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41. Re: Punch List (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:44:22 -0400; Yeah, that rules out my wrong-bulb theory. But I've suffered bad grounds, both through the attachment bolts and through those clips where the black wire bullets attach on the back. Certainly I agree; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01084.html (9,303 bytes)
42. RE: "Unsafe at any speed" (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:49:39 -0400; I bought my '66 Corvair BECAUSE of Nader. ' Figured with the bad press I'd get a good deal on an exceptional little car. BTW, I think the '65-69 Corvairs were styled atleast 30 years ahead of their t; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01086.html (8,940 bytes)
43. Re: ABS experience (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:05:16 -0400; I think anybody, driving any car, should - under safe circumstances of course - practice emergency braking periodically. Try it on wet pavement (an empty parking lot?). Try it on gravel. You might be; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01087.html (8,916 bytes)
44. Consumer Reports was Re: Corvairs and Ralph Nader (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 22:37:57 -0400; Amen to that. CU bashed the poor little Mopar "Omnirizons" to death for years. Black dot city... No doubt that contributed to their continuing dirt-cheap prices on the used car market. Both of my kid; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01096.html (10,559 bytes)
45. Braking distance (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:23:36 -0400; Well I certainly would agree that if you find it distracting, it's not a good idea. I have a "gut feeling" about following distance which seems to correspond to my perception of the "one-car-length-p; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01114.html (8,655 bytes)
46. Re: "Unsafe at any speed" (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:34:28 -0400; Pontiac Tempest. I had one. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB, 58 ZB, 65 B, 67 BGT, 73 B, 73BGT, 76 B, &... New Castle, VA 24127 USA 540/544-7333 **; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01197.html (8,953 bytes)
47. Re: "Unsafe at any speed" (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:57:35 -0400; I don't recall the aluminum 215 V8 being in the Tempest - it was in the Buick Special and the Olds F85. My Tempest had a 4-banger that was half of a V8. Which one, I don't recall. ' Coulda been half; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01226.html (10,012 bytes)
48. Re: "Unsafe at any speed" (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:29:22 -0400; Thanks, Larry, I just learned something. Now, my '61 Tempest was definitely a 4-banger and I recall, this much-ballyhooed engine was cast from a half of a V8 block. Can you tell me which V8? Did I ha; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01229.html (9,833 bytes)
49. Re: "Unsafe at any speed" (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:30:26 -0400; ' Can't say that my answer to that means much. This was my first "second car" with about 180,000 miles on it when I bought it for $200 back in about 1968. (My "other car was the '66 Monza). The Tempe; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01246.html (10,173 bytes)
50. Re: '71 B, still no start (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:00:30 -0400; How much of a spark you got? Pale yellow or brilliant blue. I've known of cars that failed to start on a yellow spark. ' Thought of timing chain failure - but in that case you wouldn't have any spark; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01249.html (9,553 bytes)
51. Re: '71 B, still no start (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:03:31 -0400; Wait a minute! This car ran in December, right? But it won't run now in Simple problem: this car is not Y2K compliant!!!! ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB,; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01250.html (8,178 bytes)
52. Re: Braking distance-Reply (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:42:11 -0400; Yeah, I see the same thing on I-81 all the way out here by Roanoke. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB, 58 ZB, 65 B, 67 BGT, 73 B, 73BGT, 76 B, &... Ne; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01255.html (7,698 bytes)
53. Re: Storing engine & tranny (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:58:34 -0400; But not in cases where antifreeze has seeped past the head gasket and sat in No 4 for perhaps years, leaving the cylinder walls with terminal acne. Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Ho; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01349.html (7,235 bytes)
54. brake vacuum boost modification - comments? (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:10:00 -0400; I've BTDT with my '76 B. I used the port in the center of the SU manifold - where the gulp valve used to be. I found a brass elbow and hose fitting at a local hardware store - which makes for a very; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01351.html (7,610 bytes)
55. Freeway sputtering (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:50:46 -0400; Sounds like a perforated rubber diaphragm in the Z-S. Remove the four screws holding the piston chamber on top, and check out the condition of the diaphragm. I have an unbelieveable tale to tell reg; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01352.html (8,088 bytes)
56. Re: Your Cars (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:13:02 -0400; ' Don't recall the beginning of this thread, but take it these are lists of all the cars we've owned. So here's my AUTObiography. It reflects a lifelong preoccupation with cheap old cars plus a singu; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01355.html (12,873 bytes)
57. Re: Parachuting MGB/splat! (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:23:54 -0400; There's a segment on this in "MGs Across America". ' Think I remember some discussion about how they couldn't sell it as a used car - even with only 7000 feet on it! 8^) They showed some footage of t; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01485.html (7,643 bytes)
58. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:29:14 -0400; My '73 Volvo with Laycock O/D, advised dipping the clutch just as Dave suggests. It's smoother, therefore it seems to make sense that it would be easier on the drivetrain. I do it. Allen ** Allen H.; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01486.html (9,041 bytes)
59. Re: double / single clutch (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:37:14 -0400; ' Brain's not working. I'll try this again. The OWNER'S MANUAL for my '73 Volvo...advised dipping the clutch..." Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB, 58; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01489.html (9,466 bytes)
60. Door lock and ignition keys (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:01:49 -0400; On a '77 B, the two keys are not just different - they are very different. I presume you have the ignition key. The door key fits the boot also. There is a third key for the glovebox - but it's almos; /html/mgs/2000-01/msg01541.html (7,961 bytes)

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