- 61. Re: V8 Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:33:29 -0700
- I hate to rain on Monte's parade, so to speak, but allow me to clear up a small item of incorrect information that he posted. The metal sleeve portion of the V8 bushing does not (or certainly should
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01131.html (9,282 bytes)
- 62. Re: V8 Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:16:51 -0700
- There is no published torque spec for these nuts, Hans. Just do them up as tight as you can, so that the castellations line up with the hole for the split pin. Lawrie British Sportscar Center a the a
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01192.html (9,565 bytes)
- 63. Re: V8 Bushings (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:33:12 -0700
- /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01236.html (7,897 bytes)
- 64. Re: New weber DGV, now hard starting when hot (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:28:06 -0700
- By running the SUs the factory intended? Lawrie British Sportscar Center (SNIP) /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-07/msg00026.html (7,399 bytes)
- 65. Help needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 19:59:01 -0700
- Once again I find myself asking fellow listers to help an MG I have heard from David Armesto in Mechanicsburg, PA, who owns a 1979 Midget which has been off the road for 5 or more years with a blown
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00181.html (6,984 bytes)
- 66. Magnette w/5-speed (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:32:24 -0700
- Sorry to bomb the list but an incoming message registered briefly on my screen then disappeared in a glitch with my new Anti-Spam program..... So, if someone with the last name Bachelder who wrote to
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00385.html (6,677 bytes)
- 67. Re: Bleeding MGA/B clutch hydraulics (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:00:23 -0700
- All these posts about difficulties bleeding MGA/MGB clutches and (unless I missed it) not one has mentioned perhaps the most common problem ......... In their infinite wisdom, the manufacturer of th
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00526.html (9,472 bytes)
- 68. Re: Well the clutch hose is fitted....no clutch pressure?? (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:47:35 -0700
- Yes, I'm saying the way your car is set up is wrong. Is this a "factory mistake"? Who knows? Did you buy the car new and know that the cylinder has never been changed? If so, then I guess it would b
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00532.html (9,727 bytes)
- 69. Re: Bleeding MGA/B clutch hydraulics (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:53:48 -0700
- We always use the standard hose, Paul. Aftermarket items that cost lots more money seldom offer any real advantage over parts that had to pass the manufacturer's warranty criteria and, in many cases
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00533.html (8,296 bytes)
- 70. Re: Bleeding MGA/B clutch hydraulics (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:45:11 -0700
- Since we were talking about hydraulic hoses, Chuck, I believe there are strict Federal regulations covering their manufacture and sale because they are considered safety items. So, I'm pretty sure th
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00569.html (8,274 bytes)
- 71. Re: LBC content...optimistic news (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:28:36 -0700
- Is it really "optimism!"...........or maybe a genuine desire to recoup most of the money invested in a restoration? We have just completed total restorations on both a Healey Mk III and a '65 MGB. T
- /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00579.html (8,806 bytes)
- 72. Spridget paint colors (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:42:01 -0700
- This should really be directed to the Spridget list but I don't subscribe to that one! Hopefully, one of you listers who does - or who is a Spridget expert - can either answer my question or forward
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00032.html (6,602 bytes)
- 73. Re: HIF4 needles (was Weber question) (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 14:26:10 -0700
- The AAAs are richer than the AAUs in most of the normal-use range. See chart below: AAA AAU 0890 0890 0850 0850 0814 0828 0785 0806 0755 0780 0720 0745 0674 0710 0630 0675 0600 0647 0580 0620 0560 0
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00055.html (7,636 bytes)
- 74. Do we want a new MG? (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 11:24:02 -0700
- The following post appeared on the pre-war MGs BBS. Having personally seen the new MG sedans and station wagons I, for one, wish they were available over here. Maybe more input from US enthusiasts (a
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00191.html (7,776 bytes)
- 75. Re: Source for Whitworth, BSF tap and die sets? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 06:56:40 -0700
- Since the MGA uses mostly SAE threads, Harbor freight would be a good source for cheap taps & dies (the quality matching the price, as with most things these days). MGA windshield screws are BA threa
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00282.html (7,694 bytes)
- 76. Re: MG ZT-T RAPID-RESPONSE VEHICLE (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:58:46 -0700
- Tab, you must realise that Incident Commanders need somewhere smart to sit and have their afternoon tea! Lawrie British Sportscar Center /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00499.html (7,771 bytes)
- 77. Re: projects completed (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:59:58 -0700
- Sorry, Andy, that doesn't work. The '74-1/2 MGB had rubber bumpers, as did the '75. It was the '74 that was the last of the chrome bumpered Bs (in the US, at any rate). The difference between a '74-1
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00546.html (8,210 bytes)
- 78. Re: projects completed (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:52:05 -0700
- California MGB roadsters had catalytic converters from car no. 382130, 49-state cars from no. 386601. That would mean the 74-1/2s in CA definitely had catalytic converters. Lawrie British Sportscar C
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00566.html (9,564 bytes)
- 79. Re: projects completed (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:26:12 -0700
- Nope - the cat was introduced at the same time as the combined manifoldm and the single Z-S. (At least, this is true in the USofA - I don't have any information about other markets where emissions co
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00573.html (11,153 bytes)
- 80. Re: Carb Video (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 07:02:16 -0700
- I'm not sure that having discrepancies between the tape (made fourteen years ago so I can't remember the details) and such an erudite publication as a Haynes manual (known for never making mistakes)
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00803.html (8,496 bytes)
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