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141. Re: [Mg-t] brass thingees (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:48:19 -0800; Those are known as bifurcated rivets. Not sure where you get them but that's what they are..... Maybe a shop that sells harness-making supplies? Lawrie ______________________________________________; /html/mg-t/2009-06/msg00011.html (7,393 bytes)
142. Re: [Mg-t] MG TD Splash Apron Piping (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:51:49 -0700; On all the cars I've restored, I've always taken the piping around the curve to the edge of the radiator shell. Obviously, I believe this to be the correct way of doing it (!) and have never had any; /html/mg-t/2009-09/msg00014.html (7,646 bytes)
143. Re: [Mg-t] Question (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:41:52 -0800; Known as a "blanket bar", Gene, perhaps on some cars it was a place to hang the blanket that was needed to keep passengers' legs warm in pre-heater days. However, on the TD its function was to suppor; /html/mg-t/2009-11/msg00011.html (8,880 bytes)
144. Re: [Mg-t] MGB 1989 (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:26:32 -0700; I'd be very suspicious of a 1989 MGB! The factory discontinued MGBs in 1980........ A 1969 in that condition would be a very good buy indeed, a 1980 only if the car has overdrive. Lawrie British Spo; /html/mg-t/2010-04/msg00001.html (8,649 bytes)
145. Re: [Mg-t] Plug gap (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:22:44 -0800; I run a Lucas Sports coil on my TD special and gap the NGK B6ES spark plugs at 35 thousandths. The Sport coil puts out 40K volts so can generate a much stronger spark. Giving it a larger gap to jump; /html/mg-t/2010-06/msg00001.html (7,918 bytes)
146. [Mg-t] Bob Grunau (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:14:36 -0700; If I remember correctly, Bob now supplies tapered rear axles for TCs and pre-war cars, along the lines of the conversions that Phil Marino used to do. I also believe Bob subscribes to one or both of; /html/mg-t/2010-06/msg00032.html (6,580 bytes)
147. Re: [Mg-t] MG TD Tires (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:13:22 -0800; I Googled 165-SR-15 tires and found quite a few sources listed. Not as inexpensive as they used to be but at least available! Lawrie ______________________________________________ Mg-t@autox.team.ne; /html/mg-t/2010-07/msg00003.html (7,971 bytes)
148. [Mg-t] Australian TC (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:06:44 -0700; I'm working on a 1949 TC that was purchased in Adelaide, Australia in 1995 from one Phillip Pyle and shipped back to California. Logic suggests that Phillip is related to the renowned Harry Pyle and; /html/mg-t/2010-09/msg00005.html (7,891 bytes)
149. Re: [Mg-t] Heat Deflector (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:26:49 -0700; Hot rod shops sell a cloth exhaust wrap which comes in a roll approx. 2" wide. This really does keep the heat in the pipe (I've used it on headers and it has noticeably reduced under-hood temperatur; /html/mg-t/2010-09/msg00011.html (9,003 bytes)
150. Re: [Mg-t] Question (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:07:27 -0700; Possibly your tach drive gearbox dropped lower and is almost touching the side post on the distributor, causing the spark to short to ground. Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: "Herb" <hstrachman@ya; /html/mg-t/2010-09/msg00018.html (7,562 bytes)
151. [Mg-t] Re. TC 7730 (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:22:24 -0700; Back in 1995, a friend of mine (Stan Davis) came to Australia from California and bought a TC from a Phil Pyle, who I have to assume is your son, Phil. Sadly, Stan passed away in June this year and; /html/mg-t/2010-09/msg00020.html (7,611 bytes)
152. Re: [Mg-t] 1939 TA forsale, California (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:00:17 -0700; Having seen this car, I can tell you it really is pretty much a complete basket case! Not a restoration for the faint of heart - or light of wallet ..... _____________________________________________; /html/mg-t/2010-10/msg00008.html (8,499 bytes)
153. [Mg-t] Help needed on XPAG engine (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:57:49 -0800; Fellow listers, I've recently had a few phone conversations with a chap in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, who is having problems maintaining oil pressure on a rebuilt XPAG engine. My understanding is tha; /html/mg-t/2010-11/msg00005.html (7,208 bytes)
154. [Mg-t] Shipping a car from England to California (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:43:06 -0800; Fellow Listers .... I have found an MGB GT V8 in England that can be had for next-to-nothing, having sat in a garage for over 20 years since last being used. It looks to be a reasonably straightforwa; /html/mg-t/2010-11/msg00007.html (7,026 bytes)
155. Re: [Mg-t] Source for Lucas Spark (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 09:35:58 -0800; Fortunately for you, purchasing spark is not necessary. As demonstrated by that well-known French electrical genius, M. Agneto, spark will re-generate by itself when given the necessary impetus. In; /html/mg-t/2011-02/msg00003.html (10,012 bytes)
156. Re: [Mg-t] Source for Lucas Spark (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 09:59:53 -0800; A common misconception is that the "rat's nest" condition so often found was an early manifestation of "built-in obsolescence", designed to keep mechanics (and firefighters) in business. However, no; /html/mg-t/2011-02/msg00005.html (11,562 bytes)
157. Re: [Mg-t] Ignition lamp (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:35:16 -0700; The repro lamps that Moss sells look very like what you are describing. The bulb is a screw-base bulb but, instead of screwing into the socket, it screws into the spring that you see in your socket.; /html/mg-t/2011-03/msg00039.html (10,376 bytes)
158. [Mg-t] XPAG pistons (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:29:46 -0800; Just wondering if any of you know of a piston manufacturer which has the pattern for the "Hi-top" high compression XPAG/XPEG pistons which were available many years ago? The pistons had a raised port; /html/mg-t/2011-04/msg00002.html (6,613 bytes)
159. Re: [Mg-t] Parking light bulbs (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 21:02:17 -0700; The real problem is that the 1157 bulb has offset pins, whereas the MGT parking lamp socket requires a bulb with straight pins. Moss No. 170-900 (sorry, at this time of night I have no access to a b; /html/mg-t/2011-04/msg00010.html (11,658 bytes)
160. Re: [Mg-t] Parking light bulbs (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 08:12:07 -0700; Further to last night's e-mail .... the correct bulb for the T-series parking lamp is an 1176. Turn on the parking lights before you begin to install it. The bulb, obviously, has a bright and a less; /html/mg-t/2011-04/msg00012.html (12,145 bytes)

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