- 1. British Cars (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 90 09:14:21 CDT
- ......Del.... Doug, British Parts is fine, I buy most everything for my Spitfire from them. By the way the clutch seems to have gone down in price, I paid $85 for mine. Zahid
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00029.html (7,109 bytes)
- 2. Car Parts (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 90 09:46:49 CDT
- A while ago someone printed a comprehensive list of most of the popular british car parts places with comments describing their stuff, attitudes etc. I think it was either Roger Garnett or Mark J. Br
- /html/british-cars/1990-09/msg00056.html (15,551 bytes)
- 3. idle problem (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 13:38:52 CDT
- Dan, try this, remove the dashpot and hold the cylinder down somewhat lightly. Now when you rev the engine if the response is quicker than when you do it without the finger, the problem is a worn ou
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00112.html (7,656 bytes)
- 4. vernier callipers (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 90 13:46:48 CDT
- This may sound pretty high school'ish but I have forgotten how to use a dadgum Vernier Calliper (Pierre Vernier's maddening tool). The one I recently bought is the basic kind i.e. no fancy windows di
- /html/british-cars/1990-08/msg00113.html (6,628 bytes)
- 5. no mail (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 90 09:13:45 CDT
- Hi guys, has it been quiet out there lately or is my mail messed up? I haven't had mail since I got back from july 4 time off last Monday. Zahid
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00103.html (6,395 bytes)
- 6. Classic Cars Magazine (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 90 13:48:55 CDT
- Jim Tencate asks: Jim, you won't find it in town here I've already looked for `em quite a bit. I do have a couple of not too old issues I'd be happy to lend you. If you want I could bring it by Quack
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00184.html (7,118 bytes)
- 7. steering vibration (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 90 15:15:39 CDT
- Seems to me you need to rebuild the front end. However some of the following may also be the cause. 1) New tires show this symptom sometimes for a few weeks. 2) Backlash in the steering if it is a r
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00216.html (8,488 bytes)
- 8. F-type (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 15:53:53 CDT
- I was reading in Car & Driver that Ford has dropped the F-type Jaguar from production, it instead it wants to pursue high volume production cars. This is quite distressing to me since some good engin
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00243.html (7,004 bytes)
- 9. secret decoding of Dale C.s' age (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 90 14:29:32 CDT
- In a recent posting our founder Dale Cook mentioned that he now keeps tab on his age by going celsius. This is for those who are trying to figure out what 10.5 celsius is really around at. Sorry Dale
- /html/british-cars/1990-07/msg00330.html (8,129 bytes)
- 10. back from vacation (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 90 11:18:26 CDT
- Well I'm back from my vacations which was a total blast except for the E-type dissapointment. I went and saw the car it was a `68 3.8 series I in above average shape with no rust. The leather was sho
- /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00010.html (7,852 bytes)
- 11. electronic ignition (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 90 14:57:25 CDT
- Electronic ignition is the way to go chunk that Lucas stuff out. I put in an Allison ignition in my Spitfire after trying to do everything to keep my car original. The unit died once when brake fluid
- /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00082.html (7,436 bytes)
- 12. electric fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!mozart.AMD.COM!zahid@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Zahid Ahsanullah)
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 90 09:05:35 CDT
- Electric fuel pumps are usually make-break thingeys meaning that there is a spring loaded steel piston inside a coil. The coil is powered through a switch that is connected to the piston, as the pis
- /html/british-cars/1990-06/msg00121.html (7,390 bytes)
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