- 1. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:53:30 GMT
- Actually when you put your hand on the door you are not "grounding yourself". All you need to do to eliminate (not cure) the problem is to remember to have your hand on some metal part of the car as
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00215.html (9,200 bytes)
- 2. Re: What causes "shutoff shudder"? (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:01:36 GMT
- I have been wondering when someone is going to suggest.. l. New plugs 2. Check timing (new points and condenser) 3. Higher octane gas.
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00537.html (8,345 bytes)
- 3. Re: 79B nervous at highway speeds (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:28:23 GMT
- I don't think so. My 78B will hold a straight enough line so I can take my hand off the wheel at that speed. A touch now and then corrects for my lack of ability to aim it straight and/or tilt in the
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00602.html (7,488 bytes)
- 4. Re: Felons wanted (at least their advice) (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:28:21 GMT
- Happened to me with my 78MGB. Probably not the best solution but all else failed. I removed the fabric covering the sheet metal which prevents you from reaching into the trunk from the shelf where th
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00603.html (8,909 bytes)
- 5. Re: Delurk and Rot Repair Question (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:25:05 GMT
- Is your system clock 4 years behind for a good reason or are you Canadians just trying to catch up? :-)
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00653.html (7,960 bytes)
- 6. Re: seat belt problems (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:30:47 GMT
- There was (is?) a recall out on this problem for the B. I don't know if it also applied to the midget. My solution was to open it up pull out what I needed and use a small clamp to keep it from retur
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00654.html (7,214 bytes)
- 7. Re: Happy Odd Day MGer!! (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:51:42 GMT
- Err duh.... They are odd and even. You don't see in the dates that you wrote above that there are both odd and even numbers in the date????? <balance deleted>
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00907.html (7,718 bytes)
- 8. Re: hot stuff (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:55:24 GMT
- In addition it does an excellent job of converting all of those foul smelling sulfur compounds that are present in propane to sulfuric acid. There is no way in hell I would put one of these non-vente
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg00986.html (9,759 bytes)
- 9. Re: MGB backfiring (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 03:56:10 GMT
- When mine did this it was fouled plugs and a dirty air cleaner. The former caused by the latter.
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01031.html (7,443 bytes)
- 10. Re: MGB GT Questions (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 17:30:19 GMT
- Our Great Dane liked to ride with me in my AH Sprite. He would sit in the passenger side with his front feet on the floor and let his head hang out over the top of the windshield. He wouldn't get in
- /html/mgs/1999-11/msg01126.html (8,893 bytes)
- 11. Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheel sudivisions) (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:48:40 GMT
- <stuff deleted> Did I miss something here? My understanding was that he was following the other car and the suburban had difficulty negotiating a corner presumably driving too fast for the road condi
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00422.html (8,732 bytes)
- 12. Re: Coming home from Hershey (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:48:45 GMT
- I didn't know they made red rubber bumpers. The only ones I have seen are black. ;-)
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00423.html (6,885 bytes)
- 13. Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheel sudivisions) (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:40:46 GMT
- Go take a defensive driving course and learn about safe distances to follow another vehicle. The only time you will find me one car length behind is at a stop sign or a long line of cars creeping up
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg00481.html (9,694 bytes)
- 14. Re: Great list facilities - new list just started (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:46:49 GMT
- I dislike mee-toos but in this case I am also missing something as I do not get duplicates either. It does cast some suspicion at the recipients ISP. I am no Internet geek but I would think that if t
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01045.html (8,875 bytes)
- 15. Re: MG brake shoe orientation (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 12:16:58 GMT
- Yes.It is in the Random House dictionary.
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00218.html (7,050 bytes)
- 16. Re: MA to DC w/B on Monday (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:24:23 GMT
- Years ago I used to drive from Albany, NY to DC every spring for a technical meeting with my AH Sprite. A year ago I drove from Danbury, CT to Waynesboro VA. I would avoid the Parkway particularly if
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00589.html (9,095 bytes)
- 17. Re: MG's & Cell Phones (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:24:25 GMT
- I also hate these phones when people have one stuck in their ear while driving. I carry one on trips but never activated it Hence no charges. Go to a pawn shop and you can pick them up very cheap. Al
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00590.html (8,856 bytes)
- 18. Re: Speeding Tickets(now seat belts) (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:19:50 GMT
- Well when NY did this there was an immediate market for T-shirts and sweat shirts with a diagonal band from the left shoulder to the waist. Nice simulation of a shoulder belt but not very effective t
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00691.html (8,317 bytes)
- 19. Re: MG's & Cell Phones (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:25:10 GMT
- I drive weekends with my sweet gnaedige Frau and take back roads all over the state. There is no way I will get lost. I take my GPS system, my laptop computer, and the deLorme Street Atlas road map p
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00692.html (8,494 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
- Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:50:25 GMT
- Where I live it really does get cold. I have seen -63. I have never heard of an oil dip stick heater causing a fire but perhaps it is because nobody around here uses them anymore. Once the frost plug
- /html/mgs/1999-09/msg00695.html (8,597 bytes)
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