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21. Re: More idle chit-chat (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Thu, 17 May 90 10:05:46 EDT; And Roland Dudley writes (again, in part): Here's "the one that got away" for me. It was 1987 and I was looking for a cheap E-type. I looked at several cars, but the cars that needed work had prices; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00387.html (8,634 bytes)
22. Wiring harness woes (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 22 May 90 09:51:21 EDT; I was going E-Mail this directly, but since I haven't seen the subject mentioned here before, I thought the response might be of general interest, so I'm posting it to the list (boy, things are gett; /html/british-cars/1990-05/msg00454.html (10,368 bytes)
23. Re: E-Types (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 2 Apr 90 10:27:40 EDT; The 1968 has the same cooling system as most 1967's (dual fans on the radiator). That's what makes the 1967 marginally more desirable than other 4.2 SI's. I don't remember on the brakes. I think all; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00014.html (7,521 bytes)
24. Re: battery chargers & current limiting (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 2 Apr 90 10:10:43 EDT; As long as there's not enough current going through the bulb to light it up, the resistance is drastically different. I'm not sure if its higher or lower, but if it charges a battery I guess its low; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00017.html (7,869 bytes)
25. Re: More on Prices (long winded) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 6 Apr 90 9:45:45 EDT; Its not so obvious to me. 0-60 of a three carb E-type is probably mid to high 6's, 2 carb would be high 7's to low 8's. 0-60 of the 930 has got to be in the 5's as would be the Testarossa's. Thus I; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00053.html (8,384 bytes)
26. Re: TR-6: The Saga Begins (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 13 Apr 90 10:57:27 EDT; Sounds like your TR6 was a *great* deal. Fuel starvation problems are easily verified with a can of starting fluid. If the car will start and run on starting fluid (another squirt into the carbs ever; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00097.html (7,310 bytes)
27. Re: carb tuning (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 17 Apr 90 16:33:23 EDT; Just to add to the database, I've noticed the same thing when using a Unisyn on my Maserati. Putting the Uni-syn on the center carb would make the engine really want to stall. Putting the Uni-syn on; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00145.html (7,565 bytes)
28. Re: toys (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 18 Apr 90 19:13:30 EDT; The Mercedes of course. Joe; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00159.html (7,397 bytes)
29. Building a Spit 6 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Mon, 16 Apr 90 16:29:45 EDT; I've recently "bought" a Spit off of a friend of mine. The reason the word "bought" is in quotes is that its really more of an exchange of services deal. I'm going to help him put in a couple of Jag; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00205.html (8,518 bytes)
30. Re: E-type info sought. (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 14:04:43 EDT; If the car has but 2 seats, it is the short wheelbase. The longer wheelbase was only used on the 2+2 and V-12 convertibles. If radiator and heater hoses are badly cracked, replace the lot of them, i; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00346.html (8,623 bytes)
31. Re: debugging bugeye (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 17:23:11 EDT; Did you check spark while it was hot? For no particular reason, I would suspect that your coil is intermittent according to temperature. You might also do a compression check while it is hot in case; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00353.html (7,470 bytes)
32. Re: TR7/8 fuel injection (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 18:02:01 EDT; The mixture is controlled by the air flow meter. A stoichiometric mixture of air and fuel must be maintained, and the amount of air going into the engine is the biggest component of that mixture. Yo; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00358.html (8,085 bytes)
33. Re: Broken stud advice (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 13 Mar 90 9:26:25 EDT; Not to seem uncompassionate, but why are you bothering to replace it at all? Assuming that its an exhaust stud, the worst case will be a small exhaust leak (and if you tighten all of the others well; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00125.html (7,391 bytes)
34. Re: Your car's value is increasing (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 15:58:19 EDT; I also find this entire discussion interesting. It seems to me that many marques have been undervalued for quite some time. 3 years ago you could get a Lamborghini Miura for $30,000 or you could have; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00133.html (9,426 bytes)
35. RE: $200 v12 and tranny (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 16 Mar 90 11:08:23 EDT; For $2000 you could probably have a ratty car attached to it. $200 is probably a bit cheap, but not by more than several hundred dollars. Conversions from the 12 cylinder to Chevy V-8's are fairly p; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00154.html (7,766 bytes)
36. Re: Looking at a Jaguar (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 16 Mar 90 10:52:35 EDT; XJ12's are generally worth less than XJ6's even though they sell for about the same price. Having gotten that out of my system, $6995 sounds like a sort of average asking price for a car in fair cond; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00155.html (10,614 bytes)
37. Re: Protecting a TR7 plastic dash (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 16 Mar 90 9:46:49 EDT; Plus it is the cause of that funny fog on the inside of your windshield that looks like the defroster should be able to get rid of, but instead takes real elbow grease to remove. Takes several month; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00156.html (7,338 bytes)
38. Re: Hydraulic Systems (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Tue, 20 Mar 90 9:20:15 EDT; Silicone can be *very* tough to bleed. A good trick to save yourself effort is to only punch a small hole (2 or 3 mm in diameter) in the seal on the bottle of brake fluid. This will force the fluid; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00185.html (7,338 bytes)
39. Re: my new 73 jag (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 11:23:46 EDT; The tach on the V-12 works the same way as all of the other Smiths tachs, it looks for current pulses, and gets hooked up in series with the coil on non-electronic ignition cars. The V-12 XKE's (or; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00227.html (9,890 bytes)
40. Re: Wanted: Information on TR-4/TR-250's (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Joe Augenbraun); Date: Fri, 23 Mar 90 11:27:00 EDT; You want to hear a deal? The guy who owns the shop that's doing the bodywork on my Maser put an add in one of these local classified-ad only papers that said something to the effect of "Jaguars want; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00262.html (8,257 bytes)

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