- 321. Re: Refurbishing wire wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:00:32 +0200
- Why not replacing all spokes and have the rim painted before respoking the Carefully check whether the fit onto the hub is whithout any kind of play. Cheers, Hans '71 BGT had some broken spokes repla
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00236.html (9,455 bytes)
- 322. Re: Refurbishing wire wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:37:44 +0200
- Well David, These wheels otherthere are much cheaper than these at the other side of the Atlantic. What's the difference besides the prices? What's the price tag for a chromed type? Kelvin any idea?
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00275.html (9,457 bytes)
- 323. Re: Back..- roundabouts and Italians (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:32:42 +0200
- Doing 90 towards roundabouts reminds me of the many months I spent in the UK around South Harrow for a new hire training.. With lots of guys in a new hire class in '78 there were some Intalians. Thes
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00357.html (9,764 bytes)
- 324. Re: Back..- roundabouts and Italians (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 07:45:42 +0200
- The most stupid thing is to have a roundabout WITH traffic lights. Many normal crosings are converted to roundabouts on the European continent and by this improving the traffic flow. Roundabouts are
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00517.html (10,710 bytes)
- 325. Re: Back..- roundabouts and Italians (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:04:20 +0200
- Beware to make a wrong impression with your future family in law! Seems to be that the English people are not that polite anymore as their images was in the previous century... So that was the need
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00577.html (15,026 bytes)
- 326. Re: MGC on auction (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 20:14:56 +0200
- Yes nice price as it's described. Now lets talk how this beauty should be transported to the other side of the world and what that will cost!!!!!!! Who dares? Cheers, Hans /// or try http://www.team.
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00608.html (7,732 bytes)
- 327. Re: MG XPower SV (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:17:07 +0200
- This is a beast! Compared with the 30's K3 models it is very special, but does it fit into the sprit of what most people see as MG an affordable true sportscar? Cheers, Hans with an affordable '71 B
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00661.html (7,906 bytes)
- 328. Re: MG XPower SV (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:54:43 +0200
- Well don't start to argue on hard top MG's not being a true sportscar. As a GT owner you hit me. Beware the true factory B sportiest was the BGT V8 and never was made with a soft top. Why? Body is mo
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00685.html (9,197 bytes)
- 329. Re: Heater cables, shipfitters disease (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 20:24:45 +0200
- Avoid cheap cables which have little steel in the outer cable. I got this type from my regular MG parts store after the original was damaged acting as a short circuit. The new one is too flexible in
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00768.html (11,132 bytes)
- 330. Re: Heater cables, shipfitters disease (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:10:15 +0100
- So both cable types suffer of misoperation. What I find is that the last travel of the valve to the closed position is far too tough for the mechanism. The valve looks like new, so I don't think age
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00839.html (11,144 bytes)
- 331. Re: Heater cables, shipfitters disease - handbrake cable story (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:31:41 +0100
- Reminds me of my handbrake cable. When my BGT came home from the paint shop and only got the gare engine in the bay, nothing else was present in the motorbay. So no normal brakes acted... My garage
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00853.html (9,247 bytes)
- 332. Re: Heater cables, shipfitters disease (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:24:12 +0100
- Sorry to disappoint you - the new cable (plastic outer one) never worked from new. Like Paul said it slips out of its clamp on the valve when being forced to the closed position. Cheers, Hans -- Orig
- /html/mgs/2002-10/msg00854.html (9,455 bytes)
- 333. Re: BMIHT build sheets (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 21:36:24 +0200
- Hi David, Look at their website. http://www.heritage.org.uk/archive/trace%20certificate.htm You're a lucky fellow! Cheers, Hans '71 BGT with a BMIHT certificate - needed it for registring in the Neth
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00025.html (7,449 bytes)
- 334. Re: VIN numbers (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:29:48 +0200
- Police had MG specials. In the 60ies the earea of greater Manchester had specially prepared MGB's on the Motorways as patrol car. Cheers, Hans possibilities: /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/m
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00059.html (8,772 bytes)
- 335. Is this a nice trade? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:05:16 +0200
- Hi gang, Met a guys last weekend on a birthday party. I was wearing my black T-shirt with capitals: LUCAS King of Darkness So he said:"What does this mean?" So I told him about the infamous habits of
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00376.html (7,425 bytes)
- 336. Re: Fog Lamp (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:56:25 +0200
- Cortina? Mk1? Mk2? I had a Mk1 series 2. Nice car, but rusty and blown head gasket. Used 1 litre oil per 100 kilometers (67 miles) But... Never had such a nice gearshift for years after. Only the MG
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00377.html (8,932 bytes)
- 337. Re: NON LBC SEPTEMBER REMEMBRANCE (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:12:31 +0200
- Feel the same guys. I remember it as yesterday - dark period came on. Have many friends over the Atlantic - hope to see them again once and talk also about this. We all are with our memories with you
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00452.html (7,842 bytes)
- 338. Re: Grease Cap Removal and steering (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:04:08 +0200
- A real good pair of pliers helped with me, but you might need extra tricks. Use some trick using the screw thread and a few nuts and rings. Oil well. Track rod: loosen the nut a bit and then slam a h
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00790.html (8,485 bytes)
- 339. Re: Can't get Ujoint off Steering Column (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:26:26 +0200
- Remove the bolt completely from the UJ. Then have the steering column loosened from the mounts inside of the car. Three screws on the firewall fasten the column. The have a hammer to force the UJ to
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00830.html (8,851 bytes)
- 340. Re: Loose Shock.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:38:39 +0200
- Check, that the bolts are sercured with correct rings - wavy type in order to have the bolt secured. Best is to have a flat ring fit between the securing ring and the shock. Tighten well and this sho
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg01011.html (8,620 bytes)
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