- 41. In search of "Special Tool M86A" (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 14 May 92 09:24:36 MDT
- Last Night I tore into my TR4A to see why my right-rear brake was ineffectual and, as I had suspected, I was greeted by a slurry of brake-grime and gear-lube when I removed the drum... "No problem",
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00287.html (7,479 bytes)
- 42. RE: Mini Woody Wagons (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 20 May 92 11:03:14 MDT
- A local junkyard has one of these Morris Travellers that appears to be complete right down to the hubcaps but looks like it's been sitting there for a few years. It's a real charmer, and I always th
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00406.html (7,812 bytes)
- 43. Re: TR-3A bonnet letters and medallion (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Fri, 29 May 92 07:48:52 MDT
- To my knowledge, the TR3 had a medallion-only and no letters... I've seen both the ribbed letters and the plain letters on the widemouth cars. Most any locksmith will have the proper sized die-stamp
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00636.html (8,186 bytes)
- 44. RE: rust prevention (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Fri, 29 May 92 16:22:29 MDT
- It is my understanding that the 'switch' to negative-ground as standard was to alleviate electrical-system induced corrosion.... Better to have all those (-) ions attacking the (+) battery terminal,
- /html/british-cars/1992-05/msg00692.html (7,901 bytes)
- 45. Re: Future of the list (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 92 11:09:31 MST
- OK, which are we to believe is the April-Fools Joke? The part about mailing in ten bucks, or the part about your thesis being finished? -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00010.html (6,873 bytes)
- 46. Re: Smiths instruments (and stereo) (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 92 08:05:01 MST
- This discussion about TR temp and fuel guages is of interest to me because my TR4A's guages 'lie' also. I would suspect that my voltage stabilizer is the culprit (I fiddled with it once when I should
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00065.html (7,625 bytes)
- 47. Re: Waste of a car (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 16:00:05 MDT
- Yeah. I remember watching Magnum P.I. a few years back when "Magnum" narrowly escaped being blown to bits by a bomb in the red Ferrari that was his trademark... It did'nt take too much scrutiny to n
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00292.html (6,879 bytes)
- 48. Re: Need some parts (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 17:05:11 MDT
- No kidding. I have a friend who smashed the side-mirror on his 300ZX. Not the door - Not the fender - Just the little color-coordinated valence around the mirror & the mirror itself. The quote from
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00342.html (8,155 bytes)
- 49. Re: TR3 Generator Mountings (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 08:37:34 MDT
- I thought that this was a "feature" to insure that you replace the fan belt on a regular basis :-\ -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1992-04/msg00711.html (6,970 bytes)
- 50. Re: TR Windscreen Replacment (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 14:05:17 MST
- I agree with TeriAnn that it behooves one to look to a local glass shop to at least -BUY- the glass... When I replaced the glass for my TR4A, I called a local shop who delivered it to my doorstep th
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00129.html (7,750 bytes)
- 51. Re: Interesting weekend. (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 09:59:58 MST
- Yes. Have'nt you heard of Irish Racing Green?... That was the color of my TR on Saturday :-) -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00299.html (6,981 bytes)
- 52. Re: Re: Re: new CA. law about antique cars (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 15:49:08 MST
- Well then, maybe you should take the hint!... By the way, Utah is MUCH closer to California than Wisconsin :-) -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00208.html (8,187 bytes)
- 53. In search of early spitfire laygear (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 08:12:14 MST
- I'm looking for a good laygear for an 'FC' series Spitfire gearbox. Do any of you happen to have one in your parts-pile that you'd be willing to part with... Any help in locating one will be greatly
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00259.html (6,519 bytes)
- 54. Re: Performance (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 10:28:55 MST
- In my opinion, I believe that peak HP specs are much like peak computer hardware specs... they convey little information. I have never driven a Miata, but I HAVE permitted a Miata driver to drive my
- /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00305.html (7,165 bytes)
- 55. Re: Engine and gearbox vibration/noise (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 91 10:40:29 MDT
- First of all, inspect your fan... Is it dinged badly or missing a blade? At 3500 RPM one of these off-balance can make a lot of racket. Barring this the following flowchart is how I'd try to identif
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00143.html (10,685 bytes)
- 56. Re: Puzzle from Joe Lucas (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 13:05:18 MDT
- Is one of your left signal lamps burned out? This would cause less load on the flasher unit which would cause it to blink slowly. -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00167.html (7,786 bytes)
- 57. Re: Ceramic tape on TR6 exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 15:00:28 MDT
- Actually, I'd expect just the opposite. I'd more likely believe that this would heat up your muffler/tailpipe more quickly & thus reduce the time for condensation. -S-
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00178.html (7,883 bytes)
- 58. Re: Speedo. adjustment on TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 91 14:03:39 MDT
- Are'nt speedometers on brit cars supposed to just give a rough "range" in which your actual speed may fall? My TR4A's speedo handles this task superbly... indicating that I'm doing something in the r
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00242.html (6,925 bytes)
- 59. Re: Towing advice needed? (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 91 10:56:43 MDT
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't you think you're asking the wrong audience for a subjective opinion? -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00287.html (7,621 bytes)
- 60. Re: ignition switch and hood probs (score: 1)
- Author: sbender@dsd.es.com (Steve Bender)
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 91 09:06:36 MDT
- Shucks, I count on this, and the conventially backward way of disengaging the handbrake as being my primary anti-theft measures. 8) -Steve
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00304.html (6,813 bytes)
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