- 121. Re: [Mgs] Car ID help - this time /w links (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:36:44 EDT
- And for a while in the late '60s there was an encampment of over a hundred of them in San Francisco behind a fence at Fort Mason on Marina Drive. Impounded before sale as the brakes didn't work too s
- /html/mgs/2007-08/msg00498.html (7,767 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Mgs] Paint in a spray can (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:07:27 EDT
- I am looking for the company that will mix up a small amount of paint and put it in a spray can for touch up. Thanks, Ron _______________________________________________ _https://www.paintscratch.com
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00085.html (7,861 bytes)
- 123. Re: [Mgs] Alternator, Bosch conversion for 71 MGB GT (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:59:49 EDT
- As a follow-up to my earlier e-mail on the Ignition light in my 71 MGB GT, if I need to rebuild my Lucas alternator, should I consider converting to a Bosch alternator with higher amp rating? I did t
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00125.html (7,352 bytes)
- 124. [Mgs] 70 BGT for sale (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:47:14 EDT
- I saw a nice red 70 BGT in High Rolls, NM this past weekend. Fresh engine and carb rebuild, nice paint and black interior. They were asking $6700. I'll be back that way in two weeks if anyone is inte
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00165.html (6,401 bytes)
- 125. Re: [Mgs] new question (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:10:49 EDT
- How is it that our increased purchasing power in the fund used to purchase crude does not translate into a slowing of the rising price of gas? Malcolm _______________________________________________
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00226.html (7,437 bytes)
- 126. Re: [Mgs] new question (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:59:51 EDT
- but maybe nationalized would be one way to deal with their power to screw us all Oh yeah, give it to the govenment! That's what we need. Then gas stations would be as efficiently run as the Post Offi
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00271.html (8,003 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Mgs] new question (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:03:33 EDT
- For those of you who have debated the issue of government control I would not say its been a hugely successful venture here. The government in Mexico controls the price of all fuel sold there. It goe
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00272.html (7,802 bytes)
- 128. Re: [Mgs] new question (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:37:18 EDT
- .....and while you are at it get rid of that stupid SUV, 4X4, or pick-up.....and don' t give that old malarkey "we need the space" because you don't Ok, you show me how to get my wife, two grandkids,
- /html/mgs/2007-09/msg00302.html (8,359 bytes)
- 129. Re: [Mgs] tonights adventure in the 'B (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:07:35 EDT
- <<I'm also considering replacing it. >> Just send the dizzy to Jeff at Advance and have it re-built (I think around $165) and live a nice life with points and ENJOY the "as new" car, Paul. And keep t
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00072.html (7,806 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Mgs] MGB engine (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:18:09 EDT
- Did the MGB 1.8L get enlarged to 2.0 and be fitted with DHC and turbo and plonked in another BL machine? This I was told - but is it true? No The A type 1275 got turbo'd in the Marina.... Regards, Ro
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00073.html (7,191 bytes)
- 131. Re: [Mgs] vibration (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:00:46 EDT
- Check the motor mounts and trans mounts, both can fail without warning and give a vibration both while standing and accelerating. Also, did you hit any bumps or pot holes? The exhaust pipe/muffler/ta
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00075.html (7,560 bytes)
- 132. Re: [Mgs] MGB engine (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:09:24 EDT
- It did in what the UK called the MG Metro i.e. what replaced the original Mini and became the Rover 100. But I thought the American Marina was the same body shape as the UK which was only exported th
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00083.html (7,346 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Mgs] John Hed is TDY. Back in on Monday 10/22 (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:38:23 EDT
- hope I'm wrong, but I also seem to recall he, or possibly another Dan, was killed in a car accident not long after. Possibly the Dan that was killed in Alaska when traveling with Barney Gaylord? MGBV
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00131.html (8,356 bytes)
- 134. Re: [Mgs] US Gold Seal Engines(no MG content) (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:41:28 EDT
- Howard Gentry 1976 MG-B roadster The Blues is the only music Original to the United States of America. So Hiawatha sung the blues????????????? Regards, Robert B. Houston 63 TR4 74.5 MGBGT 73 MG Midge
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00132.html (7,118 bytes)
- 135. [Mgs] BGT problems (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:17:12 EDT
- OK, I've had a problem with the BGT overheating for some time. I drive about 25 miles one way to work. The car starts and runs fine, about 4-5 miles into the drive it hits 200 degrees..190 degree the
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00152.html (7,890 bytes)
- 136. Re: [Mgs] BGT problems (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:03:12 EDT
- Has the radiator been flushed at all recently? There could be any amount of muck restricting the free flow of coolant. Just one of a number of possible remedies, but a cheap one to try first... Also,
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00158.html (8,706 bytes)
- 137. Re: [Mgs] BGT problems (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:28:31 EDT
- I have to say I was curious why, if you thought it might be a timing problem, that you bought a new distributor and set it at exactly the same timing as the old one. I would have thought the logical
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00161.html (8,253 bytes)
- 138. [Mgs] Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:59:19 EDT
- I want to thank everyone for the response to my overheating problem. I'll break out the timing light as soon as possible and see if I remember how to use it. Then I'll take the thermostat out and tes
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00173.html (7,078 bytes)
- 139. Re: [Mgs] Trouble with Chinese fish? (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:24:29 EDT
- Anyone think that Triumph model looks just like the Pontiac Solstice from the rear, and a little like the new Thunderbird from the front? The TR list folks seem to think it was photoshopped from eith
- /html/mgs/2007-10/msg00185.html (7,622 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Mgs] Minilite from minilite.co.uk vs Minilite replica vs (score: 1)
- Author: RampantNM@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:00:46 EST
- First - if I could find new steel wheels I'd probably go for them ;-) If someone has advice or warnings about purchasing the Minilite replica wheel please let me know. _http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors
- /html/mgs/2007-11/msg00041.html (7,952 bytes)
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