- 161. Re: Jack Points 75 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:06:17 -0400
- If you've used it already and know that your sills are in very good condition and you're careful to position the jack so you don't crunch the side of the door, perhaps nothing could go wrong. Next t
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00502.html (9,261 bytes)
- 162. Paint (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:42:10 -0400
- There are no color codes that I know of on the MGB. From your description, it sounds like "Bracken" which according to the Moss catalog is a "Muddy orange". "Harvest Gold" doesn't look much like any
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00597.html (7,617 bytes)
- 163. Body Repair - longish response... (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 10:50:35 -0400
- I'm not real close - about 4+ hours away in Craig County VA - but I've just finished welding up a badly rusted '65. BTW, the new body shells won't work for your '66 (they're for '68-'74). The transm
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00599.html (11,038 bytes)
- 164. Re: Body Repair - longish response... (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:33:37 -0400
- Nory, and others - I don't have access to the book at the moment. ' Will send the info to you ASAP. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs New Castle, VA 24127 USA 540
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00645.html (7,546 bytes)
- 165. Engine Buffer Hitting Mount??? (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:05:38 -0400
- ...Recently rebuilt engine in 72 Roadster. Warren - ' Can't remember but does the '72 have the engine restraint rod, and is it in place? Also, aren't there two options for bolting up the transmission
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00648.html (7,383 bytes)
- 166. Re: Body Repair - longish response... (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:57:03 -0400
- Skye, Nory, others, Here's the promised information. The book is Practical Classics & Car Restorer "MGB Uprating & Bodyshell Rebuild" published by Kelsey Publishing Limited, 1991. It includes: "Surve
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00670.html (8,999 bytes)
- 167. Re: MGB Hive - Any Experiences (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:03:05 -0400
- Jason, Ken, Ray, others, ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs New Castle, VA 24127 USA 540/544-7333 **
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00672.html (7,363 bytes)
- 168. Re: Alternator diodes (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:25:37 -0400
- When I bought my '67 a couple of years ago, it was wired positive earth - as is appropriate for that vintage. It sat for a couple of weeks before I got around to running it. Battery dead. Put the tri
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00689.html (8,412 bytes)
- 169. Re: Beware the Dark Side, Lucas Skywalker (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:09:11 -0400
- Amen to that! ' Been driving MGBs daily since 1984 and I still can't figure out what all the Lucas-bashing is about. Now my '86 Nissan pickup - that's a different story. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00753.html (7,600 bytes)
- 170. movie sightings (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 09:07:30 -0400
- Yeah - two great MGB scenes. ' Thought the RB 'B was the perfect choice for her character and circumstances. I did shudder when Mark kicked the car though. And then they went and spoiled it with the
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00889.html (7,494 bytes)
- 171. Re: Easy question (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:06:34 -0400
- But the problem is that you can't get vise-grips inside the wire-wheel hub. I believe the socket size is 1-5/16" - the same as for the engine crank pulley nut. I got lucky - mine fits inside the hub,
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00898.html (7,401 bytes)
- 172. reinstalling engine in B, need advice (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:37:28 -0400
- Well I can tell you where NOT to hook the chain! DO NOT use the smog pump bracket!!!! ' Been there - ' done that. The good news is that I'm still here. A few years ago my BGT engine/tranny had to co
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00935.html (8,627 bytes)
- 173. Boot lid stuck! (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:26:49 -0400
- Can you feel the action of the latch as you push the button? If this is a misalignment, I have opened many stuck boot lids by applying gentle pressure on the license plate with my knee as I push the
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01126.html (7,478 bytes)
- 174. Re: Bleeding Brakes, 77B (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:43:57 -0400
- ' Hate the vac pump too. Every time I tried it, it would suck air passed the bleeder screw threads such that you always see bubbles - no matter how long you bleed. Allen ... IMHO beats the heck out *
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01128.html (7,043 bytes)
- 175. Cost for MGBGT (long-ish response) (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:09:58 -0400
- -- I whole-heartedly endorse Drew's post with one qualification: this is not the first time I've read of 80# oil pressure on this list - but after 15 years of daily driving in several B's - three wit
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01145.html (11,035 bytes)
- 176. Re: Ready for NAMGBR 99 !! (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:47:40 -0400
- Ooooh, how I wanted to go to Vancouver, but we just couldn't manage the time commitment it would take to do it from Virginia... Sooo Rick, we are thinking alike. Florrie and I are all registered for
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01181.html (7,716 bytes)
- 177. serial number help (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:27:28 -0400
- ' Sounds to me like a 1963. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs New Castle, VA 24127 USA 540/544-7333 **
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01182.html (6,741 bytes)
- 178. Trunk (boot) stuck open (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:00:42 -0400
- Andy - I don't know about others but what I said was: "If this is a misalignment, I have opened many stuck boot lids by applying gentle pressure on the license plate with my knee as I push the button
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01211.html (8,432 bytes)
- 179. Fwd: stopping interior leaks (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:51:04 -0400
- But guys, you have to realize that leaking is part of your B's genetic code. Fix one leak and it will start another somewhere. If you have a leak you can live with, I say leave it alone. If you succe
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01255.html (9,095 bytes)
- 180. Re: electronic ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:56:29 -0400
- I also have a relatively new Crane/Allison unit replacing a Pirhana unit at least 10 years old. Works great, but an old Allison unit on my other B failed after about 9 years. A friend avoided the non
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg01256.html (7,643 bytes)
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