- 1. Re: OFF TOPIC _ EUDORA (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:43:34 -0600
- All this uncertainty can be avoided by switching to Mozilla Cheers, CR
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00037.html (7,200 bytes)
- 2. Re: Ignition and sparks (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:32:40 -0600
- Ida no, Paul, With the big bore two valve engines thare was a need to speed up the flame front so as to complete the burn before the exhaust valve opened. With the advent of of higher revving multi v
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00065.html (8,707 bytes)
- 3. Re: No oil to AH3000 head (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:34:35 -0600
- Isn't this a full-flow filter arrangement? CR
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00247.html (7,142 bytes)
- 4. Re: Fw: Brake Circlip Tool (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:26:47 -0600
- Took a look. GoodONya, Paul!!! CR
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00311.html (7,126 bytes)
- 5. Re: Moment of Truth (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:00:01 -0600
- YEEEHAH! Ya did good mate!! Congrats! Ida no how many I've rebuilt, got it indexed, spun it up to get oil pressure, made sure of fuel pressure and the carbs filled AND THEN put in the plugs, hooked u
- /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00335.html (8,279 bytes)
- 6. Re: MGB Exhaust Sound (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:56:39 -0600
- I have the ANSA system on my '69 roadster, along with the stock exhaust manifold and the header pipe from Moss. Sounds good to me and goes on easy. I welded the joints and threw away the clamps. Chee
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00047.html (7,834 bytes)
- 7. Re: Points and other things (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:35:26 -0600
- I 'm still running points & condenser too, though I have a NIB Pertronix setup that I've not installed. I can still buy the parts at the local Car Quest stores. Cheers, CR
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00063.html (7,080 bytes)
- 8. Re: 1980 MGB - Zenith Carp - Water choke - O rings for choke (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:52:55 -0600
- Couldn't you have ordered the kit from Moss or VB? CR
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00149.html (7,759 bytes)
- 9. Re: Setting carbs for first time (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:44:12 -0600
- If a pro rebuilt the carbs, I'd guess that they are already set. Part of the rebuild is setting them up mechanically. BTW, which carbs are they? I'd suggest you find TDC on #1 cylinder, on the compre
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00214.html (8,026 bytes)
- 10. Re: Ignition and sparks (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:48:08 -0600
- I think it's generally accepted that the higher compression ratio,, the hotter the spark must be to ignite the mixture. Don't remember if I've ever seen any Dyno tests supporting this theory. CR
- /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00245.html (8,432 bytes)
- 11. Re: Engine running too cold (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:04:48 -0600
- My B isn't warming up to N either now that the weather is colder. It has been suggested to me that the thermostat may be stuck open, which would keep the engine from warming up normalally. As I notic
- /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00086.html (9,466 bytes)
- 12. Re: compression (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:19:31 -0600
- Could be. Might be knocking 'cuz the rod bearing is taking a beating or there's some interference in the valve train. CR
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00003.html (6,949 bytes)
- 13. Re: Clutch (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:17:07 -0600
- Unless spending the $$ on the B means a family need goes unfilled, I'd just tell her that getting the car back on the road is high on _my_ list of priorities. Then, presuming I had the disposable inc
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00188.html (7,727 bytes)
- 14. Re: Piston Rings and Cam question (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:43:15 -0600
- SNIP Means the rings shouldn't stick out of the groove when pushed all the way in. Or, to put it another way, the rings shouldn't protrude from the groove when bottomed out. I am using a regrind base
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00248.html (7,820 bytes)
- 15. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:48:43 -0600
- I finished replacing the front shocks and trunnion bushings on my '69 B yesterday, took her out for a spin in 70* weather. Temp needle got only 1/3rd way up towards "N". Time to block 1/2 the rad and
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00249.html (8,250 bytes)
- 16. Re: Faultless MGB-GT (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:45:13 -0600
- Easier to do it my way, Barney. Nothing wrong with the 180* 'stat that I run year 'round and my heater works fine with things covered.. Regarding the oil cooler bypass valve: the last thing I need is
- /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00276.html (7,533 bytes)
- 17. Re: Classic Car Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 11:35:11 -0500
- There's the rub. I talked some of the classic insurers. When I told them my B was used for pleasure and running errands, they said their insurance wasn't for me. My choice was to lie about how I used
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00001.html (7,862 bytes)
- 18. Re: Classic Car Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:46:57 -0500
- I talked to Hagerty a couple of years ago. Driving the car to work was a no-no. So was leaving it in a parking lot at other than a club/show function. Sure. Especially if you hit something with it. T
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00004.html (9,574 bytes)
- 19. Re: Classic Car Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:34:03 -0500
- Good info, thanks. I was going by what the Hagerty people (nat'l 800 looking into again. Cheers, CR
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00049.html (7,458 bytes)
- 20. Re: Thump the Pump (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:42:56 -0500
- I had the fuel pump quit on me, in my '69 B, over in Tennesee a few years back. So I thumped it and went on down the road. So I'm in Nashville later on and it quits again. So I get under it in the Mo
- /html/mgs/2005-10/msg00071.html (6,876 bytes)
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