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1. TR7 clutch flakiness... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 2 Jul 90 15:06:49 EDT; This helps on all cars (except maybe new Corvettes which I think have synchronized reverse gears). Here's why: If you have the engine running with the clutch out with the gearbox in neutral, the clu; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00015.html (8,198 bytes)
2. Re: Land Rover advice (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Thu, 9 Aug 90 10:47:18 EDT; Just curious, why is ex military a plus? I would think it would reduce value because its bound to be really beat. Joe; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00086.html (6,983 bytes)
3. Spit revisited (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Thu, 9 Aug 90 11:45:42 EDT; The intrepid readers of this mailing list may remember (or may not, considering that I only mentioned it once or twice) that I've recently purchased a Spitfire Mark IV for the princely sum of $400. I; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00087.html (10,604 bytes)
4. Yow (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 10:18:13 EDT; Remember that Spit I just bought? I just called up British Restoration Parts with an order of 8 or 10 items (I know everyone says The Roadster Factory is the place to order from; it so happens that p; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00145.html (7,747 bytes)
5. Alternators (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 17 Jul 90 14:17:39 EDT; Randall Jesup and I had a discussion at lunch today where we were trying to figure out how alternators work. The alternator in my Spit isn't charging the battery, and I took it apart last weekend to; /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00160.html (8,963 bytes)
6. Clutch bleeding (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 12 Jun 90 11:15:05 EDT; No, no, no, NO! Everyone seems to forget one step and end up with mushy clutches as a result. When you open the bleeder, you must push the rod all the way back into the slave cylinder as far as it wi; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00054.html (7,403 bytes)
7. Re: Facet fuel pump (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 20 Jun 90 9:47:58 EDT; Forwarded message: I don't know 'nuthin 'bout them thar fancy Facet feul pumps, but the old fashioned kind wouldn't care about reversed polarity. Basically what I've seen are fuel pumps that look som; /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00122.html (9,663 bytes)
8. Re: Midget almost on the road (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 1 May 90 9:22:39 EDT; What made you think the battery was bad? If it was just because the needle on one of those battery load testers plunged downward when the load was put on, it doesn't mean anything. The only satisfac; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00003.html (8,653 bytes)
9. Re: brake fluid, shock fluid (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 2 May 90 9:25:09 EDT; I think this is a misconception. I've tried soaking british seals in DOT 3 to see what happens, and its uninteresting. No sign that DOT 3 is a solvent for british rubber seals. As further proof of t; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00045.html (10,252 bytes)
10. Re: brake fluid, shock fluid (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Thu, 3 May 90 9:35:46 EDT; I seem to remember that the Bentley manual for XKE's gave a pecking order for brake fluid that went something like this: Preferred: Castrol LMA DOT 4 OK: Any other DOT 4 In an emergency, flush after; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00081.html (8,732 bytes)
11. Re: brake fluid, leaded gas (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 4 May 90 10:52:11 EDT; No, I didn't run the shop, I just worked there. And it wasn't Jags-only, we would have a wayward MG or two in occasionally, and I even had to work on a Triumph once. As far as using the term XKE, I; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00106.html (7,530 bytes)
12. Re: To Wax or Not To Wax (Eloquent?) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 7 May 90 9:11:22 EDT; I've read this, but every body man that I've talked to has said that they can sand it off easily, that its not an issue. Nevertheless, I don't like to take chances, so I have exclusively used waxes; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00132.html (9,114 bytes)
13. Re: your mail (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 8 May 90 15:33:57 EDT; The chance that a valuable collector car like an MGB or AC Cobra will someday have to be repainted is pretty close to 1 to 1. Joe; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00176.html (6,702 bytes)
14. Re: Looking for belt for 4.2L Etype motor. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 9 May 90 9:42:04 EDT; Its time for me to make another plug for the place I used to work for. They have virtually every part available for the XKE, and many that aren't really commonly available. Expect the easy to get pa; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00214.html (8,317 bytes)
15. Re: Ditto Wire Wheel Questions (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 14 May 90 12:15:22 EDT; I've trued bicycle wheels before, it takes a long time, but anyone can do it. When I had tried to true my automobile wheels, I found it to be a totally different story. All of the nipples were seize; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00260.html (8,209 bytes)
16. Re: heads (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 11 May 90 20:08:15 EDT; I think I've told this story here before, so a thousand pardons to those who have already heard it, but with this thread I think it bears repeating. When I was working in the Jaguar shop, we had thi; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00277.html (10,091 bytes)
17. Re: More Horses for Spridgets - I mean BIG PONIES (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 15 May 90 16:10:00 EDT; Well of course it does! Any engine that's the size of a 10 foot long 1500 pound car better put out at least 100 bhp, no matter how few cylinders it has. (Sorry, couldn't resist). Joe; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00334.html (7,879 bytes)
18. Re: Wrench Sizes (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 15 May 90 16:29:09 EDT; Whether or not this is what he was talking about, there is no reason that a "real" wrench that works on the flats couldn't be built. The inside of the thing would look something like this: /\____/\; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00335.html (7,907 bytes)
19. Re: Whitworth (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 15 May 90 16:04:29 EDT; You have just answered one of the hundred or so questions that always bothered me. I have just such a toolbox (but not the book). I couldn't figure out what the hell they were expecting you to put i; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00337.html (7,534 bytes)
20. Re: Battery ventilation question (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Thu, 17 May 90 9:40:35 EDT; Jaguar XJS's also put the battery in the trunk. They use a plastic box very similar to what you described for your TR8. Inside the box there is a plastic piece that is held onto the battery with a b; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00385.html (7,842 bytes)

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