- 81. RE: Overdrives (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 11:52:00 PDT
- Swarf IS burring. More specifically, loose burrs, shavings, and other metal and dirt bits. Not from England, but I lived there in the 80's. Even restored a J2 there. Regards, Lew Palmer lew.palmer@u
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00414.html (7,215 bytes)
- 82. RE: Master Brake Cylinder Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 12:01:00 PDT
- There should be a little librication applied. Not critical, but it helps keep the rubber boot from sticking and tearing. I would suggest a visit to your nearest auto parts store. What you're looking
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00415.html (7,263 bytes)
- 83. RE: Dim Bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 08:19:00 PDT
- Bad ground, no doubt. I don't recall how the bulbs fasten into the dash on the B, but on some earlier cars, the bulb socket simply slips into a rather anemic holder. This often starts to corrode or
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00421.html (7,405 bytes)
- 84. RE: More Advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 10:30:00 PDT
- It The parts that ARE there make it worth it. If the body is really beyond hope and you don't want to teach the kids the elements of welding, painting, etc., There are a number of places where one c
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00431.html (7,351 bytes)
- 85. RE: This week's Puzzler (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 13:03:00 PDT
- confirm this. With ignition off, take a baseline compression check. Add a couple of tablespoons of oil to each cylinder and retest. If pressure on #1 increases, the problem is piston rings. If it do
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00442.html (8,152 bytes)
- 86. RE: More Advice (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 15:12:00 PDT
- It The parts that ARE there make it worth it. If the body is really beyond hope and you don't want to teach the kids the elements of welding, painting, etc., There are a number of places where one c
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00446.html (7,346 bytes)
- 87. RE: Differential nut (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 15:17:00 PDT
- First and foremost, WHY DO YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT?????? This nut is tightened so as to apply a preload to the differential pinion and bearings. Unless you plan to disassemble the diff and replace par
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00448.html (7,393 bytes)
- 88. RE: MGA (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 07:55:00 PDT
- U.S. prices I've seen for similar cars run $1000 - $1500. Regards, Lew Palmer lew.palmer@uci.com
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00468.html (6,883 bytes)
- 89. RE: Looking for a tow bar (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 16:13:00 PDT
- Does anyone know where I can purchase a tow bar? I'm looking for one that can be used to tow various cars. It's first job will be to tow a B-GT to our new home in Winston-Salem, NC. Check your local
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00488.html (6,816 bytes)
- 90. FW: Carb spacer - What for? (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 13:52:00 PDT
- The earlier MGA also incorporated this piece. I've found it so useful, I've had some made up to fit my TD. The purpose is simple - it is a heat insulator. It prevents the transfer of heat from the e
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00308.html (6,992 bytes)
- 91. Re: MGA/MGB oiling question (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 95 08:14:00 PDT
- Did you know that even the Russians had sports cars? - Like the KGB-GT. Lew Palmer
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00418.html (6,840 bytes)
- 92. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 10:14:00 PDT
- couple of decent T-handles to fit the square ends In fact, although LBCs stopped using BSF/Whitworth threads back in the mid-50s, they never really gave up on the BA threads. Whitworth was a coarse
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00020.html (8,292 bytes)
- 93. RE: electrical problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 11:35:00 PDT
- Can't speak for anything but earlier (T-type and MMM) cars, but this sounds like a generator field coil voltage problem. Have you checked the fuse that supplies voltage to the field coil (F?) circui
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00131.html (7,826 bytes)
- 94. FW: tap-n-die sets (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 11:33:00 PDT
- I'm not familiar with a "plug" tap, but most of a backyard mechanic's use of taps will be to chase threads. If you have to clean threads on a hole which doesn't go through, you'll never be able to c
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00132.html (7,672 bytes)
- 95. Pos versus Neg Grounds (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 15:54:00 PDT
- Has anyone, in all of this discussion, ever considered purchasing a radio which has a jumper which allows for polarity reversal? They may not be available at the local drugstore, but I remember seein
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00138.html (6,545 bytes)
- 96. TD Rockers (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 95 16:22:00 PDT
- Bob Fuller, John Twist, and any T-typers out there... For the last few years, I've had an unusual amount of wear creeping into my valve rockers. The underside of the tip where it strikes the valve be
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00146.html (7,924 bytes)
- 97. RE: SU Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 10:34:00 PDT
- Chances are that when you replaced the points, they were not properly adjusted. When you replace the points, the diaphram needs to be properly tensioned and the "throw-over" needs to be set. The ful
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00212.html (6,818 bytes)
- 98. RE: On the way to fewer emmissions (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 95 08:19:00 PDT
- I can't help directly, but a few as two years ago some friends of mine from Australia (driving around the world in their TC) made mention of stopping in the California area for some goings on with t
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00227.html (7,146 bytes)
- 99. Re: WEEKEND BRITISH MEET (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 08:57:00 PDT
- Now there's a novel idea! Does anyone have published rules for this magnificent addition to the world of art treasures? (Seriously!) Regards, Lew Palmer lew@uci.com
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00276.html (6,523 bytes)
- 100. RE: God smiles down on M.G. lovers (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 08:36:00 PDT
- Great story. With your permission, I'd like to reprint this in the Minnesota MG T Register newsletter. Regards, Lew Palmer Minnesota MG T Register lew@uci.com
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00277.html (6,744 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu