- 1. The Lucas Song (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:57:57 -0500
- Cute song, but it certainly perpetuates the myth! And from within the ranks too. For shame! Thanks Dave for putting up your info on grounding points! I have lived with Lucas electrics since my first
- /html/mg-t/2004-01/msg00031.html (8,322 bytes)
- 2. TD side curtains (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:34:45 -0400
- Hello fellow T-listers, Here's a question for the collective wisdom. I recently won a set of side curtain covers on eBay, advertised as for a 50-52 TD with two-bow top. I have a 53 with a two-bow top
- /html/mg-t/2003-10/msg00001.html (8,137 bytes)
- 3. Re: TD side curtains (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:59:16 -0400
- Hi Len, Thanks for the reply. Would you please clarify/add to the dimensions? The front and back edges have different heights. The heights you give are for which edge? Pete TD 2 bow-9 1/2" in height.
- /html/mg-t/2003-10/msg00005.html (8,014 bytes)
- 4. Re: TD side curtains (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 21:12:47 -0400
- Very interesting Bud, How old are your Robbins side curtains? So the two-bow frame won't fit the three-bow curtain? I thought Bob Howard's check of the parts list is interesting also. Didn't think of
- /html/mg-t/2003-10/msg00006.html (10,520 bytes)
- 5. Re: TD side curtains (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:22:08 -0400
- "I also found that at chassis #22315 the windshield changed as did the frame. Book does not say what the change(s) was(were) but reference is made to "toughened" and "laminated" Since the EXLNA cars
- /html/mg-t/2003-10/msg00008.html (8,024 bytes)
- 6. Re: interior footwell color? TD (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:56:20 -0500
- Funny it just occurred to me, it wouldn't matter if it was body color in my car - my car is black! Pete Thiel metal /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http
- /html/mg-t/2003-10/msg00029.html (8,172 bytes)
- 7. Re: TF Battery (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:25:02 -0400
- <<#1 - How to charge or "jump" the battery in a positive ground car (I believe it's still + to + and - to - )>> Hi John, A battery is a battery. It does not "know" if it is positive ground or negativ
- /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00054.html (7,216 bytes)
- 8. Re: shocks, alias dampers (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:50:35 -0400
- Mike, great description! <<Without dampers, your MG will corner like a bathtub on a water bed.>> Stu, not only will it corner badly, but without good dampers it can be downright dangerous. Picture do
- /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00083.html (9,384 bytes)
- 9. Re: Battery Advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:37:28 -0400
- Hi Nels, I agree with both Terry and Ray! If the car will sit a lot, a gel battery is great. On the other hand if you will be using the car regularly (and why not?) a regular battery is fine. Might a
- /html/mg-t/2003-06/msg00021.html (7,342 bytes)
- 10. Re: MG TD Upholstery (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:55:56 -0400
- /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/mg-t
- /html/mg-t/2003-05/msg00016.html (6,752 bytes)
- 11. Re: TD Lights (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 22:56:54 -0400
- Hi Vinnie, It is very possible that the contacts inside the switch are dirty with carbon deposits or other gook. It has been my experience that all of the older Lucas equipment can be taken apart and
- /html/mg-t/2003-05/msg00025.html (6,800 bytes)
- 12. Re: [MG-MGB] Tightness in 1st Gear - Warm Engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 07:53:08 -0400
- Hi Bob and Lists, I drove four different Austin Healey Sprites for 15 years and they always did that. I just took it to be normal. Like you said, just pulling the shifter towards second, not actually
- /html/mg-t/2003-04/msg00038.html (8,232 bytes)
- 13. Re: [MG-MGB] Tightness in 1st Gear - Warm Engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:14:13 -0400
- Well there you go! I've been driving used cars! 53 TD /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.te
- /html/mg-t/2003-04/msg00041.html (7,948 bytes)
- 14. Re: Weird Brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:10:51 -0400
- Hi Vinnie, If the parts that are covered with water are the rubber parts, and have brake fluid or remnants of brake fluid on them, the brake fluid is hygroscopic and water droplets will form. If the
- /html/mg-t/2003-04/msg00053.html (7,007 bytes)
- 15. Re: Heater Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 16:39:32 -0500
- Hi Stu, I have a heater (Moss) in my TD, and its great for extending the season here in Connecticut. Haven't seen the JC Whitney heater, I'll have to check it out. I, for one, like driving without po
- /html/mg-t/2003-03/msg00003.html (7,211 bytes)
- 16. Re: Restarting a dormant engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 00:23:49 -0500
- Hi Vinnie, The main thing when restarting an engine like yours is that you have good oil pressure to the vital points in the engine. Since oil goes to the crankshaft first, and lastly to the rocker s
- /html/mg-t/2003-02/msg00008.html (9,232 bytes)
- 17. Lucas lamp (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:32:56 -0500
- Hi Fellow Listers, I'm interested in getting some Lucas driving lights for my '53 MG TD, and the array of lights I've seen is a bit confusing. Does anyone out there know of a website, Lucas catalog,
- /html/mg-t/2003-02/msg00012.html (7,113 bytes)
- 18. Lucas lamp code (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:59:40 -0500
- Hi gang, This was put up on the site http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgbbs&mode=threadm&acces s=&subject=8&thread=2003020513283416977&source=M&anc=2003-02-0513:28:34#2003- 02-0513:28:3
- /html/mg-t/2003-02/msg00023.html (7,270 bytes)
- 19. Turn Signal Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 00:38:41 -0500
- Hi Scott, Regarding the flasher unit and relay, my 53 TD is a little different than Nels'. The flasher unit is under the hood, near the fuel pump and right hand horn, with a universal type 12 volt fl
- /html/mg-t/2003-01/msg00015.html (8,544 bytes)
- 20. Fw: Turn Signal Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 07:55:57 -0500
- <<You can't send attachments through the mg-t server.>> Hi Blake, Yes I realize that, but I assume Scott still got them. Pete /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or tr
- /html/mg-t/2003-01/msg00017.html (7,095 bytes)
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