- 201. Tales of Woe (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:29:56 -0400
- ' Bought a parts car a few years ago for $200 because it had an overdrive tranny. PO quit driving because engine developed a knock. After I pulled engine and tranny, I had occasion to put the 1-5/16"
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00397.html (7,425 bytes)
- 202. Re: MGB Build Plate (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:04:00 -0400
- Eric - Get a new plate from one of those vendors and then contact Clarke Spares in Doylestown PA to stamp the numbers on it. He requires some proof that the car is your's - like a xerox of your titl
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00637.html (8,236 bytes)
- 203. Re: wanted: url on techtip re u-joints (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:03:02 -0400
- The article "Eliminating Rear Axle Clunk" is about replacing thrust washers in the differential - it does not deal with u-joints. Allen ** * Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< * * Sinking Creek Home for Waywa
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00857.html (9,043 bytes)
- 204. help me identify this GT (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:11:46 -0400
- The quickest way to tell is to look at the tail lights. If there is curved sheetmetal conforming to the curve of the bottom of the tail light housing, it's a chrome bumpered car. If the sheetmetal b
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00859.html (8,310 bytes)
- 205. clutch and engine off ! (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:14:00 -0400
- It's a chrome bumpered car. ** * Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< * * Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs * * New Castle, VA 24127 * * USA * * 540/544-7333 * **
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00860.html (6,961 bytes)
- 206. B motor (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:02:45 -0400
- Larry - ' Think it's around 475#. Allen ** * Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< * * Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs * * New Castle, VA 24127 * * USA * * 540/544-7333 * **
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01344.html (7,117 bytes)
- 207. Over consumption of fuel (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:08:56 -0400
- Mark - Sounds to me like a faulty fuel gauge sender. It has a plastic float inside the tank. Sooner or later the float develops a leak, fills with gas and sinks. Result: your gauge thinks your fuel l
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01812.html (7,835 bytes)
- 208. Re: Am I crazy? (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:19:43 -0400
- ** * Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< * * Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs * * New Castle, VA 24127 * * USA * * 540/544-7333 * **
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01833.html (11,076 bytes)
- 209. Re: Crazy II (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:50:01 -0400
- This is Allen again. Apologies to Nevin, but I'm going to respectfully dissagree... IF you're talking about a RUST-FREE body, and IF you really trust your mechanic, you're talking about a rust-free
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01834.html (11,995 bytes)
- 210. Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #1579 Thu Apr 29 16:35:08 MDT 1999 (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:19:34 -0400
- Actually, John Twist's article deals with replacing thrust washers which Chris has already done. I've done all the same stuff on my '76 B and it still has a slight clunk. And I too have noticed the s
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01872.html (9,737 bytes)
- 211. smoking away (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:43:43 -0400
- Micheal - Are you sure it's not the heater control valve? That's pretty close to the head-block mating area - and an easy fix if it is the problem. Presuming that diagnosis is too good to be true, w
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00276.html (8,353 bytes)
- 212. Re: Heat, or lack thereof in MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:41:57 -0400
- Bruce, Larry, et al... I have no interest in this but I believe the supplier is Seven Enterprises, 716 Bluecrab Road, Newport News, VA 23606, phone 1/800-992-7007. Several years ago they made a subs
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00324.html (9,958 bytes)
- 213. Re: Heat, or lack thereof in MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:25:44 -0400
- John - This is very encouraging. I will certainly give them another try. I have frequently told the story about waiting three weeks for a new clutch for my Ford Bronco II, but I got one for my 25-ye
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00330.html (9,773 bytes)
- 214. Re: '66BGT Found a new home (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:08:28 -0400
- John - Pull-handle '65s are not real common. I have GHN3L57254 - and production ceased at 57985. Mine was VERY rusty and my time is VERY limited - I've been welding on the shell since Fall of '95. T
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00344.html (8,365 bytes)
- 215. B heater control valve ARRGH! (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:41:40 -0400
- there any rticks to getting a wrench onto the thing, especially the botton bolt? Karl - There definitely should have been a gasket with your new one. But then again, I've made a lot these gaskets wi
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00413.html (8,271 bytes)
- 216. Re: Body Shop vs. Restoration (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:48:35 -0400
- But Max... the new shell would be incorrect for a pre-'68 car. After all the expense you're talking about, the transmission tunnel would be too wide and the metal dash wouldn't fit. Allen
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00486.html (8,478 bytes)
- 217. Re: Why Does Moss Sell Crap? (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:29:19 -0400
- Think about it... most of the major suppliers already do this with carpet and upholstery sets... as well as body panels - as has already been mentioned. Perhaps some suppliers ought to experiment wit
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00528.html (9,428 bytes)
- 218. Re: $$$Estimate for Sill Replacement, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:30:11 -0400
- Around here - I would say more than that. The best shop in this area does excellent work and charges only $30/hour, but costs run up fast. I am seriously thinking of doing this for a retirement inco
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00529.html (8,560 bytes)
- 219. Re: Oil Cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:32:35 -0400
- It's interesting that even after the factory dropped oil coolers, they continued to make provision for them. In fact, with the advent of RBs, they had to reconfigure it, but when I added an oil cool
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00530.html (9,335 bytes)
- 220. Fear and Loathing under the hood! (score: 1)
- Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:58:43 -0400
- Philippe - Well, as I was replacing the ignition coil (in vain) on Florrie's '92 Cherokee, I looked over at the distributor and saw -- you guessed it--"LUCAS". The Jeep had an electrical problem - bu
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00581.html (8,336 bytes)
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