- 81. Re: VDO Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:48:51 -0700
- You've heard of DPO, Mike? Well, VDO is the English equivalent, only more so. The gauges are all equipped with loud audible warnings for their Very Deaf Owners......... and /// or try http://www.team
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00808.html (7,251 bytes)
- 82. Re: Oil pressure relief valve, was oil pressure gauge (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:59:48 -0700
- Back into the sump, Blake, by a direct and unrestricted route. Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: "Bullwinkle" <yd3@nvc.net> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>; <mgt@autox.tem.net>; <mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>;
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00810.html (8,338 bytes)
- 83. Re: Hillman Minx for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 12:42:10 -0700
- Hmmm, hardly. I learned to drive on a 1932 Minx and I believe the model was extant even before that! Lawrie BSC -- Original Message -- From: "Chuck Renner" <crenner@dynalivery.com> To: <mgs@autox.tea
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00822.html (8,373 bytes)
- 84. Re: Hillman Minx for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:57:22 -0700
- The Minxes from the mid-Fifties through the early Sixties are actually nice cars, even though they are rather (!) under-powered. For 1957, for example, the engine is described in a contemporary revi
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00827.html (10,938 bytes)
- 85. Re: Carb Video (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:59:23 -0700
- Obviously, it pays to check one's work! A pity I didn't do it sooner..........like, about 14 years ago. Apologies to all whom I have confused. The mixture adjustment on an HIF is as follows: screwing
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00836.html (7,760 bytes)
- 86. Re: Monte's big adventure (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 09:04:08 -0700
- But totally unnecessary! If wire wheels are true and have no broken spokes and no damage to the rims, and if the tires are in good condition, it should be possible for them to be balanced so there is
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00892.html (7,923 bytes)
- 87. Hardtop for sale in Canada (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 09:55:06 -0700
- Any of you Canadian MG folk have an answer for this man (who wrote the following letter to me), or a need for a hardtop? I know it would sell here in NorCal and have to assume there's someone in Can
- /html/mgs/2002-05/msg01036.html (7,171 bytes)
- 88. Re: 1st Anniversary (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:10:11 -0800
- Congratulations, Ken! As one who has started and been involved with MG clubs for many, many years I understand and respect the hard work and effort you have had to expend. However, tell us more about
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00046.html (8,293 bytes)
- 89. Re: ZS Confusion (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:05:53 -0800
- With all due respect to Bob Holton (who posted a separate response to Frank's post and who may have more years of experience with Z-S carbs then me, for all I know), a Z-S carburetted MGB engine will
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00064.html (9,783 bytes)
- 90. Re: ZS Confusion (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:01:57 -0800
- I have no idea, not having discussed the matter with John. I do know, however, that unless the air cleaner is on it is impossible to correctly set the mixture on a Z-S carburetor (read: for optimum e
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00071.html (7,582 bytes)
- 91. Re: 67 Headlight switch (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:10:58 -0700
- Moss catalogs list both as being 542-050, no longer available as a new Lawrie British Sportscar Center -- Original Message -- From: "Carl French" <leylandauto@yahoo.com> To: "mg list" <mgs@autox.team
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00119.html (6,967 bytes)
- 92. Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:21:34 -0700
- Whoa there, James!!!! The Tiger Moth may have been used by the Candians in WWII but it's very much a British plane and dates to at least a decade before WWII began. In pre-war British aviation folklo
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00204.html (9,116 bytes)
- 93. Re: Need dash advice please (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:43:04 -0700
- FWIW, all the MGB ones we have done in our shop have necessitated stripping the old dash material off to the bare metal. No sign of any "impact absorbers". Maybe Midgets are constructed differently?
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00512.html (8,423 bytes)
- 94. Re: Are my posts coming through? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:46:05 -0700
- If your posts are replies to other people's posts, are you remembering to cut of the trailer at the bottom? If you are sending original posts, I'm not seeing them. Lawrie BSC list. /// or try http://
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00513.html (7,137 bytes)
- 95. Re: Difference in curve between aluminum CBB and steel RBB (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:49:39 -0700
- Moss is a pretty conscientious researcher and their catalog lists only one hood option for MGBs. In my 26 years of working on these cars, I've never noticed any difference in hoods between CB and RB
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00600.html (8,530 bytes)
- 96. Re: Difference in curve between aluminum CBB and steel RBB (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:14:13 -0700
- Out of the mouths of ......... but can we still consider you a "Babe", Kai? {VBG} The steadfastness of standing is reciprocated. There were definitely two different MGA hoods, and I agree that is pro
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00613.html (8,655 bytes)
- 97. Re: big people - little cars (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:15:35 -0700
- Did he speak with a brogue, to boot? Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com> To: "Mike Razor" <mrazor@mis.net>; "Zubrovka" <zubrovka@earthlink.net>; <mgs@autox.team.ne
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00625.html (7,940 bytes)
- 98. Re: Big people, little cars - or - End of the footwear pun (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:55:33 -0700
- I'm guessing, before sending that one, Dan, you thought "In for a penny, in for a pound....." (Or is that only relevant to an Englishman?) Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00702.html (7,599 bytes)
- 99. Re: Re: Suspension question -- No MG content (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:21:04 -0700
- The axle doesn't twist on its springs because the connection at the center of the axle is a bushed mount, similar to the Silentbloc bush in the leaf spring's front eye. This allows the axle to remain
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00707.html (8,348 bytes)
- 100. Re: Suspension question --"some" MG content (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:04:51 -0700
- While the Panhard rod is a useful addition to rear suspension, an even better alternative is a Watts link. A Panhard rod is a single bar which pivots on the chassis at one side of the car and is atta
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00719.html (8,690 bytes)
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