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341. Re: MGB's (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 11:13:59 -0400 (EDT); You are correct about the reason. What I find interesting is the question of whether it really saved the insurance companies any money. I strongly suspect the big bumpers prevented small claims by el; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00450.html (8,650 bytes)
342. Re: Bumper Height, ABS, Air Bags, and Pseudo-Safety (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:32:06 -0400 (EDT); Get the power wagon. Road and Track, or maybe it was Car and Driver, just finished a long term report of a Rover, and one of the major expenses was that the brush guards kept falling off and getting; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00478.html (9,035 bytes)
343. Re: Bumper Height, ABS, Air Bags, and Pseudo-Safety (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:16:48 -0400 (EDT); I agree. While many list people like their rubber bumper B's, how many think that the change improved the safety of the car? These changes add a lot of cost, and part of the result is that cars are s; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00489.html (9,892 bytes)
344. Re: Sputtering MGA (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 22:53:06 -0400 (EDT); I suspect you are right about a fuel problem--perhaps the pump, but also consider that something may be drifting around in your tank and occluding your fuel pickup. Next time it happens, I coast to a; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00507.html (7,628 bytes)
345. Re: The price of petrol (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 12:26:44 CST; Reg unleaded $1.19 92 octane $1.39 Jonesboro, Arkansas Bill Olson Arkansas State University 67 mineral blue MGBGT (saphire) searching for an overdrive 68 red MGB Roadster (ruby) (sold) 72 mallard gre; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00510.html (8,716 bytes)
346. Re: MG racing history questions (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 14:55:44 -0400 (EDT); Many of the factory sponsored racers had hardtops installed, or were converted to coupes. Sometimes the whole body was special, other cars bore some resemblance to the factory cars. The 64 and 65 Tar; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00601.html (9,290 bytes)
347. Re: Denise Thorpe Rumor (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:47:18 -0400 (EDT); It would be Lady Denise, I believe. I wouldn't consider it, though. A title does not appear to do british women much good. You'd likely have to pay your speeding tickets anyway, and in addition you m; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00685.html (7,574 bytes)
348. Re: '72 MGB Transmission Leak (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 08:50:49 CST; Same thing happened to mine. Don't know what the shim was for. I reinstalled the running gear and have been driving for a bit now with no ill effects noticed. Wish I knew where the shim came from an; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00760.html (8,413 bytes)
349. Re: Leaking petrol!! (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:00:15 CST; Yep. Your float valve in the rear carb is stuck open. Quick fix - tap on the carb with anything til the float valve breaks free and seals again. But best fix is to take the carb off, clean it out, r; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00789.html (8,991 bytes)
350. Re: Leaky Valve Guides (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:10:28 CST; IMHO, Now's a really good time to do the unleaded head bit. The head's got to come off, the guides have to be replaced, additional parts to complete the job are the only added cost since the added la; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00829.html (8,229 bytes)
351. Re: Replacing Heads on MGB (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:17:25 CST; I don't recommend drilling another hole somewhere. The early head used a different rocker pedistal. That's what required a different oil hole placement. Trade rocker assy's for an early model - then; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00830.html (8,725 bytes)
352. Re: MG Tour (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 22:04:57 CST; OK... I'll admit that I've got my neck out a mile here, but seems to me that I've read several parts books that identify what I normally call the roadster as a "tourer". The "coupe" on the other hand; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00932.html (8,991 bytes)
353. Re: Tonneau stretching? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:48:27 -0400 (EDT); My ex-brother in law always used lemon pledge on his cars. They looked great and smelled nice in the garage. It doesn't last long, but it only takes about 10 minutes after a wash. I tried it on my Po; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00969.html (8,281 bytes)
354. Re: MG Tour (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:20:04 -0400 (EDT); The roadster was called a "Tourer," wasn't it? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00972.html (7,753 bytes)
355. Re: deep philosophical questions (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:38:03 -0400 (EDT); My former spouse stalked into the garage with the Visa bill, and said, "I thought the idea was to refurbish this car. I didn't know the plan was to throw it away, piece by piece, and replace it." She; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00974.html (8,395 bytes)
356. Re: MGB GT COLOURS (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:52:34 CST; Check the Moss Catalogue. There's a paint list in there.; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00067.html (7,505 bytes)
357. Re: Q/Clutch/Midget -Reply (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:46:19 -0500 (EST); Chris, What is a tipit valve? What does it do? There is a valve in the end of the brake cylinder bore of the bugeye, but not in the end of the clutch cylinder bore. I have not heard a good explanatio; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00095.html (9,057 bytes)
358. Re: Q/Clutch/Midget (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:00:48 -0500 (EST); Uh, Alan, I hate to ask this, but is it fair to assume you checked anal-compulsively when you assembled the clutch, to be 100% sure you had the clutch disk in right way round? Remember Sherlock's dic; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00096.html (8,703 bytes)
359. Re: MGB GT Colours (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:53:23 -0500 (EST); for > Each year called The Original MGB. We keep these books in stock. > This is an excellent book for the B enthusiast, well worth having. However, don't rush right out and buy it as a definitive co; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00170.html (7,459 bytes)
360. Re: MOSS Motors (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:11:56 -0500 (EST); Here is a thumbs sideways. My major complaint about Moss is that they sell some items that they must know do not work. I ordered a bugeye grille from them, which I found was two piece (original was o; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00172.html (8,569 bytes)

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