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121. Re: Get together in Carlisle, PA (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:09:49 -0400; There's an outside chance I'll catch a ride with a buddy of mine and be there. I hope you hang around the T table for a bit, since that may be close to the time I actually get to Carlisle. Corey 75 M; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00670.html (7,016 bytes)
122. Re: It RUNS!!, But..... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:18:22 -0400; IF the carbs are set correctly, and the car still runs rich, I'd suspect the timing. Over the years I've discovered that the 'book' timing for some of our cars is just a rough guideline; each car see; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00672.html (6,844 bytes)
123. Re: Driving Skill (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:26:10 -0400; I'd agree that back home, that's true; but here in the States, I don't think anyone lives that far from an Interstate (Freeway, Motorway, take your pick). I think adding a mandatory course in defens; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00673.html (6,812 bytes)
124. Re: It RUNS!!, But..... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:07:27 -0400; Sorry, that's not precisely what I meant, though now that you point it out, it seems like what I said. ::blush:: My reasoning went something like this: 1) In doing a tune up on a car, set the timing; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00726.html (7,782 bytes)
125. Re: broken head bolt (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:40:27 -0400; Curt: If there's any of the bolt sticking up out of the head, a set of channel-locks will do nicely to remove it, I should think. (In Virginia, they call these Vise-Grips.) If there's nothing left t; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00727.html (7,583 bytes)
126. Re: Doah! (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 13:46:41 -0400; Isn't it? Last year, I replaced the headlamps on my 75B. I went to a great deal of trouble to remove all the screws which seemed to be holding the headlamp bucket in place, including, unfortunately,; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00875.html (6,742 bytes)
127. Re: Buying a title (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:04:31 -0400; Stephen: Actually, that 'right of first night' is a British invention. Well, Saxon/Gaelic to be precise, I believe. The early Saxon invaders used it when subjugating the Brethonic Celts, and later t; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00962.html (7,436 bytes)
128. Speaking of selling... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:20:22 -0400; I've got a honey of a deal for anyone who's interested in restoring a rubber-bumpered B: 1975 roadster, sort of a dark ford green (was originally blaze red, I believe). Allison ignition, new horns,; /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00963.html (6,609 bytes)
129. Re: MGB GT COLOURS (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:35:54 -0500; in re: I've got the following (if you want a particular mixture, email me direct, as my body guy has a mix list for these things): Black, Glacier White, Bronze Yellow, Harvest Gold, Blaze Red, Flame; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00074.html (7,423 bytes)
130. Re: Q/Clutch/Midget (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:43:15 -0500; Bad synchros, perhaps? Laygear gone bad? Checked the oil in the tranny itself? Bad pilot bearing (bushing)? Incorrectly installed pressure plate? Rotted seals around pedal fork, master or slave due; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00075.html (7,469 bytes)
131. Moss et al (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 23:48:22 -0500; Friends & Worthies: I've had pretty good luck with Moss myself over the years, but have occasionally run amuck of the Taiwanese replacement bits here and there. I've had somewhat worse luck in this l; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00108.html (6,661 bytes)
132. Re: '71 Midget Backfire (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:13:00 -0500; I think your analysis of what the gulp valve does is essentially correct. I had always thought that it operated in reverse ... that it sensed the fast throttle closing and diverted the air from the a; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00126.html (7,810 bytes)
133. Re: More questions... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:43:44 -0500; When you say 'when the car is stopped', d'you mean with the engine off? That makes a difference, especially if the car is fitted with a vaccuum-assist brake booster. It's not normal if the car is ru; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00168.html (7,719 bytes)
134. Re: More questions... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:40:56 -0500; Rule of thumb for rear brake adjustment is to adjust them until the wheel won't move, and then back them off a bit at a time until you get the wheel to spin freely. Then they're set. If I'm reading; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00213.html (8,496 bytes)
135. Re: More questions... (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:50:14 -0500; Why they MADE it this way is still something of a mystery to me, but the why of needing to replace it is that it simply deteriorates. It's plastic, it gets clogged, melted, and non-sealing in pretty; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00216.html (7,525 bytes)
136. Re: Car Stereo (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:02:28 -0500; I mounted my stereo in the glove box. Speakers are in the door, thought that's stock for a 75 B. I rather like the classy little blanking plate that goes where the stereo should, the glove box provi; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00218.html (6,840 bytes)
137. Re: Water lines (was More Questions) (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:01:29 -0500; The motor I have on my 75B was originally a 79 motor; I wonder if they made them with both electric and water chokes in that year. Anyone know? I've replaced all of that, but I'm curious. I'm pretty; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00247.html (6,967 bytes)
138. Re: Catalytic Converter Question (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:23:09 -0500; Early 75's didn't have catalytic converters; later ones did. Break point is sometime in June or July, I think. Catalytic converters are in-line in the exhaust system, connected to nothing else. Part; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00249.html (7,148 bytes)
139. Re: New 'B owner (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:37:12 -0500; Try the motor #, on the passenger side of the block. That should tell you what year the motor is from. Rubber-bumpered cars that have been converted to chrome have two telltale things about them: 1); /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00251.html (7,053 bytes)
140. Re: Timing question (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 01:33:16 -0500; I once had a mechanic, at the time doing nothing more serious than putting tyres on my alloy wheels, insist to me in some godawful southern accent that all MG's were made by Ford anyway, and just dr; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00285.html (7,728 bytes)

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