- 201. Another Epoxy Idea (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:45:04 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I have a dilemma, and an idea. I want to put a 4-bar suspension in the back of my 77B using the front leaf-spring and anti-roll bar mounting points to attach the trailing arms. I suspect that I shoul
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00053.html (9,512 bytes)
- 202. RE: Another Epoxy Idea (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:19:17 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Thanks Simon!! As usual, you've been very generous with your time and advice. Any advice on a MGB 4-bar suspension will be greatly appreciated. My main welding concern, even with the heat control put
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00058.html (8,532 bytes)
- 203. Chrome Trim (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:11:31 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Out of curiosity... Does anyone make a stainless steel snap for attaching the chrome strips along the side of the car? The common ones appear to be plated mild steel. Strikes me as a bad idea. For wh
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00066.html (8,637 bytes)
- 204. Corrosion Control (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:45:34 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I found a study done at the University of Virginia on corrosion prevention chemicals. Yes, an actual independent university study. It compares 2 Dinitrol products (AV8 and AV30), LPS3, and Amiguard.
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00068.html (10,687 bytes)
- 205. Re: Corrosion Control (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:36:00 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Absolutely, as do the Aussies, and a few other nations. I was just having a chuckle with the irony of putting US after $ which originally was US. This list is one of the only places where I have to
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00070.html (8,999 bytes)
- 206. Corrosion Control Links (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:08:22 -0400
- Here are some links to places that cary LPS 3. Prices vary!!! Also, I found the links to the study and a new study. They are at the bottom. Enjoy. JJJ LPS3 links: http://www.aircraftspruce.com http:
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00077.html (10,154 bytes)
- 207. Master Cylinder Question (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:36:39 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Just an informal survey: Has anyone here converted to multi-piston front brakes and disk rear brakes? Did you keep the stock MGB master cylinder, or did you have to find a different setup to get good
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-07/msg00084.html (7,641 bytes)
- 208. Steering Wheel spline (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:00:46 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Does anyone know if the 77-80 MGB shares a steering wheel hub/column spline pattern with a more common American or European car? There are allot of neat steering wheels out there, but the distributo
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00004.html (7,778 bytes)
- 209. Re: From: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net> (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:41:40 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Are these the guys who rebuild the Armstrong lever shocks? If so, they have a good reputation, although I haven't dealt with them directly. JJJ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/gif
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00014.html (7,457 bytes)
- 210. MGB lessons learned (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:50:30 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Simple problems can sometimes be the worst to solve. Some of you know that I have been trying to get my 77MGB down to DC from my parents' house in Albany NY. I finally did last weekend. My dad, uncle
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00016.html (10,120 bytes)
- 211. Re: Drive train vibration. (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:00:56 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Bad U-joint??? Or perhaps the front and back u-joints were installed JJJ [demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of IMSTP.gif] /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing l
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00021.html (8,376 bytes)
- 212. Re: fuel pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:05:17 -0400
- Also, any device driven by the engine reduces (albeit by a tiny ammount) power. A good electric pump will have a minimal parts count and is less likely to deliver fuel to the bowl in squirts (a regul
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00039.html (8,025 bytes)
- 213. Re: Dzus retainers (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:07:41 -0400
- Hmm, I've seen one, two and five dollar bills, but never a three-dollar bill. That must be where the expression comes from: "Queer as a three dollar bill" JJJ /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing li
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00040.html (7,916 bytes)
- 214. Power steering for the B (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:10:49 -0400
- Anybody out there experimented with power-steering on their 'B? I've also heard about an electric version in the works. Thoughts? James J. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin re
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00041.html (7,127 bytes)
- 215. Porsche 944 5-lug hubs. (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:12:58 -0400
- I picked up a pair of 5-lug hubs from a porsche 944, because I recall distinctly seeing a web-page for a fellow who had put them on his 'B on the stock spindles. However, I cant find my link to that
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00042.html (7,636 bytes)
- 216. Re: Dzus retainers (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:22:46 -0400
- Ah yes, but you were hoping for more than one person to send you the money, no? so if this three-dollar bill existed, you would be asking the group, at large, to send you these bills, with the 's' o
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00048.html (9,898 bytes)
- 217. Re: Dzus retainers (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:43:31 -0400
- Well, like they say,Yanks and Brits are two people, divided by a common I finally got out on the road today. All was splendid until I heard a 'pop' and began smelling antifreeze. It turns out that th
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00051.html (9,027 bytes)
- 218. Re: Oil pressure problems (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:22:31 -0400
- -- Original Message -- Subject: Re: Oil pressure problems Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:21:57 -0400 From: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net> To: James Nazarian <jhn3@uakron.edu> References: <000e01c3315
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00073.html (9,419 bytes)
- 219. Mounting points (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:00:59 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I have a couple of Buick 300 heads for my projects. I've been told that the mounting points (that 3-bolt pattern on each end) is the same on the 300 as later Buick v-6 engines. I bought an alternato
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00077.html (8,057 bytes)
- 220. MGB Flares (non-sebring) (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:26:12 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Hey guys, those of you who know me know that I'm obsessed with getting a good set of flares on the B. After hearing all the horror stories about fitting the Sebring flares, I've been searching the we
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00078.html (7,952 bytes)
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