- 1. Re: Stiff shifter movement (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 21:40:09 -0000
- On my '72 GT, the gear lever felt odd and the action was baulky and imprecise. I found two things... At the base of the lever is a Nylon split collar. This was fairly well chewed so I put in a new o
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00045.html (8,489 bytes)
- 2. Barney's Eyebrows (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:29:17 -0000
- Hello All. I've not yet removed my cylinder head but, according to the ST info that came with the car, my block may or may not have eyebrows. What I'd like to know is.... If the block is eyebrowed, d
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00277.html (8,331 bytes)
- 3. Breather Can (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:40:22 -0000
- Just been reading some stuff on the MG Enthusiast's site about blocked breather canisters causing oil use. My '72 is using oil but there is no evidence of leakage past the seals or at the dipstick.
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00278.html (6,973 bytes)
- 4. Re. MGs Bad in the Rain (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:55:40 -0000
- Just for the record, I've driven several MGB GTs in the foulest of weather. I used to live in the Mancheseter area and, when CB radio was in vogue, Manchester was called 'The Rainy City'. What I fou
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00279.html (7,667 bytes)
- 5. Re: Barney's Eyebrows (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:02:23 -0000
- Thanks for that. I've had a look at your pics-very impressive, like the site. I've encountered eyebrows before. I rebuilt a Bill Nicholson Racing B Roadster for a friend. This had a single 45DCOE We
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00355.html (7,160 bytes)
- 6. Re: Brake adjuster (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:08:37 -0000
- I just bought a 1980 MGB and when I tried to adjust the brakes the adjuster I'm not sure if the '80 is the same as the earlier cars but if it is (most probable), the adjuster is a separate casting h
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00356.html (8,439 bytes)
- 7. Re: what did we fasten? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 00:20:28 -0000
- What you fixed was the bolts which fasten the rear end of the front wing to the outer side panel of the footwell. These go into threaded holes in the flitch panel which is itself crimped into the re
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00167.html (8,894 bytes)
- 8. Re: early B's and air vents in the dash? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:58:40 -0000
- Info courtesy of my '72 GT. Each vent is 2.1/8" high x 3.11/32" wide (measurements of single vent body, 1/8" wide flange all round stops the vents falling thru the hole) x 4.1/8" deep, from the dash
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00287.html (9,343 bytes)
- 9. ST Cam/head (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 21:44:03 -0000
- Hello All. Been looking at costs to rebuild the motor in my special Tuning B. Seemingly, the best thing to do is go with a stock short engine and rebuild my own head, doing the unleaded thing at the
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00439.html (7,198 bytes)
- 10. Non LBC-Cam Clatter (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 21:54:53 -0000
- Hello All. My current wash & go car is a '91 Vauxhall Carlton CDXi and it has a strange fault. In a nutshell, the camshaft clatters and on a bad day, it can sound like a diesel. However, today, it ma
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00440.html (7,627 bytes)
- 11. Non-LBC PC question. (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 22:50:14 -0000
- Calling computer cognoscenti.. Running large Word 2000 docs (45 page, with about four A4 graphics), I'm getting brief 'hangs' while editing. My cursor keys and the 'home', 'delete' and 'end' keys wor
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00695.html (7,175 bytes)
- 12. Re: Seat belt retractor lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:54:42 -0000
- I've fixed this before, w/o lubrication, albeit on aftermarket belts. If you pull the belt all the way out, you should find a loop at the end of it. This goes through a slot in the 'barrel' of the r
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00845.html (8,164 bytes)
- 13. Non LBC-Honda ALB Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:38:05 -0000
- Hello all. Bin this if I'm boring you. Having got rid of my high-milegae, rattly Vauxhall, I've bought a new wash & go car. Well, I say new, its a 1990 Rover 416-a.k.a. Honda Concerto in drag. Being
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00949.html (7,496 bytes)
- 14. Re: Great American Gas Out (LBC? Maybe....) (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:37:18 -0000
- On current exchange rates, $25 equals £40. Here, this gets us 52.6 litres of fuel, or 11.56 UK gallons. How does this compare with the quantity you get? Is it time we had a 'Gas out' in the UK? Re
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00980.html (9,157 bytes)
- 15. Re: To clutch or not to clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:28:05 -0000
- My GT started doing this after I changed the rear axle. Being on the limit as regards tyre to arch clearance, I got a torch and looked very carefully at the right rear. The return or arch lip is pol
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00981.html (8,737 bytes)
- 16. Re: Great American Gas Out (LBC? Maybe....) (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 23:04:58 -0000
- Hi, Lawrie. pounds,65 pence. Sorry my friend, I am no number-cruncher and I'm proud to admit it ;-) than Aw, why not? It's fun! What's more, I'm going to do it anyway... £15.65 divided by £0.76 (pric
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg01021.html (9,103 bytes)
- 17. Non LBC-PC Question-Fix (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:42:27 -0000
- Trying to work around the problem of sluggish editing in Word 2000, I found a fix. I used the big help file in Word 2000. Following its advice, I... Went into 'Tools'. 'Options'. Clicked the 'Save'
- /html/mgs/2000-02/msg01023.html (6,982 bytes)
- 18. Re: New Year Wishes (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:36:45 -0000
- Proposal seconded and carried! All the very best to you turn-of-the-century folk. BTW, the River of Fire display in London last night didn't appear to go off, althought there were gazillions of ordin
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00009.html (7,409 bytes)
- 19. Re: MG INSURANCE (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:32:21 -0000
- put and 71 B who really got to "fure it up" for thr fist time Very sorry to hear of your misfortune, Gail. Here in the UK, home/buildings and contents policies do not cover cars in storage. However,
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00010.html (7,800 bytes)
- 20. Tyre Pressures, again (score: 1)
- Author: "David Hill" <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:29:16 -0000
- Outlook Express ate my mail so I lost the original contact. So, to whoever replied with the tyre pressures 25F and 30R for 185/60 x 14, thanks very much, it's spot-on. Dave Hill David Hill/Psychomot
- /html/mgs/2000-01/msg00117.html (7,608 bytes)
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