- 221. RE: MGB Flares (non-sebring) (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:37:21 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I don't remember his name, but all his contact information is on the web page I provided the link to in the first e-mail. Click on the Home button, and I think it shows his contact info. I think he j
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00082.html (8,711 bytes)
- 222. RE: MGB Flares (non-sebring) (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:09:20 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I just got an e-mail back from the proprietor re. the flares (shown below). Price is kind of steep, but if they fit as good as a BMH replacement part, it might be worth it. Since buying a house and g
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00083.html (8,624 bytes)
- 223. Re: Follow up - MGB vacuum leak? (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:04:03 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Plug it!!! Not only can it lean up your mixture (causing the Catalytic Converter to become dangerously hot, if it's still fitted), but it will make the power brakes harder to operate! James J. [demim
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-06/msg00111.html (7,521 bytes)
- 224. Re: Engine Breathing with a Rover 3.9 (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:33:03 -0400
- I don't know how old your setup is, but I recall reading an article on the rebuilding of the Rover engines, and it described how the various vacuum lines under the hood tended to fill with crud, and
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00014.html (8,996 bytes)
- 225. Piston Concerns (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 16:38:07 -0400
- I'm building my Rover 4.9L stroker with the Ford 255 pistons. They are Federal Mogul (silvolite) parts (no one else seems to make them) and they are just cast aluminum. Nobody makes a hypereutectic
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00016.html (9,045 bytes)
- 226. Re: What should I do with these headers? (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 21:06:54 -0400
- Add some weld material all around the ridges, and then shape and grind until perfect. When you say the clamping surfaces are not level, do you mean that ports 1 , 2, and 3 aren't level? If that's wha
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00019.html (9,973 bytes)
- 227. Related Header Question (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:04:58 -0400
- Along these lines, how many different header manufacturers (RV-8 style) are there and who should I avoid, and who makes the good ones? James J. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send adm
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00028.html (8,271 bytes)
- 228. Re: What a weekend <Longish> (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 23:43:52 -0400
- So aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net ///
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00038.html (15,350 bytes)
- 229. Re: Rear Ends (score: 1)
- Author: "JJJ" <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:33:57 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
- I have two Dana 44's. One is from a Jeep Dispatcher (mail truck) and it is the same width as the B and the pinion is perfectly centered. I have another one from a Jeep CJ, same width, but the pinion
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00044.html (7,766 bytes)
- 230. Re: Rover 3.9 Engine Breathing? (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:42:27 -0400
- I got the part about the hose being connected upstream of the carb, but what threw me for a loop was the original text. It thought the original problem he had was oil leaking from the engine due to p
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-05/msg00048.html (12,077 bytes)
- 231. Re: Bellhousing Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:52:27 -0500
- A silly question, but I'm about to do my first Rover rebuild, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the thread-sizes were in the bellhousing flange on the back of the block. I want to mount it on
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00001.html (7,658 bytes)
- 232. Zinc-Chromate primer and welding (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:00:43 -0400
- Despite the obvious health risks, {cough...cough... thump....} I've just bought a quantity of zinc chromate primer. Don't worry, I have a forced air full-face respirator, and plan on covering every
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00003.html (7,792 bytes)
- 233. Anyone familiar with the Dana 44? (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:22:25 -0400
- Another question: I have two Dana 44's, both from 1970's jeeps, still covered with road-goop. I can't tell if the hub is integral with the axle-shaft, or if it's removable like on the MGBs. I'm tryi
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00004.html (7,460 bytes)
- 234. Re: Spam stopped (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 01:54:51 -0400
- This is another one of those unfounded rumors circulating on the net. None of the major E-mail clients (outlook, messenger, mozilla), send unaknowledged confirmation notices. While most client softw
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00008.html (9,720 bytes)
- 235. MGB CG? (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:13:59 -0400
- Has anyone in the group ever located the approximate Center of Gravity for the MGB. I'm actualy concerned with it's relative height as well as the front-to-back location, so I can try to come up with
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00020.html (7,136 bytes)
- 236. Re: Header paint (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:58:36 -0400
- Eastwood company has some things that I've used in the past with some success. You can check out columbiacoatings.com and actualy buy the ceramic coating used by the pro's along with a spray gun. You
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00027.html (7,678 bytes)
- 237. Re: Willy's sportscar (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:59:34 -0400
- Hmmm, good question. I know that a number of people have built fiberglass kits of '41 Willy's, but I don't know of an original Willy's. When did they go out of business? JJJ /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-04/msg00028.html (7,483 bytes)
- 238. Re: Oil pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:36:24 -0500
- To the best of my knowledge, the oil-system is not air-tight, therefore I doubt that removing the heads "broke the seal", so to speak. The only thing that holds the oil under any pressure in the sys
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00001.html (10,290 bytes)
- 239. Re: Oil pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 18:22:00 -0500
- That's a great idea!! (the heater hose) /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net /// Edit your re
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00003.html (11,863 bytes)
- 240. Re: 1980MGB/215/T5 (score: 1)
- Author: "James J." <m1garand@speakeasy.net>
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 14:42:24 -0500
- How are you pairing the cylinders for Try-Y's? James J. /// /// mgb-v8@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mgb-v8@autox.team.net
- /html/mgb-v8/2003-03/msg00009.html (7,629 bytes)
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