- 221. Re: MGA seat apholstery question (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 08:24:01 -0500
- I was quite pleased with the quality and fit of the seats I bought from Moss. I had them professionally installed with new foam. There is an article in the A-Antics Tech Manual (see a copy of MGA! fr
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00204.html (8,392 bytes)
- 222. Re: British Motor Industries Heritage Museum (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:39:04 -0500
- On Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:08:56 -0700 Paul.Kile@Aerojet.com (KILE, PAUL D) I second that emotion. I visited the museum last year as an adjunct to my trip to Silverstone for the MG International. You forg
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00290.html (7,081 bytes)
- 223. Re: Engine break in (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:06:23 -0500
- Most new cars do have a break-in period today (or "run-in" in Britspeak), but the limits are not as onerous and are more for bedding in the brakes and other parts rather than the engine. The two new
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00292.html (9,247 bytes)
- 224. Re: MGA seat apholstery question (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 17:42:55 -0500
- size, fasten it I would counsel against this method, having done it that way myself. After I screwed it to the carpet, stapled down the carpet around the transmission tunnel, and replaced the seats,
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00369.html (8,172 bytes)
- 225. TD Engine Block Wanted (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 12:04:59 -0500
- I got one of those dreaded calls today from the machine shop. I took my TD block in to be hot tanked. In the process the machine shop found a welded crack that had previously been hidden by a generou
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00399.html (7,370 bytes)
- 226. Re: This list being used for solicitations? (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 14:21:04 -0500
- I haven't received any such mail in the account I use for the list, so it isn't being sent to you as a list member. David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00407.html (9,009 bytes)
- 227. Re: Never seen MG (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:19:06 EDT
- On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 15:02:42 -0500 DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net> <snip> <snip> Dan:- No, these aren't the same cars. The MGRV8 was no prototype. It was a limited run car built by Rover using the
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00666.html (7,847 bytes)
- 228. TD Brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:28:09 EDT
- While perusing Holden's most recent catalog (6th edition) I came across a new service for brake lines on page 100. Holden supplies copper/nickel alloy lines in sets for a long list of British cars. T
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00796.html (7,348 bytes)
- 229. Re: TD Brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 19:10:36 -0500
- Here's the info on the Holden catalog. I think it is about $6 or $7 with the exchange rate, I just gave them my Mastercard and they charged it. The catalog has a lot of different parts, mostly elect
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00986.html (7,457 bytes)
- 230. Re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc... (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 21:53:59 -0500
- On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:52:30 -0400 Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca> Hard to tell. David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01130.html (6,964 bytes)
- 231. Re: Insurance Companies (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 22:13:46 -0500
- Before you get too excited, ring up a lawyer friend. He'll likely tell you that, yes, if you accept their settlement, you cannot sue the driver. You only get one bite at the apple. Either you refuse
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01316.html (8,734 bytes)
- 232. Re: Brake Fluid Replacement- MityVac woes (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 18:41:28 -0500
- On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:10:10 -0500 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net> Make that three. I think we could soon have a statistically significant number. Any more votes? David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01450.html (7,329 bytes)
- 233. Re: From R&T to Rag Rants (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:01:31 -0500
- I dropped Car & Driver for similar reasons. The best mass market car mag is "Automobile." It has some neat vintage pages every month and the articles are written from an enthusiast's perspective. The
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01723.html (8,444 bytes)
- 234. [FS] 1973 MGB GT in Houston (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 14:51:58 -0600
- Parked on the street nearby is a very nicelooking black 1973 GT with a For Sale sign on the window. I haven't examined it real closely, but it looks straight, solid and the paint is in excellent shap
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01836.html (6,486 bytes)
- 235. On the horns of a dilemma (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:35:53 -0600
- Here's a (t)horny problem: My MGA's horns sounded sick lately and eventually became non-existent. So I took them apart, cleaned the contacts, cleaned all the connections, etc. Once I had done that, I
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01855.html (6,660 bytes)
- 236. Re: more midget clutch sa (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 22:08:39 EDT
- On Thu, 04 Sep 1997 18:26:57 -0700 Randell Kegg <kgstuart@erols.com> Yet another Freudian on the list. :-) No comments, please, Bob Allen, I just can't take it no more! David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00237.html (6,507 bytes)
- 237. Re: Variable Idle (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 10:06:30 -0500
- The most likely place for a leak is where the throttle shafts enter/exit the carb bodies. There are four places this happens. The throttle shaft is a brass rod. There are two of them that are connect
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00462.html (8,112 bytes)
- 238. Frozen brake slave cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 16:12:59 -0500
- Here's a tough one:- I've got 12 brake slave cylinders from two MGTD's. They are ALL rusted so that the pistons are frozen in the cylinders. I have tried EVERYTHING to get these things apart, includi
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00576.html (8,074 bytes)
- 239. Re: Frozen brake slave cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:27:18 -0500
- Whew! Ok, that's enough! I got 16 replies on the brake cylinder question. I tried to respond to each one individually and got overwhelmed! Thanks to all who responded. In the immortal words of Craig
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00638.html (8,190 bytes)
- 240. Re: Frozen brake slave cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:57:57 -0500
- No mas! No mas! -- Roberto Duran Now I've had 22 responses to my inquiry. Thanks to all of you, particularly Skip for giving me step-by-step instructions for getting these things apart, and to Jarl,
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00728.html (8,750 bytes)
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