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61. Re: Problem: My Wife wants and Alfa (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 15:33:52 PDT; Remind her that it is better to drive an English car to an Italian restaurant than an Italian car to an English restaurant. Get her an Alfa, then remind her of this when the fuel injection pump brea; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00097.html (10,718 bytes)
62. Re: WANTED: Engine for 1974 MGB (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 17:28:55 PDT; Well, mainly thanks for posting the address as I don't have that subset of my address book with me (or on-line yet!). Second, that O'Connor, as of last Tuesday anyway, has a red MGB motor on their s; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00127.html (7,979 bytes)
63. Re: Lucas Tripod Headlights (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 17:34:24 PDT; I'm thinking of putting a pair on the Japanese GT6. I think they look fantastic... Kim won a pair of these at a raffle at the American MGB Association convention in Santa Barbara in 1985. She loved; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00128.html (7,742 bytes)
64. Re: Distributors (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 13:16:10 PDT; About right. Or even 20 to 30 years of well-meaning tuneups by people who never looked at the bottom of the distributor. I *have*. That's why I want to fix it. Specifically, the distributor wouldn't; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00214.html (8,019 bytes)
65. Re: Interior fabrics (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 12:05:51 PDT; Almost certainly, cast iron not being the material of choice for extruding out into a threaded male connection. Next time you have the filter off for an oil change, take a peek and you'll probably s; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00243.html (8,073 bytes)
66. Distributors (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 15:21:14 PDT; Okay, folks. I've talked before (and about four or five of you now have seen it now) about the problem with the mounting ring splitting at the base of Lucas 25D4 distributors. Well, the ring is missi; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00264.html (7,954 bytes)
67. Re: '74 MGB Dieseling problem ? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Sun, 18 Jul 93 23:58:24 PDT; The stock answer from most untrustworthy mechanics is, of course, "They *all* do that." With MGBs, that's not entirely true: only the GOOD ones do that. British Phlegmsucking Leyland finally fixed th; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00270.html (10,037 bytes)
68. Re: Gunk (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 20 Jul 93 14:06:22 PDT; It doesn't, but there's a better product. It's called, I believe, Steam Clean (maybe it's STEEM CLEEN). Comes in a black spray can with silver letters. This stuff is great. It really works into the; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00312.html (8,543 bytes)
69. Re: Dis I get luckDid I get lucky? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 09:18:27 PDT; What year is your BRG, Alan? If it's post-1972, the 18V engines don't generally tend to run on as much as the earlier ones. The comment about "only the good ones do this" was, I should have pointed o; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00329.html (8,389 bytes)
70. Re: Composite Leaf Springs For MGB (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 14:24:32 PDT; Interesting... A couple of years ago, when I was seriously into the EP MGB, I designed some hypothetical composite springs that would solve a lot of the MGB's rear suspension oddities. For starters,; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00334.html (8,721 bytes)
71. Re: Composite Leaf Springs For MGB (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 10:10:37 PDT; Say... you're right! It would, wouldn't it? So what's that saying about how for every problem there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong? :-) Now I understand why Butch went to the troub; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00358.html (8,544 bytes)
72. Aston-Martins (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 22 Jul 93 10:43:45 PDT; Yesterday, on the way to the garden center with Kim and the girls, I saw an Aston Martin V8. A sort of champagne color, subtle and lovely. I couldn't speak till it had slipped out of vision, going th; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00376.html (10,145 bytes)
73. Re: MGB Starters/Running-On (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 11:13:27 PDT; Brushes yes, I'm not so sure about the armature. If it's really badly burned, the number of pieces you have to take apart might make it more cost-effective to replace the starter. If you go the reco; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00407.html (9,673 bytes)
74. Re: It's out! (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 13:02:38 PDT; You sure it wasn't described as a 12-step program? :-) It is something every car enthusiast ought to try to work out at least once in his or her life. Bacon's quote about knowledge being power was n; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00409.html (7,338 bytes)
75. Re: "Its never the gauge" (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Mon, 26 Jul 93 12:57:24 PDT; As a diagnostic, try connecting a mechanical gauge to the flex hose. If you've got a sympathetic MG junkyard, you can often pick these up real cheaply from a number of MGBs, including at least the 1; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00410.html (7,399 bytes)
76. Adaptation (was Re: rebuild logistics) (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Tue, 3 Aug 93 09:50:24 PDT; TJ Higgins started me off this morning: And somehow this reminded me of one of the high points of Sunday's Britcar-list picnic and experiment in sunstroke (105 in Mt. View!) On the way there, I stopp; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00499.html (9,553 bytes)
77. Re: Michigan Healey Spring Picnic/British on the Green (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 15:51:17 PDT; Tom's enjoyable article reminded me that I *always* love setting up rallies and tours, having learned a few tricks that I should pass on. Maybe that's something I should write up for BCMag... Anyway,; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00517.html (12,489 bytes)
78. 2nd Annual Day Before The Britcars Meet Tour! (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 16:43:27 PDT; Attention, Bay Area SOLs! It's time to start getting your car in shape for the... Second Annual "Day Before The Britcars Meet" Sports Car Tour and Picnic What: A scenic road through some of the best; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00520.html (10,443 bytes)
79. Re: Piston Size mystery? (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 17:48:01 PDT; Fortunately, this is true for MGBs even when they've been align-bored. Align-boring, for our friends not in the know (would that be OFNITK?), is a method of ensuring absolute concentricity of all th; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00522.html (8,714 bytes)
80. Response and Responsibility (score: 1): Author: megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com (Scott Fisher); Date: Thu, 5 Aug 93 15:34:56 PDT; Not to mention your garage floor... :-) It's just possible that you're not meant to own British cars, Roger. You have to find a comfortable level of "wrong" that you can live with; if you can't find; /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00529.html (11,408 bytes)

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