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361. re: Roadster windshield frame coating (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:56:24 -0500 (EST); If you want to buff aluminum that was originally anodyzed, it's helpful to sand the anodyzing off first (with, of course, very fine sandpaper). Otherwise, as you discovered, you can buff until you're; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00226.html (7,549 bytes)
362. Re: Catalytic Converter Question (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:37:53 CST; I believe the break point was Jan 1, 1995 - the date the fed law requiring such falderall went into effect. I think that 75 B's manufactured prior to that date were referred to as 74 1/2 models. Thes; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00250.html (8,111 bytes)
363. Re: Retrofitted parts (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 14:24:47 -0500 (EST); etc... May I suggest you make a careful list of the changes you've made now, while it's fresh in your mind, and bequeath the list to the future owner if you sell the car. For a couple of years after; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00267.html (7,867 bytes)
364. Re: Battery discharge (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:34:54 -0500 (EST); Turn off your car as usual. Then disconnect a battery terminal and put a multimeter between the terminal on the battery and the end of the disconnected cable. If there is a current, something is on.; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00341.html (7,684 bytes)
365. Re: TD Generator Output (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:48:10 CST; If memory serves (yes, I'm that old) your generator is performing properly. Slight discharge at idle is normal. If it bothers you, increase the idle. It's just the nature of all generator systems.; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00447.html (8,079 bytes)
366. Re: restoration Manuals (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:19:13 -0500 (EST); Try Eric Waiter Associates in New Jersey. I bought a first edition from them just a few months ago, long after the second edition came out. The book is: MGB Guide to purchase and DIY restoration, by; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00459.html (7,726 bytes)
367. Re: TD Generator Output (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:20:35 -0500 (EST); I think that's normal. Alternators charge at idle, but generators generally (yes, intentional) don't. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burl; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00460.html (7,180 bytes)
368. Re: '67 B upgraded (?) to later car (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:00:11 -0500 (EST); I had to laugh at the idea of: "I do X almost every time I have the engine out..." Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00594.html (7,252 bytes)
369. Re: Fuel Conditioner: How it works etc. (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:29:46 -0500 (EST); Well, who knows, sometimes there are breakthroughs. I mean, I've heard that men with STD's used to be treated by having a hot wire shoved up their urethra. Then along came penicillin. I suppose nonbe; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00626.html (8,256 bytes)
370. whitworth wrenches (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 14:45:15 CST; Like a dummy, when I bought my first MG (a B) several years ago, I went into my local MGB parts dealer (MG Bits and Spares here in Jonesboro, Arkansas) and talked parts, specs, and sizes with him. He; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00752.html (7,736 bytes)
371. Re: removing dash (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 08:43:21 CST; Will is exactly correct. That's how my 67 dash instruments are also mounted. Be very careful with that oil/water guage. It's very expensive to repair/replace. Bill Olson Arkansas State University 67; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00835.html (9,390 bytes)
372. Re: What to do? (score: 1): Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>; Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:01:58 CST; When I addressed a similar situation a short time ago, I took the engine and tranny out (I was replacing the tranny with an overdrive unit) and looked at the bearings for low oil pressure. One rod be; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00837.html (9,753 bytes)
373. Re: sill replacement (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:04:36 -0500 (EST); It sounds as if you are building a beautiful car. But I can't help wondering: 1) how did you determine it is a 63 B, by the engine? 2) are you modifying the shell to 63 specs, and 3) what are you goi; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00049.html (7,178 bytes)
374. Re: how cold is it? no LBC content (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 07 Feb 96 10:42:45 -0500; I'd find temperature of 50C as hard to stand as -30F, maybe even harder. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, before air conditioning was widespread. The upholstery of my Anglia 105E was not meant to wi; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00050.html (8,168 bytes)
375. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 15:03:30 -0500 (EST); Seems kind of counter productive to insult people even as you ask them for help. Fact is, some of us work so effectively that we have time for this. It's mainly the inefficient people who need to kee; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00058.html (9,371 bytes)
376. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:46:18 -0500 (EST); If you mean the "wotthehell," it's a part of literature, so I should be forgiven. I think Ulix would not like the adventures of mehitabel, because of his upper case fetish. I would not exactly call i; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00063.html (8,594 bytes)
377. Re: Originality (rather long post) (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:50:19 -0500 (EST); Concours restoration to painstakingly original standards is a different activity from wanting a neat car to drive. One dimension it adds to the old car hobby is the need to research what was original; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00094.html (8,999 bytes)
378. Re: Gas tank pressure on MG TD (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:44:47 -0500 (EST); Prior to air pollution controls, I thought all cars had a vent hole in the gas cap. If yours were plugged, however, I'd think it would interfere with fuel flow, since pulling gas from the tank would; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00158.html (8,456 bytes)
379. Re: Metal etching (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:24:56 -0500 (EST); Bring it over; I bet my Dremel tool can take care of it toot de sweet. OK, OK, I'm kidding. What I would do is give them a good close inspection under a dissecting microscope, to see if I could figur; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00187.html (7,663 bytes)
380. RE: Gas tank pressure on MG TD (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:42:19 -0500 (EST); Len Not that I am a doubting Thomas, but I would think the falling pressure in the can would simply draw water from the sink into the can. I would have been willing to bet money that not much would h; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00188.html (9,322 bytes)

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