- 81. Re: radiator valves and other dieties (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:10:33 EST
- << In a post to the MGB newsgroup you mentioned you had to add a radiator valve to your car. How does one go about doing this?????? >> I did this a few years ago while the radiator was off the car (c
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00067.html (7,791 bytes)
- 82. Re: Arrrggghhhh! (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:15:07 EST
- << I'm stumped again. (Big surprise, eh?) hub obstinate Once you see how the thing is put together, it's not so bad. I marveled as to the ingenuity that someone had in designing the wirre wheel spind
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00068.html (7,098 bytes)
- 83. Re: 72 MGB dies after 20-25 minutes (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 00:26:00 EST
- I haven't read all of the replys you got, but be sure to consider a venting problem with the gas tank. Leaving the cap off will be a 30 minute proof. If this is not it, the coil would be a suspect.
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00506.html (7,156 bytes)
- 84. Any Chrysler mechanics on the MG net? (no MG content) (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:30:17 EST
- I have a 1993 Eagle Vision with the 3.5 L engine. I am replacing the timing belt as the car has 70K in the clock. The tensioner has no adjustment. I have compressed and pinned it as shown in the shop
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00753.html (6,699 bytes)
- 85. Christmas greetings (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:23:30 EST
- Christmas greetings fellow MGers, I tried to send a funny Christmas greeting via mgs@autox.team.net, but apparently majordomo won't forward an attached file. If you'd like a copy, I'll send it direct
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00754.html (6,331 bytes)
- 86. Y2K stuff - no MG content - entertaining (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 06:41:10 EST
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_914067670_boundary Content-ID: <0_914067670@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> One large corporation has defined a lower cost alternative for Desktop conver
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01077.html (10,274 bytes)
- 87. No MG content looking for non MG LBC's to buy (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 06:51:14 EST
- To all, I have two acquaintances that are looking for non MG LBC's. Perhaps you can help. One gentleman in St. Louis would like to find a MK 2 or 3 Austin Healy in restored condition for sale. Anothe
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01078.html (6,919 bytes)
- 88. Re: Postings? (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:09:22 EST
- << I have noticed over the last several years that after Turkey Day and until late Feb, that the number of posts go down, while the percentage of OT posts goes up. This trend seems to revert back to
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01123.html (7,108 bytes)
- 89. Re: odd squeak/squeal (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:16:15 EST
- << Now that it's freezing in the S.F. Bay Area, my car is making a strange noise as it warms up. It's almost like the squeal you'd get from a slipping belt, but it's not as high pitched. It sounds lo
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01290.html (6,747 bytes)
- 90. Re: MGA Soft Top Help Needed (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:28:01 EST
- << One of my projects for this winter is to purchase and install a new soft top for my wife's '58 MGA. An acquaintance of mine strongly recommended a top made by a company named either Robins or Robe
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01292.html (7,618 bytes)
- 91. Front dampeners (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:31:30 EST
- Hey folks, I replaced my front shocks just a few months ago with some rebuilts. The left front has given up and leaks in a couple of days when refilled. Where can I get a decent rebuilt? Or who has t
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00014.html (6,428 bytes)
- 92. Re: Bouncing oil pressure - MGB (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:19:45 EST
- An engine oil pump is a positive displacement pump which pumps its volume of oil according to engine RPM's (i. e., five times as much oil at 5,000 RPM than 1,000 RPM). A liquid (engine oil, in this
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01021.html (8,423 bytes)
- 93. Re: MGB Alternator from AutoZone (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 09:54:28 EST
- << They also claim to have the greatest number of stores so I guess that they've passed NAPA. Bud Krueger >> I believe this happened recently when they purchased "Chief Auto parts." R. Johnson - Dall
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01144.html (6,913 bytes)
- 94. Re: Engine oil capacity (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 08:54:16 EST
- << My name is Chris Naccarato and I have a 74 B and I can't find the engine oil capacity? If anyone knows plese E-mail me Thank-you Chris, An interesting question that I hadn't checked in 12 years of
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01199.html (7,693 bytes)
- 95. Re: Oddball - sort of MG related (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 05:55:54 EST
- << He had taken a Buick 215 aluminum V8, which weighs in at around 300 pounds, and hooked the end of the crankshaft up to a chain saw blade. There were no exhaust manifolds, no water in the motor as
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01461.html (7,191 bytes)
- 96. Re: MGA: Optional Headlamp Flasher Relay (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:11:35 EST
- << A friend not long ago bought his wife an XJ6 Jag. When he got it, one of the side marker lights was not working. Checking it out, he determined the lampholder itself was loose in the base. He drop
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01465.html (7,686 bytes)
- 97. Re: MGB engine on the rise (was Re: MGB dead engine report.) (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 19:19:40 EDT
- << I'll agree that you cannot rebuild a motor in situ. You can, however, remove the sump, oil pump, re-ring the pistons, replace rod bearings, and replace the camshaft without removing the engine. I
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00063.html (8,427 bytes)
- 98. Re: MGB engine on the rise (was Re: MGB dead engine report.) (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 22:34:35 EDT
- << Can you "roll in" all five bearings? >> Larry, I assume that you are refering to the front bearing being inaccessable. I haven't done this on a B, but I suspect that it may be possible if the fron
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00103.html (8,300 bytes)
- 99. MG angels save engine from terrible demise (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 10:19:02 EDT
- To all, I just had one heck of a week with my '73B. It includes a story that few will have experienced. Keep in mind this is a car that is my everyday driver and that has been extraordinarily reliabl
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00112.html (9,791 bytes)
- 100. Re: paint prep (score: 1)
- Author: RJohn50603@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 07:04:13 EDT
- << . To save money and have a hand in the job I am going to be doing as much of the prep as I can. My brother (an experienced LBC owner) are going to take off all the exterior parts and have it taken
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00148.html (7,636 bytes)
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