- 61. Re: Tis not so deep as a well... (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 10:12:24 +0800
- ~ Scott, the advantage of having it done are ...outweighed by the cost, at least what I was quoted at O'Connor. Now, true, O'Connor is probably among the MOST expensive places, but let's just say tha
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00388.html (8,974 bytes)
- 62. Re: Garage (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 14:51:28 +0800
- ~ And then, this house is cheap. Relatively speaking, anyway. Houses with ~ big garages cost many kilobucks more, so I wouldn't be able to afford ~ anything to go in the garage. If I can live with th
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00390.html (10,445 bytes)
- 63. MGB piston replacement options (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 13:40:53 +0800
- All right. As we discussed last week, the MGB needs to have its pistons replaced. A cursory inspection seems to indicate that the bores are undamaged; you can still see the machining marks, so I migh
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00460.html (8,456 bytes)
- 64. Re: MGB Piston Replacement (Matt Silveira) (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 11:53:09 +0800
- Many thanks to all who replied; I'll reply to some specifics, beginning with Matt's suggestion: ~ Using your "dingle-ball" hone, as mechanics refer to them, (if you ~ decided to yank the engine) woul
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00491.html (11,879 bytes)
- 65. Re: Wonderful Car & Wives as Mechanics (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 18:08:55 +0800
- ~ >1960 OSCA Formula Junior. ~ I know this isn't a streetable car, but I don't remember that as being a ~ requirement. And I know I grin when I see these little things buzzing ~ around the track! Wel
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00537.html (10,394 bytes)
- 66. RE:Wonderful Car & Wives .... (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 10:58:40 +0800
- ~ 1800 trivia, there were three models: 1800S, 1800E, & 1800ES. Four, actually: you're omitting the initial run designated as P1800, which were built by Jensen in England and are therefore the only o
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00558.html (8,109 bytes)
- 67. Re: Did I hear you right? (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 11:30:00 +0800
- ~ > ... Besides, Kim really ~ > wants to be involved with this, and I think it'll be a lot easier for ~ > her to work on it (cleaning the bores, etc.) if it's on the stand. ~ > ~ > - --Scott ~ ~ Beg
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00559.html (9,547 bytes)
- 68. Introduction to British Sports Cars (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 15:02:10 +0800
- ~ This is really the wrong list to be talking about Volvo 1800's, but if ~ we're going to talk about them, its good to get the facts straight. Thanks for the dates on the Jensen cars; I obviously fol
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00568.html (14,456 bytes)
- 69. Wrong Turns, Wrong Directions, Right Crowd (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 17:29:14 +0800
- The closure of one attraction and a somewhat confused tour leader failed to take all the fun out of the East Bay Mountain Tour on Sunday, May 15. Cool weather helped all the cars maintain their fluid
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00572.html (15,111 bytes)
- 70. Re: Correct California Plates for 59 (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 10:03:01 +0800
- ~ I have a very easy question: Is the correct plate for California in 1959 ~ Yellow on Black (YOB) or Black on Yellow (BOY) ? YOB. In fact, it should probably begin with a letter between, oh, D and F
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00609.html (9,049 bytes)
- 71. Re: New motor (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 10:56:35 +0800
- ~ Well, I'm finally ready to start the B (67 MGB GT to be exact). ~ Everything on this car is either brand new or reconditioned. I'm ~ wondering, though, what's the process/procedure for starting (or
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00612.html (10,679 bytes)
- 72. Installation is the Reverse of Removal (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 14:27:20 +0800
- We got the engine out of my '71 MGB last Saturday. It wasn't nearly as difficult as it was last time, partly because I have so much more recent experience, and partly because I've got the air compres
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00625.html (11,953 bytes)
- 73. Re: Flex-Hones (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 13:53:45 +0800
- ~ The real name for that tool is Flex-Hone, made by Brush Research Mfg. Co. of ~ Los Angeles (213-261-2193). Thank you; the joke name got tiresome after the fourth or fifth time I typed it... ~ [. .
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00665.html (8,783 bytes)
- 74. Re: Installation is the Reverse of Removal (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 14:20:09 +0800
- ~ > Maybe it's time for air tool #2, a small air ratchet. But while I was ~ > twiddling the lower (fine-threaded) starter bolt, I was glad I decided ~ > not to try to do the pistons in place. I was t
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00666.html (9,978 bytes)
- 75. Re: TR4A Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:53:33 +0800
- ~ for the lower outer A arm bushings, is it necessary to hold the spring ~ compressed while that humungo bolt which holds the trunion ( one of my ~ favourite BritCar words) to the A arm is withdrawn?
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00671.html (8,894 bytes)
- 76. Re: Tab washers [was Re: Flex-Hones] (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 17:33:11 +0800
- ~ From: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu> ~ He felt the locktab washers were an outmoded technology, Well, if we start eliminating outmoded technology from this car, I'm left with noth
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00674.html (8,407 bytes)
- 77. Re: Zen and the AMM (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 14:41:37 +0800
- ~ Car content? Well, I think that if I think of why car project as a ~ journey and a process (and forget about the distination a little) ~ that it will carry me along and result in a much better end
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00731.html (7,478 bytes)
- 78. Re: Tab washers [was Re: Flex-Hones] (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:38:11 +0800
- ~ From: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher) ~ Any thoughts on thread-locker compounds such as the various ones ~ made by Loctite? ~ ~ There are a couple of problems with Locktite. If you do not run i
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00732.html (8,509 bytes)
- 79. Re: Tab washers [was Re: Flex-Hones] (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 17:08:52 +0800
- ~ Loctite is removed by heating to break it down, so I don't think ~ it will work here. If I can find a shop that has the high-temperature red stuff, I might consider going with that. I probably ough
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00733.html (8,554 bytes)
- 80. Re: Water Wetter (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@megatest.com (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 11:35:15 +0800
- ~ The Red LIne Water Wetter I use (it was recently on special in a Moss ~ Flyer) comes in a clear plastic, ribbed bottle and is a red fluid. It's ~ so nice looking you want to drink it. Keep it away
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00773.html (8,657 bytes)
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