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1. The Gods of Lucas (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Mon, 4 Sep 95 11:57:08 GMT; How is it that a perfectly re-wired car that hasn't given any trouble electrically for over a year can know when best to start playing up ? The electrics in my Midget have been trouble free for at le; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00049.html (7,468 bytes)
2. Re: Curious steering answer? (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 10:31:10 GMT; The problem of non-self centring steering can also be caused by too many shims under the top trunnion of the kingpin. I should know - my dad and I did this too when we replaced the first of the midge; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00087.html (7,160 bytes)
3. Unsubscribing (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 10:42:59 GMT; Well guy's it's been good fun, but the time has come for me to go and get married. I don't think that coming back after a three week honeymoon to several thousand email messages is a good plan, so I'; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00088.html (6,627 bytes)
4. Re: Hard Tops for Midget (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 09:52:15 GMT; Hi all, I regularly use a hard top on my midget in winter. Remember this is Britain!! The reasons I do this : 1) I live in Britain - no soft top can stop the amount of rain we get in winter. 2) The c; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00017.html (7,894 bytes)
5. Bicycles and midgets. (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 09:55:32 GMT; Hello all, no this is not the start of a "tarts and vicars" type joke. My two main activities are firstly fixing and driving my midget, secondly cycling. Does anyone have any experience of carrying b; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00018.html (7,781 bytes)
6. Re: Bicycles and midgets. (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 12:00:10 GMT; Thanks for the advice, problem is that I'm 6 foot 4, so putting the seat anywhere but as far back as poss. would mean that I couldn't get in the car. Also I was thinking more about racks and stuff to; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00022.html (8,188 bytes)
7. Re: Bicycles and midgets. (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 12:23:44 GMT; Sounds similar to my plan of hanging the bike form windscreen top edge and roll bar, and also sounds equally frightening should it fall off. The main problem though would be the unuseable hood / roof; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00024.html (8,550 bytes)
8. Midget wheel rub (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 12:30:48 GMT; Me again, Another problem that came to light during a (rather heavily loaded) recent trip to France : When cornering the rear wheels rub on the arches. This has the "unwanted" effect of scrubbing a l; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00025.html (8,234 bytes)
9. Midget Wheel Rub (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 16:47:48 GMT; On the subject of my rubbing rear wheels : Is there any difference between a rear axle for a steel wheeled midget and a wire wheeled one. Yes I KNOW there is for an MGB! I don't think there is, I che; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00034.html (7,641 bytes)
10. Re: Rubbing tyres & Tyres! Tyres! Tyres! (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Thu, 3 Aug 95 16:49:12 GMT; I think I have 155R13s on the wheels, which I always assumed was the standard size. Am I right in understanding that 145R13s are the size they should be ??? Maybe this would explain the rubbing unde; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00051.html (6,933 bytes)
11. Re: Fixing Ragtops (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 09:56:24 GMT; Ragtops can be patched with small peices of the same material glued and sewn in place behind the tear. I succesfully repaired my two soft tops this way. The stitching has to be pretty tough though t; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00063.html (6,803 bytes)
12. Re: MG Holiday Sweep Stake! (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Fri, 11 Aug 95 10:35:35 GMT; Without having to attend to the slightest thing ?!? Surely the whole point of taking the MG on holiday is so that you can attend to all those slight things along the way. It's much more satisfying to; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00194.html (8,529 bytes)
13. Re: Idiot appraiser (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 12:18:47 GMT; You're complaining about the guys writing and you come out with this line : ^^^ ^^^^^^ Give the guy a break ! Andy ** Andy Smith. Senior Physicist Royal Marsden Hospital Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00355.html (6,772 bytes)
14. Re: clunking noises ('79 MGB) (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 12:25:05 GMT; Yes - KEEP IT. Bear in mind though that even though that "it's only a few nuts and bolts" most likely will mean "it's only a few nuts and bolts that will take days to move, most likely involving hac; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00379.html (7,355 bytes)
15. Re: Lucas Strikes again! (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 14:33:34 GMT; "..... the Tach, fuel guage, temp gauge all stop working and drop to zero! Also the signals stop working. After a minute or so of driving they all return to life and all is well again....." This soun; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00471.html (7,334 bytes)
16. Rusty MG web page (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 17:08:28 GMT; If anyone is interested my web page is now up showing "before and after" type photos of the replacing of the sills and floorpan on my Midget, together with a photo of the complete car in France this; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00590.html (6,985 bytes)
17. Re: Sticky Midget 1500 Throttle (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 10:18:17 GMT; Funny, mine does that too. It always has (for two years since I've had it). I do keep meaning to put a new cable in or grease it or something, but never seem to get round to it. What I mean of course; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00622.html (7,666 bytes)
18. Rubber Bumpers on Midget 1500 (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 17:05:41 GMT; I have Chrome bumpers on my Midget 1500 - split at the rear, thin straight one at the front. I think personally it's a vast cosmetic improvement, and I guess it does lighten the car slightly. Fitting; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00814.html (7,047 bytes)
19. Re: Where's the Rain Coming In (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Tue, 25 Jul 95 09:29:31 GMT; I had a similar problem with my '77 midget. I checked the windscreen seal, all the hood, all the window seals etc. The rain seemed to be coming in behind the dash somewhere, but could I find where ?; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00346.html (7,889 bytes)
20. Midget Vibrations - WW splines (score: 1): Author: andys@skye.icr.ac.uk (Mr Andy Smith); Date: Thu, 1 Jun 95 09:58:27 GMT; I have a problem with vibrations at about 55MPH on my Wire Wheeled Midget. Suspects include the Wheels (out of balance ?) or the splines. Apparently someone posted, about 10 days ago, on how to chec; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00002.html (6,854 bytes)

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