- 21. Re: First MGB Clutch - Additional Question (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:50:09 EST
- I actually tried to use a longer pushrod and I can say without a shred of doubt that it will not help at all. The system is self-adjusting. Grease throw-out bearing (release bearing in Brit-speak)?
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00029.html (7,824 bytes)
- 22. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:17:00 EST
- I've had nearly everything fail in my electrics, including the headlight switch simply falling apart when depressed. However, the sneakiest fault was in those dozens of wonderful "Lucar" connectors--
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00063.html (8,346 bytes)
- 23. Re: Britts Building in Bridgeport!! (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:41:20 EST
- There's two addresses back-to-back. Use just (http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=30326) Jay Donoghue In a message dated 11/16/2005 12:39:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lister@bonackers.com writes: -/
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00108.html (8,375 bytes)
- 24. Re: Britts Building in Bridgeport!! (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:54:19 EST
- http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=30326 I guess there's a bug that keeps duplicating the address. I put it in once and on the return e-mail I got it was in there twice again. Cut it after the "30326
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00111.html (7,943 bytes)
- 25. Re: replace headilights (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:52:41 EST
- The rims are held on by a projection on the headlight...er, holder, for lack of a better word, and a spring clip on the other side providing tension. Locate the spring clip side and put pressure behi
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00135.html (8,348 bytes)
- 26. Re: There's this book.... (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:58:58 EST
- But there is absolutely no need to use brash derogatory statements just to make money. I hope I don't enrage our car buddies over in the UK, but the British Press exists on a steady diet of harsh, br
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00136.html (8,549 bytes)
- 27. Re: MGB Tire sizes (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:04:00 EDT
- Eric - I didn't realise the BGT had larger tyres than the roadster - I wonder why that was?? Heavier.
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00129.html (6,872 bytes)
- 28. Re: Overdrive Woes (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:14:59 EDT
- Someone else probably has the exact answer, but to me it sounds as if this happens with no electrical power to the solenoid the problem must be in a bad seal in the activation system. Keep your fing
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00063.html (7,680 bytes)
- 29. Caliper sticks/brake hose brand new (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:24:11 EDT
- I'm getting tired of futsing with my brake system. I have overhauled the master and wheel cylinders, completely replaced the brake lines, new drums & shoes in the rear and new slotted/drilled discs i
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00065.html (6,853 bytes)
- 30. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:08:28 EDT
- Speaking as someone who has given a thought about installing front tube shocks, after all the information you guys have given I think I'll give it another thought or two. Thannks to all. I think that
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00092.html (8,140 bytes)
- 31. Re: Brake pad return (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:53:06 EDT
- I am having trouble with overheating with my passenger front disc brakes on my '66 MGB. I have replaced a warped rotor on that wheel, but it doesn't seem that the pistons are returning all the way to
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00118.html (7,195 bytes)
- 32. Re: pumpkin problems? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:16:18 EDT
- The clank could be a degenerating U-joint. Long time ago I let one get so bad it eventually ripped the end off my driveshaft. A sad day. Easy to check. Just grab the drive shaft and rotate back and f
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00285.html (7,028 bytes)
- 33. Re: Hood padding installation -- how to? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:36:50 EDT
- I finally bought some replacement felt padding for under the hood of my B, as the original has been missing since I got the car. My question is, how do I install it? What kind of adhesive should I us
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00343.html (7,574 bytes)
- 34. Re: Dave Houser? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:09:41 EDT
- Actually, you can go to www.nytimes.com <http://www.nytimes.com> and register, then you can read the article. Just search for "MG" and it comes up. I didn't register yet so I don't know if the pic is
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00032.html (7,376 bytes)
- 35. Re: Dave Houser? (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:17:06 EDT
- The picture has shown up on the website now. I swear it wasn't there yesterday or even this morning. I agree. Not this morning, but it's there now. Jay Donoghue
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00033.html (7,181 bytes)
- 36. Re: Electrical (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:45:56 EDT
- I had my headlight switch crumble in my hands last winter. I had a suspicion something was amiss when it stopped clicking from one position to the other and just slid from off to position/fog lights
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00104.html (7,193 bytes)
- 37. Re: Electrical switches (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:11:03 EDT
- Those old switches without relays do cause a lot of problems. I've installed relays in a lot of locations on my cars - it keeps the switch good - but then you have to deal with failing relays too. We
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00118.html (6,936 bytes)
- 38. Re: report - RB MGB drifts right on braking (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:48:36 EDT
- An unusual cause for this effect is to lose one of the two u-clamps that attaches your axle to your springs. This happened to me years ago. I heard a loud "BANG" from the rear after hitting a post-wi
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00184.html (9,086 bytes)
- 39. Re: Tales of Woe (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:09:59 EDT
- I recently replaced my radiator with a new Moss-sourced unit. The old one cooled well and I never had over-heating problems--as defined by the gauge staying around the center, even in summer--but th
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00262.html (7,806 bytes)
- 40. Re: Repair kit (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:48:11 EDT
- This really explains a lot for me. All these years I have been working myself into a frenzy trying to find one fix after another, cursing Lucas all the while, and all I had to do was to re-install th
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00104.html (6,838 bytes)
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