- 61. Re: TR3 Wiring? (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 23:59:32 PST
- You're right. The schematic in the Haynes TR2,3,3A,4 & 4A manual shows a dual filament brake/stop/tail in the rear for a TR2,3 & 3A. The Bentley manual for the TR4 and TR4A, however, shows wiring fo
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00119.html (8,588 bytes)
- 62. Re: Gycol corrosion measurement (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 20:39:19 PST
- Lawrence Buja so eloquently asks: "So do think that the voltage corrosion test is BS or not?" Hmmm, ... don't know. My first thought is that, yes, it is BS. It would seem that the metallurgy of the
- /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00450.html (11,347 bytes)
- 63. Re: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 10:28:39 PDT
- I agree. Even tho the GM 350 block is much more reliable, there's nothing like the rumble of a 351 Windsor... (or a really tricked-out 289!) The idle mixture adjust screws are at the base of the car
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00321.html (8,793 bytes)
- 64. Re: Paint hardness/Painting techniques (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 92 09:54:08 PDT
- Just a note for all the rest of you Yanks: as Robert is in Canada, these are degrees Celcius, not Farenheit. I've seen Hammerite in a number of local places around the Puget Sound area, like in a Fr
- /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00435.html (7,857 bytes)
- 65. Spridget For Sale (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 16:51:20 PDT
- Found this on the company bulletin board, in case anyone is interested in a Spridget that is presumably in pretty good shape. (Typed verbatum from the add): For Sale: 1962 Austin Healy Sprite Mk II 6
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00138.html (6,935 bytes)
- 66. Re: Help me get a charge! (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 92 09:16:08 PDT
- Yes, that's not uncommon in a system with a mechanical voltage regulator. The charging rate of an alternator is controlled by varying the current in the rotor, or "rotating field." With a mechanical
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00145.html (10,666 bytes)
- 67. Re: Cory's mysterious relay (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 13:52:29 PDT
- The first thing you will need to do will be to determine if this regulator is compatable with your alternator. There are two basic types of alternator - one has the field connected to the battery +
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00179.html (8,139 bytes)
- 68. Re: Stripping paint off small parts (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 13:07:06 PDT
- Roland suggests a couple of alternatives for stripping paint and rust from parts before painting: I've also used this method, and it works well even for cutting through industrial strength road goo o
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00223.html (8,014 bytes)
- 69. Re: Car Randomly Dies (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 13:30:40 PDT
- Sounds like your battery(ies) is (are) roaming around under the parcel shelf, shorting out the +'tive lead against the body... (Note that I'm a little ignorant of late model 'Bs as to the number and
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00300.html (7,680 bytes)
- 70. Re: Coils, cont. (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 13:23:22 PDT
- Whoa! Better put a rush on this one... ;^) Points open: 12V. Points closed: 0V. While you're inside the distributor checking the points, you can check for basic coil operation: make sure the points a
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00302.html (8,265 bytes)
- 71. Re: removing an engine from an MGB '76 (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 15:54:59 PDT
- You need to support the transmission with a floor jack, or something else suitable, to balance the forces of you trying to pull everything up and out of the car, and the transmission and drive train
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00391.html (8,201 bytes)
- 72. Re: Further tales of an intermittant MGB (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 13:36:54 PDT
- No, there shouldn't be any 'high voltage' (as in 'ignition' spark high voltage) on the coil primary wire. So, unless there was a static electricity type of spark that jumped to your hand, I think yo
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00528.html (9,077 bytes)
- 73. Re: Engine Misses (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 18:30:35 PDT
- [I was going to send this just to Bruce, but I re-read it and cracked myself up. (It's amazing what cheap wine can do to one's sensibility.) Simple things for simple minds. So here it is for all of y
- /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00462.html (8,835 bytes)
- 74. Re: Cars for sale in Atlanta, more or less (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 09:04:11 PDT
- Stop teasing!! I've already spent *all* my money! :^( Pat Vilbrandt John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Everett, Washington USA UUCP: pwv@tc.fluke.COM or: { uunet, uw-beaver, sun, microsoft }!fluke!pwv ARPA:
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00018.html (7,183 bytes)
- 75. Re: SOL Logos - The Continuing Saga (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 21:35:55 PDT
- I've collected and sorted the numerous replies to my bold offer for SOL regalia. Here is the breakdown: 12 decal 9 polo 5 t-shirt 3 badge 2 patch 2 anything 1 everything 1 transfer 1 phaser-transfer
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00028.html (9,848 bytes)
- 76. SOL Logo GIF (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 92 15:36:33 PDT
- Well, I managed to get a somewhat reasonable facsimile of the SOL Logo into a GIF file. (For some damn reason, though, the "O" in "SOL" came out transparent instead of BRG filled. But you at least st
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00071.html (6,644 bytes)
- 77. Re: SOL Logos - The Continuing Saga (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 92 15:27:01 PDT
- Dave Ambrose: This has come up a couple of times, both in regard to shirts and patches. I wanted to mention that I had dismissed this as a possibility for the limited number of items we would want to
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00072.html (8,188 bytes)
- 78. SOL Logos - Progress? (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 92 12:56:49 PDT
- Thanks for the info, Ed (Rush), but this is very similar to the quote I've already gotten from a company here in Seattle: quantity four colors + Set Up -- 50 $200 ($4 each) + $50 100 $220 ($2.20) +
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00108.html (8,548 bytes)
- 79. Decals "On The Cheap" (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 13:25:58 PDT
- <>From: bownes@pluto.crd.ge.com (Robert M. Bownes) <> <>Does anyone know if you can really use Tek color printer output to <>make transfers? Cory Carpenter half-jokingly (I think??) suggested trying
- /html/british-cars/1992-06/msg00229.html (7,253 bytes)
- 80. Re: Historic Mog??? (score: 1)
- Author: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
- Date: Fri, 8 May 92 08:48:46 PDT
- and THEN: Hmmmm, ... I'm starting to get a picture of how sfisher's mind works, (or is that "sworks"?!?), and I have to admit, it's a pretty scary sight! Pat Vilbrandt John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Evere
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00199.html (7,991 bytes)
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