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21. Ray Flannerys MGB (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 10 May 90 02:18:34 EDT; If the new head gasket doesn't help the compression you might try, with the head back on tight, pouring a couple tablespoons of heavy oil (I usually use 90 weight gear oil) into the cylinders one at; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00203.html (6,755 bytes)
22. Re: Another LBC back on the road (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 10 May 90 15:40:14 EDT; Yeah, like Darrel says, I've never been able to get my steering rack tight enough either. I don't want to go to the aluminuim mounts, anyone have any hints for getting the sucker tight?; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00221.html (7,426 bytes)
23. TR3 hood and doors (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 10 May 90 17:32:40 EDT; Doors $30. Hood $50. 617-335-0186. From the Want Ads.; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00224.html (6,288 bytes)
24. Aluminum V8? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 10 May 90 17:24:40 EDT; Alum buick/olds eng parts. new race heads w/eng $300/bo. Dodge 318A headers brand new, $50/bo, lake pipes outsider exhaust sys, brand new, compl, $75/bo, call eves, milford, 508-473-8322.; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00227.html (6,397 bytes)
25. VW engine info needed (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Mon, 14 May 90 16:31:54 EDT; Ok, it's not british, so I won't clutter the list with the discussion, but is there anyone out there who has worked on air cooled VW engines or transmissions? I ran into one a few hours ago (and no,; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00273.html (6,583 bytes)
26. Re: '64 Sprite Info Needed (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Mon, 14 May 90 17:21:58 EDT; I have 2 similiar engines, one is a 1098 out of a '64 MG1100, it has the hole machined in the block and the lobe on the camshaft for the mechanical fuel pump but has a blanking plate over the hole an; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00301.html (7,492 bytes)
27. Identify this car and win... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Wed, 16 May 90 18:15:22 EDT; A buncha rust! I was at the junkyard earlier today, way way back in the back of a huge lot, at the very back next to the bushes, was a car. Made by AMC. 2 seater. Convertible. No trunk. Recessed moun; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00365.html (8,373 bytes)
28. Nash? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 17 May 90 00:54:48 EDT; It seems the car I saw at the junkyard was a Nash, probably a Rambler. Anyone know what engines these things had? It really looked like a 1500cc mini/spridget type engine, the only sizes I can find m; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00374.html (6,830 bytes)
29. Crank Balancing (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 17 May 90 15:48:30 EDT; I just talked to Lindskog Balancing in Acton, Mass, they offer 4 cylinder balancing of crank, rods, pistons, flywheel, clutch, the whole works for $170. I've had them highly recommended by a couple o; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00394.html (6,496 bytes)
30. Re: Identify this car and win... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 17 May 90 17:24:05 EDT; Well, thanks for all that offered me with opinions on this one. Send me your addresses and I'll send you a bucket-o-rust. Too bad I have no use for the engine, if anyone else out there does let me kn; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00399.html (7,580 bytes)
31. Re: More idle chit-chat (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 18 May 90 13:30:18 EDT; Speaking of the E type that got away, 3 or 4 months ago, in the want ads, was an ad that read something like "Jaguar E type. Runs rough. Needs paint. $1200". It sold the day before the magazine came; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00424.html (6,890 bytes)
32. Mini/MG1100/A series parts (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Tue, 22 May 90 12:29:12 EDT; Tonight I'm going to look at a four door rusty MG1100 and an old (cut up?) Mini (unknown engine). Should I look out for any parts off these cars for anybody? The 1100 has a disc brake front end that; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00444.html (6,661 bytes)
33. MG1100/Mini false alarm and Alternator Question (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Thu, 24 May 90 15:51:02 EDT; Well, I went and took a look at the MG1100 and Mini I mentioned a few days ago. What the woman didn't tell me is that they've been sitting out back for about 10 years, the MG with the windows down, t; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00460.html (7,426 bytes)
34. I broke it! Welder needed... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Mon, 2 Apr 90 16:17:46 EDT; I took apart the front right suspension on my TR250 yesterday, found one of the bolts that holds the lower wishbone bracket to the frame had broken off, bending and cracking the mount on the frame. A; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00010.html (6,784 bytes)
35. TR250 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 14:49:23 EDT; I asked once before, noone out there masochistic then, here goes again... Anobody out there want a TR250 project? I have enough peices to put together another TR250 and probably still have peices lef; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00096.html (7,052 bytes)
36. Re: TR250 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 20:51:29 EDT; Mark, you're a black hole that british cars flow into! Is there any car you *wouldn't* like to have? But I must give you credit for selling the rust rocket. The only one I ever got rid of I sawed up; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00104.html (6,860 bytes)
37. Re: TR-6: The Saga Continues (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 20:49:10 EDT; TRF sells 3 point belts, I bought some, I can't say how they work because they're going in tomorrow. I can speak from experience, however, that smacking the windscreen frame with your head *really* s; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00108.html (6,748 bytes)
38. Re: TR6 rear end "CLUNK" (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 13:28:31 EDT; If you have the money to spare you should consider replacing all the U joints just for the convenience of knowing they're going to last a while. If I know the average used TR6 (or TR250 in my case) a; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00189.html (7,426 bytes)
39. Re: TR6 rear end "CLUNK" (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 13:31:27 EDT; Oh yeah, check the differential mounts too. Both the rubber and the frame mounts, scrape the road crap off and look for cracks. The TR6 is bad about these, especially if driven vigorously.; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00190.html (7,191 bytes)
40. Re: LBC? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 15:21:05 EDT; I still maintain that "SOL" from time to time stands for Shit Outof Luck.; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00194.html (6,417 bytes)

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