- 81. Re: New Installation (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 17:27:03 -0500
- There is no set screw, The spacing is not all that critical- a little extra won't hurt, too little is bad. Switch the hose uses, you shouldn't have to turn the bearing more than 1/2 turn. Just make
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-11/msg00063.html (10,922 bytes)
- 82. Re: New Installation (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 00:06:01 -0500
- My method of install really does make things easier, & it makes setting up the electric fan & radiator so much faster. For those who I have never bored with this trick, I cut away the slam panel- th
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-11/msg00067.html (10,981 bytes)
- 83. Re: Wiring harnesses (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:03:10 -0400
- I am completing my second total rewire of a V8. First car is my GT with now around 140,000 miles. Second car is my current project, a roadster. My goal was lots of fuses, no "daisy chain" circuits,
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-10/msg00002.html (9,484 bytes)
- 84. Re: 215 oil seals (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:15:14 -0400
- A few years ago when I had a 215 rebuilt, my machine shop supplied the neoprene seals as a matter of course, from their own stock, so my guess is that they are standard parts, probably from a GM V-6.
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-10/msg00042.html (7,395 bytes)
- 85. Re: Tach conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 23:02:46 -0400
- The white wires on your old tach create a loop inside the tach working as the very early models that had an external loop. These wire need to be joined as they create the feed from ignition to the pl
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-10/msg00067.html (9,198 bytes)
- 86. Re: BOP exhaust gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:05:57 -0400
- Use gaskets for a Buick V-6, of course you need 2 sets & will have spares. Call Ted or Dan, they both stock nice thick ones. The FelPro # is MS 90013. These are medium thick & come as 8 individual p
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00007.html (7,880 bytes)
- 87. Re: BOP exhaust gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 21:22:34 -0400
- Anything to get you to the V8 Meet this week & twist your arm for a beer. Good not the cheap stuff. Jim
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00009.html (8,902 bytes)
- 88. Re: V8 meet (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 22:28:13 -0400
- I'm in, look forward to seeing you. Are you bringing advance copies of your new book "How to Wire Your V8 MGB"? Jim Stuart
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00011.html (7,880 bytes)
- 89. V8 convention (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:49:30 -0400
- I'm trying to contact Bernie Posey or Jeff Foote. Are you out there? Does anyone have an E-mail address for either? Thanks Jim Stuart
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00018.html (6,529 bytes)
- 90. Re: MGV8 2000 Pictures (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:55:34 -0400
- The red car with all the chrome showed up at the V8 meet in Cleveland. Totally awesome!!! Sebring look, front spoiler blended into the fenders, shaved bumpers, engine compartment looked like a featu
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00029.html (9,585 bytes)
- 91. Re: MGV8 2000 Pictures (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:03:51 -0400
- How did you do that so fast? Great job, thanks for getting some pictures up. Jim Stuart
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00030.html (7,942 bytes)
- 92. intake manifold (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:13:20 -0400
- Anyone out there interested in an intake for a pair of 2bbl carbs? I found 2 new manifolds, 1 is an Offenhouser, the other, an Edelbrock. I have no info on what carbs to run, & no linkage is included
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-09/msg00058.html (6,682 bytes)
- 93. fans & thermo switch (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 19:28:37 -0400
- If you own a late model B, 1977 or newer, you should be aware that the thermo switch gasket is a "one time" use product. Do not expect it to seal if the switch is removed & then re-installed. I'm not
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00014.html (7,716 bytes)
- 94. Re: what ford 8 inch rearend came with posi (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 21:22:27 -0400
- One of the reasons the 8" Ford rear is so popular among street rodders & MG V8 nuts, is that the gears are a stand alone unit that "drops out" of the housing & can be replaced with another unit with
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00018.html (9,146 bytes)
- 95. Re: Lower radiator hose (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 00:33:35 -0400
- Use 2 pieces of hose connected by a piece of copper or stainless pipe. Jim Stuart (who owns a box of cut up radiator hoses & 2' of 1.25 stainless pipe)
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00049.html (9,028 bytes)
- 96. Re: Lower radiator hose (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:58:42 -0400
- Stock V8 lower hose will not work. It is designed for cars with a remote oil filter & will not clear the D & D adapter & Buick V6 filter. An all rubber hose, in Larry's situation, runs the risk of we
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00053.html (9,625 bytes)
- 97. Re: Dip stick, headers (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:24:50 -0400
- Get out the die grinder, or get the tube & stick from a Rover. to full mark is 2-13/16", 2 qt mark is 1-3/16", add 1 qt is 2" up. Going from the underside of the round cap to the full mark is 11-1/8
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00055.html (8,436 bytes)
- 98. Re: Distributor / coil wire (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:31:37 -0400
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- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00063.html (7,386 bytes)
- 99. Re: Heater valve (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:52:02 -0400
- I did this years ago on my Gray roadster. Go to NAPA & get their book of heater control valves. You are looking for '60/70's Chrysler products. They used an in-line valve with cable control that wil
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00073.html (8,285 bytes)
- 100. Re: Progress update (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:31:50 -0400
- You can spin the engine 'till next Fri. & still not get oil pressure. Hopefully, you packed the oil pump gears with the extra jar of Vaseline. If so, the best way to prime your engine is with a piec
- /html/mgb-v8/2000-08/msg00074.html (10,430 bytes)
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