- 141. Re: probably a repetitive topic...Slick 50 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:17:04 -0600
- Hi Bill, I have used 'Restore' with great success in older engines with scored cylinder walls and leaky valve seals. It is a Band Aid to get you by until you can FIX the problem -- but it does help e
- /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00741.html (7,450 bytes)
- 142. Re: Kids today! (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:49:44 -0600
- This is a PITA. We are adding an oil pressure gauge to our BMW 1600-2 rally car -- and an oil temperature gauge. And FWIW, my BMW E30 M3 doesn't have an oil pressure gauge either! It does have an oi
- /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00805.html (7,363 bytes)
- 143. Re: Kids today! (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:30:20 -0600
- I just love the era when you had to know something about a car to drive it. Here's my soap-box speech, as you comment reminded me of it: I think cars are TOO EASY to drive today. You don't have to e
- /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00813.html (7,820 bytes)
- 144. Re: car color? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:47:24 -0600
- My Ferrari is silver... /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00863.html (7,899 bytes)
- 145. Re: Future Classics? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:20:53 -0600
- Asking what makes a classic is about as useful as asking what makes a car collectable. The answer is the same; Someone has to want it badly. And the word "want" implies emotion. Therefore, all logic
- /html/mgs/2002-03/msg01003.html (8,306 bytes)
- 146. Re: Webber down draft (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:42:45 -0600
- sold cost? The Weber DGV is a 'progressive' carb. That is, it runs on ONE barrel (choke) at low throttle settings and progressively opens the second barrel at higher settings. This is opposed to syn
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00010.html (7,575 bytes)
- 147. Re: Tuning a weber with exhaust gas analyzer (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:00:45 -0600
- analyzer. One should be able to do that just fine with a tail-pipe exhaust gas analyzer. I don't live in a state with emissions testing so idle mixture is not an issue for me. I just adjust the mixt
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00078.html (7,774 bytes)
- 148. Re: engine stand question (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:36:03 -0600
- When I was buying Bill, the smaller stand was basically a three leg stand while the 1250lb stand was a four. Translated, I mean, the bigger stand has a wide footprint at the end of the long central l
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00096.html (7,866 bytes)
- 149. Re: engine stand question (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:19:44 -0600
- I don't work on big or heavy engines but I opted for the "H" shaped engine stand for stability. It takes up no more floor space except for that front crossbar that I tripped over until I got used to
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00101.html (7,692 bytes)
- 150. Re: K&N for DGV Weber (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:15:00 -0600
- http://www.piercemanifolds.com Used them before, fair but not necessarily cheap. rick /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00165.html (7,023 bytes)
- 151. Re: Sound Deadening (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:38:39 -0600
- David, what is your exact goal? The DynaMat solution is pretty high end. I see that as the stuff you use in your 750iL restoration project so you can hear the nuances of each of the violins in the se
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00647.html (9,976 bytes)
- 152. Re: Sound Deadening (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:44:46 -0600
- It's a good thing we aren't over on the FerrariList with talk like this. We pay A LOT of money for that engine sound! :-P That same close cell foam with the aluminum backing would work great on the b
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00658.html (8,729 bytes)
- 153. 100 Acre Wood (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:45:08 -0600
- Hello Gang, Last weekend I participated (as crew) for Team Paradox in the SCCA "100 Acre Wood" rally. This was my first involvement in the SERIOUS rally world, having only done TSD rallies before. MA
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00733.html (7,460 bytes)
- 154. Pendulum turn, NM3C (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:12:50 -0600
- A couple of you asked what a pendulum turn is after I mentioned that my son got to experience one. Here is a nice one captured on video... http://usrally.com/sediv/sandblast/2002/video1/AwesomeMGPend
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00753.html (6,747 bytes)
- 155. Small European saloons, was: The Missing word.(is Magnette) (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:43:51 -0600
- It's cool to see such adoration for a classic saloon. I too am a big fan of the little luxury cars from our past. In my case, the car is a 1959 Lancia Appia S-III. It was the luxury car of the 50's i
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00287.html (9,094 bytes)
- 156. 100 Acre Wood Rally (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:04:45 -0600
- Hello Gang, Are any of you attending or competing in the "100 Acre Wood Rally" ( http://www.100aw.org ) next month in Salem, MO? My son and I are crewing for Team Rhybudd ( http://www.rhybudd.com ),
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00403.html (7,007 bytes)
- 157. Re: 100 Acre Wood Rally (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:49:41 -0600
- Rick and Jerry write, Yes, Tigger drives, or rather 'bounces' while Pooh navigates -- oh bother. Check them out in this picture: http://www.rhybudd.com/LSPR2k1BrockwayPatMunits.jpg Rick /// /// mgs@a
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00417.html (7,181 bytes)
- 158. Re: Pertronix ignition and coil (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:44:00 -0600
- That is the cry of the Industrial Age. The slogan of the Information Age is, "If it works, it's obsolete." It seems that the slogan of the Generation Z croud is, "It may work but who cares?!" rick /
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00426.html (7,445 bytes)
- 159. Spare parts must go (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:10:13 -0600
- Hi Gang, As you may know, I am now MG-less. We Sold our MGB-GT to a friend on the FerrariList and the MGB LE to a friend of a friend on this list. They have stayed in the family, so to speak. I have
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00579.html (7,456 bytes)
- 160. Re: Engine Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:11:17 -0600
- Bob, Ken, the MG motor I just rebuild (last summer) was the first motor I have ever primed before painting! I did that because I wanted the valve cover to be really smooth ( http://www.aubard.com/mgb
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00618.html (8,918 bytes)
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