- 121. Re: 1949 Ford Prefect (nonlbc (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:59:19 EDT
- << They are funny books, and don't take much time at all to read. Not a lot of heavy thinking involved. >> If you liked those, try his short series staring "Dirk Gently, holistic detective." Jay Dono
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00200.html (6,558 bytes)
- 122. Re: SU air filter: K&Ns and stub stacks (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:37:36 EDT
- << Jay, What is a stub stack and where do you find them? >> Monte, Go to http://www.aptfast.com/Main_Index_Page.htm, and scroll down to SU Stub Stacks & Ram Pipes. I have a '72, so with HIF4s I neede
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00224.html (9,507 bytes)
- 123. Re: SU air filter: K&Ns and stub stacks (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:41:23 EDT
- << A question I have on the tapered K&N filters. Do those fit on RRB converted cars, without shimming the engine mounts? >> Paul, That Grassroots MGB effort used the conical K&Ns precisely because th
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00229.html (8,177 bytes)
- 124. Re: SU air filter: K&Ns and stub stacks (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:00:46 EDT
- << I have stubs under a PiperCross filter but the immediate problem I found was that they were sucking in lots of really hot, under-bonnet air. At least the original filter on my '68 had a pipe point
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00230.html (9,172 bytes)
- 125. Re: Door window winder (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:50:55 EDT
- I remember this design. I'd love to get a pair like this. Haas anyone seen this style for sale lately? Jay Donoghue 72B-GT 66 Mustang
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00433.html (7,623 bytes)
- 126. Re: THE RETURN OF THE PRACTICAL BRITISH MUSCLE CAR (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:33:11 EDT
- << (pssst - a little birdy told me that they are using a ford v8 - maybe like the one wot they put in a stang..) >> You know, as I was reading that it sounded a heck of a lot like the power/torque I
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00472.html (8,102 bytes)
- 127. Not getting through...an AOL thing? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:21:02 EDT
- I realized that my last two postings never showed up, so I'm trying this as a test. Also to repeat a message that didn't get through: If anyone knows where to get chrome window winder handles with s
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00475.html (6,500 bytes)
- 128. Re: Why no MGs? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:11:59 EDT
- << What's the official reason why MG isn't planning a return to North America? >> I had always read in UK-based publications that when MG stopped selling in the US after the B died the company just w
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00505.html (8,113 bytes)
- 129. Re: Why no MGs? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:45:42 EDT
- << I think the purchase of Qvalle (sp) included a distribution network - not very large but a distribution network nonetheless. >> Yeah, that's right, but there still would be the old network who mig
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00517.html (8,466 bytes)
- 130. Re: Headers or not? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:07:36 EDT
- About a year or so ago Grassroots Motorsports did a series of improvements on an MGB engine and dyno'd the effects, and found that the stock exhaust manifold is a very efficient design. It said that
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00528.html (8,308 bytes)
- 131. Re: Why no MGs? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:47:52 EDT
- << it would be very unbureaucratic for a US agency to simply accept the certification of another country >> How true, and yet, somehow, they can do that for airplane certification. Go figure. Jay Don
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00538.html (8,028 bytes)
- 132. Re: Tube Shock Conversion Kits (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:51:31 EDT
- I've got the type that Moss sells, with Monroe shocks. I personally like what I consider better handling, although I must admit the shocks are a bit harder than the originals. I contend that they eli
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00539.html (7,447 bytes)
- 133. Re: Headers or not? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:01:24 EDT
- << I ordered a header from JC Whitney and found after receiving it: 1. The design did not look much more efficient than the original exhaust manifold 2. The header was much flimsier and less durable
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00540.html (7,329 bytes)
- 134. Re: mgb overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:39:00 EDT
- << I have a 1972 with an original Laycock overdrive and od gearbox. I had the overdrive fail recently. It was working intermittently. I have replaced the isolation switch, all the o rings, sump filte
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00594.html (8,057 bytes)
- 135. Re: mgb overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:26:41 EDT
- << That is not correct, the factory recommendation was engine oil i.e. 20W/50 multigrade for all but the hottest and coldest environments. It is the very slippery specialist gearbox fluids, and some
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00598.html (7,772 bytes)
- 136. Re: mgb overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:58:22 EDT
- << Perhaps you should try reshimming the switch, although I'm not sure it can be done with the transmission in the car. >> I'm having that exact problem in my car; when it jumps out of overdrive in c
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00606.html (7,990 bytes)
- 137. Re: mgb overdrive (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:08:48 EDT
- Now that you mention it, what you say must be part of the process. Jay << Remove the tunnel part of the centre console, turn back the carpet, and remove the access panel as well. -- Original Message
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00661.html (7,752 bytes)
- 138. Re: AOL problems - ISP blocking as email as spam (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:02:16 EDT
- << Good luck with AOL everyone, keep calling and working your way up the ladder. >> I don't know how it happened, whether my e-mail complaint had any effect at all, but I'm now back on the list. Is i
- /html/mgs/2003-08/msg00006.html (7,179 bytes)
- 139. Re: From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:04:22 EDT
- Sorry, I must disagree. I have seen flashers that fail in a number of different ways. Given the low cost of replacement, I would do that early in the trouble-shooting process. Jay Donoghue 72 B-GT 66
- /html/mgs/2003-08/msg00183.html (6,465 bytes)
- 140. Re: Two questions newbie MGB owner (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:52:31 EDT
- << I was given a rest free 78 B >> A clear case of the mistake being more real than the original thought. Jay Donoghue 72 B-GT (also rest free) 66 Mustang /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/major
- /html/mgs/2003-08/msg00310.html (7,889 bytes)
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