- 1. Cold Running Oil Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:00:24 -0000
- A return to the thread I noticed some time ago, but it did not clear the air for me! I use my '67B year round, unless there is salt on the roads, and change 20W50 oil and filter, as recommended at 3K
- /html/mgs/2002-01/msg00244.html (7,579 bytes)
- 2. Scuttle Rust (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:51:32 +0100
- The inevitable bubbles of rust are now pushing through in both my '67 B Roadster scuttle seams. ( left & right in front of the W/Screen), in what is otherwise an almost rust free vehicle. I must soon
- /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00520.html (6,605 bytes)
- 3. Plug inspection (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 18:30:22 +0100
- My '67B has a standard BLMC B, 1.8 motor with twin SU HS4 carbs & unmodified head, power & tickover seem fine and in 15K miles I have renewed the Champion plugs but have not seen the need to balance
- /html/mgs/2001-04/msg01001.html (6,846 bytes)
- 4. Is mine a GA or GB lump? (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 22:41:32 +0100
- My Mk2 B Roadster, was first registered in the UK in April '67 the documentation shows, with engine No 18 GARUH 7276 ( 3bearing,O/D & High compression head). That information surprised me, I would ha
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00354.html (7,234 bytes)
- 5. A GA or GB lump? (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:10:39 +0100
- My Tks to Both Max & Phil for useful comments. I guess I will just be grateful for what I have, and replace like for like when the time comes. Even though most of the '67 car has been replaced or reb
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00382.html (6,368 bytes)
- 6. Car Alarms? (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:15:36 +0100
- Can I fit an electronic gizmo to a +ve earth '67B Roadster? I have always assumed not. So I have fitted 2 concealed cut out switches for ignition & fuel pump and use a monstrous yellow steering wheel
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00076.html (6,687 bytes)
- 7. MGB Spotting (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:53:14 +0100
- The BBC recycled Psycho II last night, and Daughter on the other end of the phone line thought I had 'lost it', when I noticed the red CBB ( just like mine) in the Motel car park. If Train spotters a
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg00644.html (6,413 bytes)
- 8. Bought the MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:52:36 +0100
- Hi Scott, You got a pretty comprehensive answer from Paul H, perhaps it is worth adding though that whenever I notice my steering stiffening up, I immediately apply the Grease gun to the 6 nipples wh
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01077.html (6,343 bytes)
- 9. Put a Polymer in your tank (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:03:10 +0100
- For the chemists amongst you, the string ( mostly critical and growing) is to be found in the sci.polymers NG. Cheers Colin '67B
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01652.html (6,305 bytes)
- 10. The weep of death (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 09:38:25 +0100
- Hi Joe, You are referring to Holt's Radweld, a 2oz can to a radiator of hot circulating water would plug minor leaks in the system. (It might even still be available in the UK). Scalded fingers if yo
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00193.html (7,675 bytes)
- 11. Caps (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:54:23 +0100
- Someone mentioned a 'list cap'. Will it stay on at 80mph? Still available for sale? ( or I could buy a pair of sun visors) Cheers Colin '67B
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg00914.html (6,360 bytes)
- 12. B tail lights( UK spec) (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:55:45 +0100
- My '67 MkII B has, I now discover, the rear lens shape normally found on the Mark I . The later shape was 'flat faced'. Perhaps like many innovations the new shape was just phased in, if not maybe a
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg01035.html (6,465 bytes)
- 13. Rule of 9 and a bit (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:45:08 -0000
- Paul, we usually turn to YOU for words of wisdom! are you having a bad week!! :>) IMHO the BLMC 'B' engine in an MGB was never designed to sound like a sewing machine, but I still lift the rocker hea
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01049.html (7,390 bytes)
- 14. MOT failure (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:10:02 -0000
- In the case of the 13 year old Metro, corrosion in both brake & suspension hydraulic lines was reported, and a garage repair would have cost more than the value of the car. Here in the UK, though tes
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01118.html (6,924 bytes)
- 15. A 3*3 ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Colin Brown" <ccbrown@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:01:53 -0000
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_002B_01BF9673.6FF50FC0 charset="iso-8859-1" Well I had a chortle at Paul's comment, if you guys have never heard of the Reliant Robin, an
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01378.html (7,274 bytes)
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