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261. Re: SU Info (And a kick in the butt) (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:40:01 -0800
The SUs are HS4s if the fuel runs from the base of the float bowl to the body via a flexible tube, and if the venturi diameter is 1-1/2". The differences between the various HS4 models (designated b
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00456.html (10,575 bytes)

262. Re: Unidentified MG in PA (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:17:14 -0800
If it's really a PA Airline coupe, it's worth at least ten times what the guy is asking, even if it's a total basket case! Are you still sure you cannot afford another car at the moment?!!!!!!!!! lo
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00650.html (10,378 bytes)

263. Re: Unidentified MG in PA (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:42:46 -0800
Actually, I'm checking the calendar to see if I haven't slept through the first three months of next year! I cannot believe this ad is for real and will be really surprised if Dan or Larry (or anyone
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00655.html (9,319 bytes)

264. Re: Scotland MG report (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:53:38 -0800
Well, Bud, it would appear the folks in Southern part of the country are more MG-oriented than the Scots! During my 8-day stay at the beginning of December, I saw one red CB roadster on two separate
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00680.html (8,424 bytes)

265. Re: rear end question (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:53:35 -0800
The early (banjo-style) MGB rear axle will fit into the MGA with no difficulty. Using the later style (Salisbury) will require modification to the handbrake linkage. However, if you find an MGB banj
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00035.html (9,215 bytes)

266. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:14:51 -0800
expert on current English usage. Can you, therefore, please help this poor old Brit (who left the UK in 1964) understand the meaning of "Naff"? I've seen and heard it several times but have never be
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00110.html (9,487 bytes)

267. Re: English slang, was Dodgy alternator? (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:48:36 -0800
Superb! Witty, clear and (relatively) concise. Tacky was in circulation when I was "but a lad", so that needed no further elaboration. And, as one who has always believed that a dog, to be considered
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00115.html (11,224 bytes)

268. Re: wheel bearings (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:01:51 -0800
There's an element of "apples and oranges" in your statement, I'm afraid. Indeed, MGAs don't call for shims because they use ball bearings (though, in my opinion based on 25 years as a professional
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00401.html (9,604 bytes)

269. Re: wheel bearings (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:46:13 -0800
Mea Culpa, Bill! I did not realize that twin-cams had taper roller bearings in the front hubs. My apologies for the erroneous criticism. (However, I still stick to my belief that leaving the design t
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00404.html (9,939 bytes)

270. Re: somebody explain shifting and RPM to me (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:08:49 -0800
Yours are good driving habits - you've been shifting in the best part of a B's engine's powerband to give adequate power combined with reasonable fuel economy. The Saturn's shift light has, however,
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00416.html (9,616 bytes)

271. Re: Still more on wheel bearings (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 07:05:07 -0800
That is absolutely what happens, and is why it is inadvisable to remove the spacer between the bearings. Lawrie British Sportscar Center
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00425.html (8,374 bytes)

272. Re: Battle of Britain (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:11:45 -0800
The "Ferrari" used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was actually a re-bodied Corvette. A fiberglass specialist named Tom McBurnie made the body in an old building on Santa Barbara airport, from which he m
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00513.html (9,220 bytes)

273. Re: Starter Dragging (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:04:35 -0800
Oops, Barney, do the clocks in the Midwest run backwards? All the MG distributors I've worked on rotate counter-clockwise to retard.................. Lawrie British Sportscar Center
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00556.html (7,653 bytes)

274. Re: British Parts Locator/ V8 Conversions (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:28:13 -0800
Hmmm, lessee here............new Heritage shell, about $4K. Complete 1800 engine, rebuilt, $3K or so. That leaves $3k for radiator, generator, starter, carburetors, exhaust system, instruments, elect
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00876.html (8,959 bytes)

275. Re: apology and question (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:24:24 -0800
If that price includes the labor of removing and replacing the engine, the complete rebuild, as well as starting it, re-torquing the head, re-adjusting the valves, and generally getting it in tune a
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00943.html (9,939 bytes)

276. Re: Timing Chain Single/Double ? MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:16:58 -0800
Logic says the double-row chain should last longer but one has to remember that the factory would not have made the change to a single-row chain if they expected it to fail within a noticeably short
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00993.html (8,930 bytes)

277. Re: Timing Chain Single/Double ? MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:07:15 -0800
That doesn't counter the fact that, although they found a single-row set-up cheaper, they would not have introduced it unless they felt it could last, at the very least, the 50K miles that the EPA te
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00999.html (9,667 bytes)

278. Re: Winter project (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:02:18 -0700
Lots of nice, rust-free project Bs here in California! Transportation might be a problem, though, since you didn't mention where you are located............ Lawrie British Sportscar Center than If
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg00062.html (7,703 bytes)

279. Re: Thank You, Lawrie (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 16:28:42 -0700
Thank you! It was made a long time ago and, if I were to re-record it, I'd remember to mention about lubing things as they go together! Lawrie
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg00477.html (7,141 bytes)

280. Re: where is the timing mark?! (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:09:26 -0700
Wirtes? What the heck are wirtes? Do you have some strange kind of oddball engines up there in Illinois, Ed? Or is it just the approach of Halloween..............? Lawrie fix
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01000.html (8,865 bytes)

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