- 1. Easiest Valve Adj. (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie C. Watson" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:39:44 -0500 (EST)
- I have found the easiest method, for me.... is to put slight tension on the fan belt with my thumb, and with the engine in neutral I can turn the engine by simply TURNING THE FAN. Of course, DISCLAIM
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00950.html (7,482 bytes)
- 2. re: Trans dipstick (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie C. Watson" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:04:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Regarding the oil- if you have overdrive, use the same oil you would for the engine, but DO NOT use Fully Synthetic. From earlier postings on the list I have heard that this can cause problems becaus
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01153.html (6,870 bytes)
- 3. Exhaust Manifold bold extraction (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie C. Watson" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:09:04 -0500 (EST)
- The last time it happened to me (on a Nissan truck), I used a Dremel rotary tool to make a small hole in the center of the head bolt so that the extractor had something to hold on to, and I didn't u
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01605.html (7,879 bytes)
- 4. Re: Inspection Regs in Fla? (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie C. Watson" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:38:58 -0400 (EDT)
- I live down here in sunny Florida - and the only inspection is for emissions, which applies to all cars made after 1975. My MGB-GT is exempt. ** Berrie C. Watson Assistant in Campus Computing USF St
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00740.html (7,763 bytes)
- 5. Rusty Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:38:38 -0500 (EST)
- Greetings knowledgeable Listers: I have been working on my MG alot lately, and have noticed that every bolt that I have taken off and replaced is now rusting. Is this something that is unavoidable, o
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01103.html (7,161 bytes)
- 6. RE: 1969 MGB wheel bearing problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:08:37 -0400 (EDT)
- I recently burned one of my bearings so badly that I was able to take the bearings out with a pair of needlenose pliers (they were far from round) and thus remove the hub. Then I used a Dremmel rotar
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00620.html (9,442 bytes)
- 7. Re: MGB sighting (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:01:13 -0500 (EST)
- Traveling Southbound Friday afternoon, I also spotted to Triumphs in tow, and a light blue pre '70 chrome bumper MGB convertible, apparently broken down, but no driver. Now THAT's a RISK. ** Berrie C
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01226.html (7,811 bytes)
- 8. Lurker question (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:46:45 -0400 (EDT)
- I consider my life to have meaning, as I am younger than most (27) and have obtained a running MGBGT that no longer has to be my daily driver - and can be thrust into the privileged 'restoration in p
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00638.html (8,046 bytes)
- 9. Tandem Master Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:27:57 -0500 (EST)
- I have recently had a brake fluid leak, and am installing a new master cylinder- the tandem type. It has a front and rear pump section, and it seems that the front section controls the front brakes,
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01370.html (7,745 bytes)
- 10. Re: Tandem Master Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 23:50:42 -0500 (EST)
- I checked out the slide switch, and the pressure from the front system pushed the switch over to mostly block flow on the rear system. but when I readjusted the switch, I lock up on the front system
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01425.html (8,131 bytes)
- 11. Re: Carb problems? (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 00:45:00 -0500 (EST)
- Don't move! I've got a '71 , in florida, and run it 50 miles a day back in forth to work.... it rusts, but it runs. As for the carb, check for a vacuum leak, and you could clean it with carb cleaner
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01772.html (8,842 bytes)
- 12. Valve Clearances (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 17:02:09 -0400 (EDT)
- I am wondering what the consensus was on valve clearances on the older MGB's. Mine is a 71 GT, and my book says .015in, my mechanic says .010in and I have no idea. at .013 it makes a great racket, an
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00393.html (6,623 bytes)
- 13. Re: I think it was preordained.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 23:57:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Interesting..... maybe I am the exception, but I bought my MGB-GT when I was 25 (two years ago) and it was garage kept! And it is my only means of transportation, as I sold a '95 Isuzu to keep it! Bu
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01952.html (8,172 bytes)
- 14. All day & still not runnin (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:45:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks to a couple of listers I found that I had a rod bearing in backwards, so the engine now turns...... and I felt that certainly today, after 2 months of intermittent restoration, I could get it
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00041.html (8,126 bytes)
- 15. Wits End (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 22:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
- I have had my mg at my mother-in-laws for about 2 1/2 months now, and have done an almost total overhaul, and now have what I think is a horrible situation. I have put the engine back together, the
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00762.html (8,548 bytes)
- 16. Vacuum Troubleshoot (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:20:35 -0500 (EST)
- Hello all Thanks to the list, my brakes have been overhauled, and I have put in new rod bearings, due to a "weird tapping noise". Unfortunately, when starting up (got oil pressure started w/o plugs f
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00497.html (7,557 bytes)
- 17. Crankshaft bolt woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 19:23:13 -0500 (EST)
- This question may seem silly, but I have taken the head off of my MGB, and now am trying to figure out how to take the main crankshaft bolt off without turning the engine. In looking around, I can't
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01158.html (7,593 bytes)
- 18. Have bucks, seek MGB fun (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:49:28 -0500 (EST)
- Hello all I am a newbie, subscribed a year ago for a few months, but this is my first posting. I have been given permission to spend my tax return on my '70 MGBGT.... and have a few questions: Brakes
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00854.html (8,009 bytes)
- 19. Bearing Spacers.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 22:01:00 -0500 (EST)
- Hello all Thank you for all of the great advice on my brake overhaul. WHile in there, I thought that the bearings should me checked.... and I **misplaced** the spacer for the inner wheel bearing (fro
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01065.html (7,333 bytes)
- 20. Re: V8 conversion info needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 22:05:47 -0500 (EST)
- About a year ago I posed a similar question, and was told of someone who had performed the whole operation and also had some spares.... it was Glen Towry (302)734-1243. I also have a list of engine t
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01066.html (7,066 bytes)
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