- 41. Re: Vacuum advance (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:44:05 -0800 (PST)
- You should be able to make it work by sucking on the vacuum hose. If it doesn't work that easily it needs to be taken apart and cleaned up. The purpose of the vacuum advance is to get an earlier spar
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00284.html (7,672 bytes)
- 42. Re: MGTD frame color (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:12:25 -0800 (PST)
- The factory probably ran out of black that day, so someone grabbed a can a gray paint just in order to meet the day's quota. They were not really concerned with 'originality' in the factory. Dirk
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00635.html (7,045 bytes)
- 43. Re: Packing for extended touring - Midgets (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:56:57 -0800 (PST)
- One thing that will help is to use one of those anti theft special nuts for which you need a special key to get it of. People use those to protect their fancy mag wheels from theft. Of course, this o
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00079.html (8,237 bytes)
- 44. plug lead lifespan (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:35:38 -0800 (PST)
- Plug lead lifetime is a function of mileage and age. For daily drivers they should be good for tens of thousands of kilometers if the winters are not too severe. Here in Canada I change them ( and th
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00227.html (7,508 bytes)
- 45. Re: Crash Report (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 13:49:17 -0800 (PST)
- Glad to hear you're o.k. Didn't you wear a seatbelt? Will you in the future? Dirk
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00346.html (6,638 bytes)
- 46. Re: 300 miles 70 mph 30 mpg :) (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 14:46:30 -0800 (PST)
- At high altitudes your mileage may drop because of the decrease in wind resistance in the lower density air, but what is the effect of the lower concentration of oxygen (say in g/l or in g/cubic ft)
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00416.html (8,931 bytes)
- 47. Re: Wheel Bearing and/or Frozen Brake Shoe (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:54:06 -0800 (PST)
- In my 1966 B I get a whiff of hot oil smell now and then. Adds to the character of the car. If your rear bearing is smoking you prbably wouldn't smell it cause the air blows the wrong way. Also, a ho
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00638.html (7,462 bytes)
- 48. Re: '74 exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 16:01:11 -0900 (PDT)
- One of the standard tips for increasing engine output is to replace the front resonator with a straight pipe of suitable diameter. If you do this you'll notice that the car will be a bit louder: just
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00234.html (6,771 bytes)
- 49. Causes of blue smoke on start-up of 1966 MGB. Valve stem seals? (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 09:17:18 -0900 (PDT)
- The last two weeks my 1966 MGB has emitted a blueish cloud of smoke on start-up. The engine starts up right away, and there is no smoke on acceleration or deceleration. Also, it seems that there is m
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00665.html (7,763 bytes)
- 50. Re: swapping early top frames -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 10:10:25 -0900 (PDT)
- The trick is to assemble the frame off the car by lining up and partially engaging each of the three tubes sequentially. There is enough play in the frame that the tubes do not have to be lined up an
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00393.html (8,656 bytes)
- 51. Re: clutch bleed method? (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:26:56 -0900 (PDT)
- First of all, find out where the air is coming from. There may be an air bubble somewhere which releases little air bubble which end up in that arch. To remove the bubble in the arch loosen the slave
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00344.html (7,300 bytes)
- 52. Re: Torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 09:22:12 -0900 (PDT)
- I looked for this last week when I did mine but couldn't find torque settings in neither the Bentley nor the Haines manual. The original setup uses a cotter pin and one the replacement I bought there
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00423.html (6,904 bytes)
- 53. Re: 1977 mgb (score: 1)
- Author: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 12:59:41 -0900 (PDT)
- 1. Partly and progressively blocked fuel filter or line. 2. Leak in the distributor vacuum advance system. Don't keep us in suspense for too long! Dirk
- /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00160.html (7,532 bytes)
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