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21. Re: 1970 MGB (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 12:15:15 -0400; Hi Gary,,, Take one of those magnetic business cards with you.. the floppy kind.... check carefully for adhesion to "metal"... Look for two body seams, one 2/3rds of the way back on the sills under t; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00349.html (7,346 bytes)
22. Re: just one more project (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 13:26:55 -0400; lube it. Be ready to R & R it. you could try checking the torque settings of the half shaft nuts. the figure is very high, something like 135 ft/lbs and can normally only be obtained by using a 3/4; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00352.html (7,756 bytes)
23. Re: front end mgb (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 11:45:12 -0400; ...My question is, can you put a Mark I facia on a Mark II or later car? Does anyone sell a compete Mark I facia? Eric - I don't believe the facias are interchangeable as the sheet metal on the cowl; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00368.html (7,384 bytes)
24. MGB Cowl vent drain (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:14:12 -0400; I know this thread was exhausted a few weeks ago - and I didn't pay much attention because I knew how to clean out the "bulb" already. But... it reminded me to clean the bulb on my '73 GT (now on sta; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00371.html (7,650 bytes)
25. Re: leaf spring sag (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:31:56 -0400; I had the leaf springs in my '73 B-GT re-arched. For about $150 total they do all the work. The results are great... I bought new leaf springs for my 73 GT for about $60/ea, and got lucky with a Road; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00394.html (8,620 bytes)
26. Re: leaf spring sag (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:37:30 -0400; Didn't the factory consider this for the B and give up due to costs and wierd handling on a prototype? Allen; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00395.html (8,060 bytes)
27. Octane (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:54:31 -0400; I know that the MGB owner's manual specifies high octane gas, over 94 I think. I've been running the 93 but wonder if this is overkill. Does anyone know if 89 octane is sufficient, or should I try it; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00396.html (7,794 bytes)
28. Re: Lever Shock Oil & tube shocks (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 15:45:13 -0400; This tube-shock idea sounds great! Who is this J.C. Whitney guy and where do I get one of his catalogs? --Original Message Follows-- Before you consider buying rebuilt lever arm shocks, think about t; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00405.html (7,316 bytes)
29. WANTED (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 17:50:03 -0400; ' Just finished putting new thrustwashers in the differential on my '76. Between Lindsay Porter and John Twist's new Tech book, I was pretty well armed. Of course I had to break stride & drive 50 mil; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00463.html (7,783 bytes)
30. Re: Parts are parts (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 11:52:11 -0400; Try Seven Enterprises at 804-873-0007. (They have a toll-free number but I don't have it with me right now). It is 800-992-7007. Their service is terrific. But I believe these '72-'76 radio consoles; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00012.html (7,036 bytes)
31. Re: 73B Seat Belts, etc. (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 11:56:54 -0400; John - It's for that narrow strip of material that finishes off the rear edge of the "cockpit" - just inboard of the rear window of your top. The metal strip it wraps around comes out with some nuts; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00013.html (7,562 bytes)
32. '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:58:26 -0400; I checked the plugs and found #1 and #2 dry, #3 and #4 wet with gas... The engine in my MGB is an 18V672Z I have SU carburetors, I think they are HS4's... My compression tests out at 110, 115, 115, 1; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00039.html (11,069 bytes)
33. Silly Little MGB Questions (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 16:54:15 -0400; - What's the deal with those zip-out rear windows? When it comes time for my top replacement (probably next year), do I want one? YES! I use mine alot - especially when a) I don't have time to put t; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00067.html (9,198 bytes)
34. Re: Silly Little MGB Questions (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 17:05:57 -0400; I have an addition to the 'Silly Little MGB Questions': What is the little rectangular red light on the left side of the steering column (on the dash) for? I looked it up in a manual and it says that; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00068.html (8,725 bytes)
35. Re: Silly Little MGB Questions (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 09:59:47 -0400; It comes from "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, didst gire and gimbol in the wabe. All mimsy were the borograves, and the mowog outgrabe." I think Lewis Carroll wrote it, but I could be wrong. M; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00090.html (8,014 bytes)
36. Re: Jon's 73 (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 18:47:31 -0400; MG Networkers - Your consideration for my predicament please. My wife, who dearly loves my MGBs more than anyone has a right to expect from a wife, approached me the other eve, asking if I would mind; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00121.html (8,160 bytes)
37. Re: '73 MGB, Running on #1,2,4 !! (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 10:45:31 -0400; Jon - Since your engine responded so favorably to the carb work you've done so far, I would do a full carb rebuild. And yes I would replace the needles on the pistons too. If they are worn, when you; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00133.html (9,218 bytes)
38. Re: 63 MGB cowl water leak (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 08:34:31 -0400; So does anyone know the answer the the original question of how to get the scuttle vent grill off? It's been awhile since I did it - seems I recall the grill has little posts cast into it which proje; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00170.html (8,663 bytes)
39. Re: 63 MGB cowl water leak (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 12:36:07 -0400; Thanks, Jack, for clarifying. Either more than one type of keepers were used or there is a glitch in my memory. It would be very logical that with the passage of time, more and more metal parts woul; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00181.html (7,984 bytes)
40. TeriAnn's '68, no, '70, no '73, no - *timeless* BGT (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 18:08:12 -0400; TeriAnn - There is a terrific precedent - at least in spirit - for what you are doing. Have you seen Jim Udkler's 74.5 BGT? He beautifully rebuilt it as a "replica" of the very last pewter-colored '8; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00185.html (9,255 bytes)

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