- 1. Re: MGB Swivel hub bushing. (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 95 11:49:21 PST
- i had my bugeye stub axles done by Penniman and Richards, in San Jose.. i think the total bill was under $100.. i took them the new bushes, the new kindpins, and the old stub axles, and got 'em back
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00182.html (8,803 bytes)
- 2. re: Rich Idle & Lean crusin' (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 11:38:04 PDT
- rich idle or idle rich? (john whitehead put a hipo cam in his car and has mixture problems) howzcome nobody selling this stuff (TRS cams, headers, etc) bothers to mention in their catalogs (especiall
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00182.html (7,537 bytes)
- 3. Re: Insurance for my MGA, Keith Baer (keithb227@aol.com) (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 12:16:06 PDT
- congrats on the A, eh? definitely on the list of Cars I Must Own.. i have the same problem with the albatross (bugeye).. my regular insurance (USAA) won't write a stated value policy, and so right n
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00426.html (8,873 bytes)
- 4. Re: Big Midget Tank (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 95 11:40:49 PDT
- yep. well, not exactly aftermarket, but in '72 they put in a 7 imperial gallon tank (about 8 u.s. gallons, a gallon more then the original). you could also go fot the hardcore TRS (trick racing sh*)
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00014.html (6,634 bytes)
- 5. Re: Midget Wheel Rub (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 12:23:05 PDT
- we covered this a couple months ago, and here is what i remember. 'course, my brain is like a sieve: yes, there is a difference. the wire wheel axle housing is a little (~1"?) narrower. the wire whee
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00038.html (8,173 bytes)
- 6. Re: Temp Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 12:26:41 PDT
- i think they're actually filled with some mysterious ether - or was it actually ether (my temperaure guage lies, de-etherized, upon the table) they are repairable, though not by mere mortals like mys
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00396.html (7,493 bytes)
- 7. Re: MGB Con Rods (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 11:25:08 PDT
- Larry Colen (lrc@netcom.com, aka Henry O. Farad), put forth: from the old Scott Fisher archives (circa 2/91): 18V engines used a modified, and weaker, form of connecting rod with the bearing caps fit
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00776.html (7,152 bytes)
- 8. Re: Refurbish Master Cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 95 11:54:36 PDT
- useful(?) info: the MGA master cylinder was also used in the sprite. the bugeye (and all drum-braked spridgets (through 61-1/2(?))) use a 7/8" bore master, whilst the disk braked cars use a 3/4" bore
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00247.html (7,056 bytes)
- 9. Re: paint it black (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 95 14:27:14 PDT
- quoth the ray: black (with red interior) is listed as a bugeye color option in one those books i conveniently don't have to hand just now (i think it's Porter's _Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00440.html (7,399 bytes)
- 10. Re: What Color is Your Head? (score: 1)
- Author: hanz@sybase.com (Hans Huber)
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 15:39:33 PDT
- yep! starting with the 12V series motors (late '71 i think) they were painted black. at least, that's what my swiss-cheese memory of reading "original sprite & midget" tells me. hans huber hanz@slip
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00083.html (7,425 bytes)
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