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41. Re: '73 MGB - What Color to Paint the Block? (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:03:15 -0700
Maroon is the stock color, but I vote for glow-in-the-dark pink. That's what color I'm painting my wheel-wells based upon the majority rules concept. Actually, just last night (at oh-dark-thirty) I p
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg00343.html (7,849 bytes)

42. Need distributor or parts (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:47:23 -0700
Hello all, The flat metal spring on the points plate in my distributor is broken and the vacuum unit is inoperative. Does anybody have a complete distributor, or just the points plate and vacuum unit
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg00453.html (6,525 bytes)

43. PCV Valve (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:09:46 -0700
Is there a reason that I shouldn't use a new style PCV valve on my '68 de-smogged MGB engine instead of the original one? Just seems that the old style is big and obsolete. Thanks, Lonn Howard '70 TR
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg00812.html (6,308 bytes)

44. modern PCV valve vs. original PCV valve (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 07:55:19 -0700
Has anybody tried using a modern plastic PCV valve instead of the big beast originally in an MGB? I just thought it would look a bit cleaner in the engine bay to not have that big thing sticking up o
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg00855.html (6,739 bytes)

45. reinstalling engine in B, need advice (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:27:54 -0700
I am ready to drop the engine and tranny back in the BGT, but I'm a bit worried. When I took the engine out I had first removed the head and attached the chain to a couple of head studs. Now the head
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg00931.html (7,711 bytes)

46. missing oil gallery plug, please don't just delete (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 01:12:20 -0700
Unless you are as clueless as I am, then you can feel free to delete... Finally got my BGT engine back in the car and all buttoned up. Started it up and it ran like a top. Unfortunately an oil galler
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg01043.html (7,427 bytes)

47. Ready for NAMGBR 99 !! (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:08:19 -0700
The BGT is finally on the road again for the first time in years. To recap, I have replaced, rebuilt, or refurbished everything except the rear end, front suspension, and body. The body is going to b
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg01114.html (7,621 bytes)

48. Re: oil galley plug (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:57:23 -0700
Turns out the correct plug is a flat expansion type, 5/8" diameter. Without it, you get good underbody rust protection ;) Lonn Howard '70 TR6 -mine '71 TR6 -in my garage '70 MGB GT -ours '89 Saab Tur
/html/mgs/1999-06/msg01165.html (7,736 bytes)

49. Re: Dumb owner's questions-re U-joint replacement (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 08:19:58 -0700
Good for you Bill, much better to ask questions than just blindly blunder along. 1. Yes 2. Also, yes. 3. The spider is the u-joint. Lonn Howard '70 TR6 -mine '71 TR6 -in my garage '70 MGB GT -ours '8
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00017.html (8,309 bytes)

50. Re: The rebuild budgrt (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:00:53 -0700
Way to go Mr. Sexson. My wife reads this list and now she wants to see Lonn Howard '70 TR6 -mine '71 TR6 -in my garage '70 MGB GT -ours '89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers intended to told
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00066.html (7,383 bytes)

51. Re: Help, My Seat's too High! (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 10:25:14 -0700
My problem exactly! I just completed an interior restoration and recently sat in our new BGT for the first time. My wife is 5'4" and even she has difficulty with the seat/leg-room/steering-wheel equa
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00096.html (8,914 bytes)

52. a mystery solved (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 20:06:40 -0700
Some time ago I asked the list about getting no engine response when lifting the front carb piston. I was also getting a puff of fuel mist back out of the front carb in time with the engine, and I co
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00131.html (6,829 bytes)

53. 3 on piston/camshaft damage??? (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 20:18:38 -0700
After pulling the head on the BGT I noticed that the block has a 3 stamped beside each cylinder and the MOWOG pistons have a 3 cast into them. Am I correct in assuming that this means that they are b
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00132.html (6,955 bytes)

54. automatic transmission problem (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:22:57 -0700
Sorry to bomb the lists with this but I've just spent an hour searching the 'net to see if I could find the answer on my own. My '91 Chevy truck just suddenly decided that it would not engage reverse
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00381.html (6,788 bytes)

55. tranny is on the bench, now what? (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:58:38 -0700
I've got the transmission clean and on the bench. The DPO says that he has never done any tranny or clutch work so I figure now is the time to go through it. The problem is that the clutch and throwo
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00443.html (7,473 bytes)

56. Re: Air conditioning (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:51:08 -0700
Please to inform Mr. Tegler that he was several hours too late, as evidenced by the e-mail time stamp on my previous post. Observant eyes would also note that the drool on my post has dried, while M
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00593.html (8,434 bytes)

57. can't see where I've been... (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 21:11:13 -0700
Does anybody have a mirror for a 70 BGT, it's unique to this particular year and although other years will fit I'd just as soon stay stock. The BGT is getting close to it's virgin run (with me behind
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00863.html (6,780 bytes)

58. Overdrive! or "The Canadians Are Coming" (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 07:54:13 -0700
Today I am meeting the guys from British Motors, Kelowna B.C., at a truckstop in Yakima WA to swap US dollars for old British steel (and aluminum). My BGT has an excellent transmission, but as long a
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg01182.html (7,205 bytes)

59. Maroon engine? no way... (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:23:11 -0700
I'm getting close to the point of painting my engine and I just can't bring myself to paint it maroon. What were those guys at the factory thinking when they decided to paint them maroon? Maroon clas
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg01271.html (7,370 bytes)

60. BCW Update - Eastern Washington Edition (score: 1)
Author: "Lonn Howard" <hoops@owt.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 07:56:46 -0700
Here in the sunny desert side of the Evergreen State I have yet to see a British car on the road besides the occasional newer Jag. A fellow lister (and neighbor) has a '68 B in the garage undergoing
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg01321.html (7,834 bytes)

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