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101. Midget Adventures (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:53:57 -0400; I'm back on the list after taking a couple of weeks off for some Midget adventures. Freida and I attended British Car Day South at Tanglewood Park this year in the Midget instead of the Healey. Had; /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01296.html (8,085 bytes)
102. Re: Newsletter Names (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:59:44 -0400; Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "009" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years); /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01297.html (7,154 bytes)
103. Re: MG Church (was: Re: Midget Jack Locations) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 19:54:15 -0400; Amen, Brother Michael! Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "009" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years); /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01660.html (6,952 bytes)
104. Re: Mystery Parts on 72 Midget (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 20:55:15 -0400; I don't think the original reference was to the silver can that mounts in the right side of the trunk, but to the plastic tee that comes out of a grommet on the right side of the trunk wall (below th; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00109.html (9,009 bytes)
105. Signing Off (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 21:36:44 -0400; I'm fairly new to the list (about two weeks) and have been enjoying it very much. I'm going out of town for a bit, so I'm signing off. I can barely keep up with the daily e-mail traffic on the list; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00110.html (6,625 bytes)
106. Re: MGA Unleaded (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 18:15:59 -0400; As far as I am aware, leaded petrol is history here in the States. The last place I saw it for sale was (of all places) California, and that was several years ago. I have been running my unmodified; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00621.html (7,933 bytes)
107. British Car Week (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:40:29 -0400; I have three cars: a '66 Austin-Healey BJ8, a '73 MG Midget, and a '69 Dodge Charger that I bought new, and which is currently off the road undergoing restoration. So EVERY week is British Car Week; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00878.html (7,805 bytes)
108. Re: Pulling Engine/Trans=Can't find... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 09:54:02 -0400; If the configuration is like my '73 Midget, the propeller shaft will slide out the rear, complete with front U-joint after you remove the bolts from the rear U-joint. Getting this back in is fun, si; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00963.html (9,290 bytes)
109. Re: Best Engine hook points to yank engine (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:49:15 -0400; Jay: Use the studs where the valve cover nuts attach. I slipped a hoist chain link over the studs, put a large washer over that, and screwed the valve cover nuts down on the washers. Steve Byers Have; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00971.html (7,761 bytes)
110. Re: Engine/tranny Is Out! My Thanks... (a tad long) (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 17:09:54 -0400; Jay: Reinstalling the engine/tranny isn't difficult. You just need someone to guide it down into the tunnel while you lower the hoist. It was a little tricky (on my engine, at least) to get the lower; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00974.html (10,325 bytes)
111. Re: Pulling Engine/Trans=Can't find... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 18:13:54 -0400; Hey, I'm not the DPO, I'm the CPO (Current permanent owner), so I can cut all the holes I want! Actually, cutting the hole was not my original idea...the car came with a hole in the bottom pan under; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01069.html (9,529 bytes)
112. Re: Pulling Engine/Trans=Can't find... (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 20:52:35 -0400; Yeah, cutting off the whole tunnel would be a problem, but as a bona fide aerospace structural engineer that does this stuff every day to helicopters, I can say that a four inch square hole in the bo; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01074.html (11,747 bytes)
113. Re: clearcoat paint? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 17:40:55 -0400; Yes, I just finished a Midget using basecoat/clearcoat, and it looks good enough to win second in class at The Gathering in Winston-Salem last month (beat out by a Bugeye...damn!). I painted it in l; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01185.html (7,812 bytes)
114. Re: BC Week, Oil guns (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 17:58:50 -0400; I use a pumper-type hand oiler (can with a trigger) that I bought for a few bucks at the local auto supply house. To the nozzle, I attach a length of plastic tubing that fits tightly enough over the; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01186.html (7,257 bytes)
115. RE: Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1): Author: Max Steven Byers <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 23:46:16 -0400; I just finished a three-year restoration of my '73 Midget last October. = It was my first ground-up restoration and I was able to do 99.999% of = the work myself - from body work and paint to uphols; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01058.html (8,857 bytes)
116. Re: Midget suspension questions (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:15:22 -0400; During the rebuild of my '73 Midget, I wanted to install new kingpins because the old ones were pitted on the journal surfaces (where they go through the bushings). I measured the journal diameters o; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01501.html (8,568 bytes)

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