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141. Re: Engine Paint (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:29:01 -0800
We always use sandable red primer (although we don't bother to sand it) under Moss red engine paint or regular black engine paint and have never experienced any problems. If you don't use a primer, i
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00576.html (8,141 bytes)

142. Re: parts cleaner (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:19:06 -0800
Many auto parts stores sell a quart (or thereabouts) can of Berryman's carburetor cleaner. It's big enough to put the bodies, bowls, etc, in (not all at once, but you're probably keeping the pieces s
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00627.html (7,675 bytes)

143. Re: Cars registered (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 02:02:49 -0800
The "WO" in your original post continues to be a puzzlement - unless it's an old phone number, using the first two letters of a district suffix. Downers Grove is in Illinois, and Roosevelt Rd. and C
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00661.html (8,147 bytes)

144. Re: The MGA, an aerodynamic wonder... (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:57:01 -0800
Yeah, Bob, that's so true. A pity, though, that when they changed the TD from a 2-bow to a 3-bow top, they raised the roof an inch - or do you suppose that improved the airfoil profile of the car? {V
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00666.html (8,394 bytes)

145. Re: The MGA, an aerodynamic wonder... (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:19:05 -0800
Not bad, Bud..............but you overlook the fact that the 2-bow to 3-bow happened some time before the change to the center wiper motor (that was for the 1953 model year). There was also some talk
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00677.html (8,230 bytes)

146. Re: Parts (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:51:19 -0800
But, Ron, you could also have called Skip Kelsey in Pleasanton and probably had the parts there even quicker........... (or even me in Sacramento). Both places in California are a tad closer than Tex
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00869.html (7,759 bytes)

147. Re: Parts (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:37:34 -0800
George Merryweather is in Texas........ probably /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00874.html (9,094 bytes)

148. Re: Right hand mirror (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:03:15 -0800
IMNSHO it does, Larry. The glass is flat, not convex, and convex is not available in this style. Lawrie British Sportscar Center /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg00974.html (8,008 bytes)

149. Re: Departing the List With Great Sadness (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 07:21:13 -0800
In the interests of accuracy, and since one of the objectives of this list is that we should all learn something new once in a while, may I point out that a more accurate Latin rendition of your epit
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg01011.html (9,264 bytes)

150. Re: Departing the List With Great Sadness (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:20:17 -0800
Gee, Eric, I thought "carborundum" had something to do with fuel Lawrie /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
/html/mgs/2002-01/msg01019.html (9,406 bytes)

151. Re: Winterizing my "new" MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 15:27:36 -0800
Unless your engine is brand-new and you live somewhere where the temperatures regularly dip below ten below zero, don't even think of using 5w-30! Or even 10w-30, for that matter. These modern multi-
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00021.html (9,988 bytes)

152. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:10:12 -0800
Hmmm, let's see now. We fill the tube with sand to prevent it bending, but we don't want the sand to run out the bottom of the tube so we, what, cover it with duct tape? But, then, the duct tape make
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00088.html (8,830 bytes)

153. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:44:26 -0800
Not specifically, Blake, but loose dipstick tubes are not an uncommon problem on MGBs, and there existed - in my mind, at least - the possibility that someone might try to follow your advice on an as
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00094.html (8,176 bytes)

154. Re: Wish bone fitting (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:15:10 -0800
Phil, so long as you can get it over the pivot, whether it moves "freely" or not is academic. When you tighten the castellated nut against the big washer, it is intended to pinch the steel tube insid
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00129.html (8,253 bytes)

155. Re: MkI, MkII... (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:20:21 -0800
Correct as far as you go, Skye. Unfortunately, MG also used MkI, II, etc, for Midgets, Magnettes and MGAs had a MkII (as did TDs). 'Twould have been nice if Joe had given even a brief description of
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00131.html (8,273 bytes)

156. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:43:41 -0800
Maynard, Maynard, Maynard............ So much good advice from your keyboard this year, and then you wait till the very end to post this! Empirical tests have proven that hard seats prevent valve sea
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00637.html (9,131 bytes)

157. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:26:07 -0800
Two observations - first, I have been a professional mechanic, specializing in repairing British sports cars, since 1975. In those 26 years, I have encountered many instances where valves have burne
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00658.html (11,851 bytes)

158. Re: Blown Head gasket (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:50:03 -0800
Sorry, Dave, I should have said that we also replaced the burnt valve. (Actually, all four of them, and a new head gasket as well.) Lawrie --Original Message-- From: Dave Munroe <brutusdog1@hotmail.c
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00668.html (9,118 bytes)

159. OT - Jim Beam memorabilia (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:02:03 -0800
In a package from a customer I recently found two Jim Beam shot glasses, each in the form of a miniature barrel. They are embossed Jim Beam, 200th anniversary, 1795 - 1995. I realise this is totally
/html/mgs/2001-11/msg00021.html (7,062 bytes)

160. OT - Jim Beam memorabilia - follow up. (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 08:58:19 -0800
Listers - as always, help was forthcoming. One suggestion was to check on eBay, which I did. I found the glasses listed twice - once for $1 apiece, once for $3.75 apiece. Obviously, I have a serious
/html/mgs/2001-11/msg00033.html (6,826 bytes)

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