10:46 -0500; p.s. Does anybody know what's in a Bourdon tube? Usually ether. Sometimes alcohol. Does a TR4 gauge really look enough like a TR3 one that it isn't sinful? I have rather more cars than uncracked Bour; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00169.html (6,970 bytes)
46. cats (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 30 Mar 92 23:16:17 -0500; PS: I've decided to take off my cats and pour the contents out and put em back empty. I figure in a couple of years there will be LOTS of aftermarket free flow cats out there and then I'll worry abou; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00555.html (6,634 bytes)
47. TR2 Seats (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:54:45 -0500; I'm looking for a set of original Bugeye seats... Hm, been a couple of years since I asked this here. -I'm- looking for a pair of original TR2 seats (also used in the early TR3). These are different; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00318.html (6,567 bytes)
48. Valve Noise (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 15:38:30 -0500; Whats' the reason that valves in older cars make that tic-tacking noise even if you adjust them to specification. One likely possibility is that they aren't, in fact, adjusted to specification. This; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00085.html (7,727 bytes)
49. The Once and Future Classic? (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 17:19:54 -0500; Unlike the beer brewed at The Fat Chance from the basic raw ingredients, like various grains and hop clusters, the cars I work on are not constructed from piles of iron ore stashed in the alley. Um,; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00402.html (7,070 bytes)
50. Waxoyl? (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 18 Dec 91 23:12:02 -0500; A month or so ago, there was a discussion of Waxoyl on the net, but I don't remember the conclusion; did we finally find a stateside source of this magical rust-preventive goop? If we ever found a so; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00444.html (7,349 bytes)
51. SU carb solution but MORE PROBLEMS (MGB) (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 29 Oct 91 20:39:43 -0500; It opens a small hole in the floor pan, so that the remains of your 32oz. 7-11 store soft drink, which spilled on the last hard left, can drain out, and not go sloshing around your feet. And, this is; /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00557.html (8,189 bytes)
52. CA bills AB 758 and AB 1434 (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 6 Aug 91 16:24:36 -0400; Will Sadler was kind enough to send me copies of those CA tax bills, If I am wading through the gobbledegook right, they are rather different than what's been described here, so I thought I'd summari; /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00090.html (8,615 bytes)
53. RE>Electrical Systems (score: 1): Author: John Wroclawski <jtw@lcs.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 16:04:15 EST; One failing of the older Lucas electrical systems, was the "two-fuse" philosophy. The fuse box had two fuses, one for the horn, the other for EVERYTHING ELSE. So if your headlight shorted out, the WH; /html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00260.html (8,119 bytes)

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