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1. Re: Knock Knock... (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:56:21 EDT; One more source I've found... The shackle bolts on the rear springs. One or both could be loose (or broken) and moving a couple of inches when accelerating or de-accelerating. R. Johnson - Dallas //; /html/mgs/2001-07/msg00307.html (6,792 bytes)
2. Re: A sad day (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 07:17:39 EDT; You need a punch of the appropriate size (1/8") and a hammer. Drive the old cotter pin remains out the "easy way." Do not drive the loop end in further, rather, from the other direction. R. Johnson; /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00503.html (7,262 bytes)
3. Re: Stolen MGB (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 06:16:18 EST; Yes, I have planted some business cards in interesting places too! < "I have dropped my business card into holes and cavities on the interior of my cars when redoing the carpet or panels, somewhere; /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00320.html (7,873 bytes)
4. Re: Wire wheel tube protection thingy (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:08:21 EST; A few turns of duct tape will do the trick. R. Johnson - Dallas; /html/mgs/2001-01/msg00818.html (7,555 bytes)
5. Why women can't work on cars (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:33:36 EST; A friend sent me this picture. Because of all of the concern for viruses, I scanned it with my Norton which was updated just this morning. It's clean (and so is the picture). Please tolerate the BMW; /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00318.html (6,775 bytes)
6. Re: Stopping rust (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 11:19:01 EDT; I just picked up on this thread. Pardon me if I repeat what someone else may already have pointed out. PPG makes a two-part epoxy primer that does seal out moisture if you must drive the car or let; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01111.html (7,528 bytes)
7. Re: Anyone try to modify a B for a rear child's seat? (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 05:08:05 EDT; When my daughter was born four years ago I got the rear seat from a GT and had it recovered to match the front seats in my '73 B (which I had reupholstered earlier). They really did a great job and; /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01458.html (9,516 bytes)
8. Re: MGB Alternator conversion results... (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:45:11 EDT; Interesting report. I used an Misbubishi alternator from an '83 RX-7 a few years ago on my B for all of the same reasons you stated. It's mounting is very similar, size smaller the Lucas and 65 amps; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01183.html (6,827 bytes)
9. Stowable frame & top on '73 MGB (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 06:46:35 EST; I have a question for the group. I want to switch top frames on my 1973 MGB to one of the early stowable (tinker toy) types. I am also about to buy a new top. Can I put the early stowable top frame; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00864.html (7,031 bytes)
10. Re: Dallas-area LBC graveyard (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 20:28:15 EDT; That was probably me. Take 635 to 175 and exit East, away from Dallas. It is about a mile beyond the abandoned Casa Linda Drive-in Movie Theater on the right (South). There was about 100 B's there a; /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00156.html (7,094 bytes)
11. Re: Tonneau/Tie-Rod/Hose Questions (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:08:53 EDT; << Tie-Rod Ends: I noticed that the tie-rod ends on my '71 B don't have grease zirks like the ones on the TD. Does this mean they are "sealed" and don't need to be lubed? I'm tempted to pull the litt; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00132.html (7,169 bytes)
12. Re: Broken TD (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:18:12 EDT; << I knew it was to good to be true. Got 15 miles from home in the TD, stopped at an intersection and it would not go. No big noise, shifted in gear, let out the clutch and it did not go, of course t; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00133.html (7,548 bytes)
13. Re: Speedo repair. (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:24:31 EDT; << Scott, 1) lay on driver's floorboard on your back 2) use flashlight to find the back-side of the speedo 3) wedge hand up behind instruments and loosen/remove two thumbscrews holding gauge in 4) ei; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00135.html (7,177 bytes)
14. Re: TIRED OF RUNNING HOT (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:27:52 EDT; << Sounds like you're timing might be advancing too far at higher RPM, so check your initial timing, and the vacum advance as well. You notice it on the highway because you're sustaining the high RPM; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00137.html (7,226 bytes)
15. Re: (LBC) Water temp and Electric Fans (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:29:58 EDT; << Well after sing the praises of tan electric fan for the last 2 years I went back to the old clutch driven one. Why, you may ask? Well I'll tell you why. It always seemed to run hotter with that fa; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00138.html (8,248 bytes)
16. Re: starting prob., 77B, Continued (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:36:50 EDT; << Did you find the engine block ground? A braided cable straddling the driver side (US) front engine mount. If not hooked up the engine (and alternator, starter, etc) is isolated by the rubber mount; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00139.html (7,690 bytes)
17. Re: Why Call Them Cats? (Why post this crap?) (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:39:38 EDT; << NOW the cat thread has begun!!! Thomas James Pokrefke, III >> You're dating yourself. R. Johnson - Dallas '73 MGB '76 Midget '79 Midget '90 Maine Coon; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00140.html (6,559 bytes)
18. Re: Cost for MGBGT (long-ish response) (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:48:18 EDT; << This car has cost me less to own and operate than any other car we have owned. It is used regularly and while it is nothing special I enjoy the occasional wink or wave from a 40 or 50 year old mat; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00141.html (6,794 bytes)
19. Re: MG Sightings - Chicago (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 05:52:59 EDT; << I drive mine all the time to and from work on I-45 in Houston. Granted it is not a TD or older, but none the less it is a 67 B. I still enjoy the many head turns that I get and the stupid ones tha; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00215.html (8,640 bytes)
20. Re: MG Sightings - Chicago (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 06:01:42 EDT; << Now Sydney would be a little different. That city requires a forcefulness and aggression that maybe you couldn't pull off in a little 'B all the time. Adelaide drivers wait for a gap, indicate and; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00216.html (7,749 bytes)

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