- 141. [Fwd: lever shocks], GT's, Valve cover gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 22:30:24 -0400
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --06708213267B5C34A72D2210 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In response to a question about rebuilt shocks, I am
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00338.html (13,716 bytes)
- 142. "Rocks" (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:29:46 -0400
- Anyone going to the Baltimore Club show at Rocks State Park from the DC area ? If you want to caravan, let me know. I will be leaving from Gaithersburg, a friend, Dave Michel, will be starting from N
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01249.html (6,753 bytes)
- 143. fan switch (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:41:44 -0400
- The 1980 B's had a retaining clip on the radiator to hold the sender in place. This was the only year that had the clip. There is a Jag equal to the retaining rubber that has a longer tube section,
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01425.html (6,985 bytes)
- 144. Re: MGB Fender Flares? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 19:18:12 -0400
- I run 205/60/14 tires on a set of 7" wide rims on my V8 Roadster. The wheels were off a salvaged 280-Z. I have no wheel arch flair, & no tire rub. How can that be, you ask? Start out with a wire whee
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00035.html (7,773 bytes)
- 145. wanted/for sale/help (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 19:39:49 -0400
- There are several posts each week requesting a part, or offering a part or entire car for sale. TELL US WHERE YOU ARE!! Numerous other posts ask for help, but they don't include MAKE & YEAR!! Boy, do
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00038.html (6,775 bytes)
- 146. Midget bonnet release...MGB wheel shimmy (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 18:39:30 -0400
- I drove Midgets for about 15 years & was never able to use the bonnet release handle located under the dash. They seize up as soon as the new cable is installed, something about contact with the air.
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00097.html (7,438 bytes)
- 147. wheel shimmy (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 18:51:52 -0400
- To Jerry & other(?) inquiring minds I have had several sets of aftermarket wheels taken off 260-280 Z cars, most very nice looking & cheap including BBS & Shelby. The thing thet seem to have in commo
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00170.html (9,046 bytes)
- 148. Re: Lowering RBB (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:36:37 -0400
- My Roadster was lowered this way, with Turn Six 480lb front springs. Very easy, no noticable tire wear or steering problems, excellent handling with lowered (de-arched) rear springs, a great autocros
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00631.html (7,376 bytes)
- 149. V8 engine capacity, MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:46:14 -0400
- It is generally accepted that 1974-1/2 on( rubber bumper cars) were the ones with the enlarged engine bay. That is not to say that there could not have been a chrome bumper 1974 with the larger bay,
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg01403.html (7,601 bytes)
- 150. ED (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 19:35:21 -0400
- Is it possible to start a new list without giving Ed the subscription Jim Stuart
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00776.html (6,055 bytes)
- 151. Wheel chocks (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 23:56:39 -0400
- Well, listers for those of you who are cat deprived, I have found the second best wheel chock. I have a very nice folding chock in my old '75 B, OE from a salvage yard 280 Z, & suddenly realized I ne
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00477.html (7,181 bytes)
- 152. sunroofs (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:38:18 -0400
- Just a note of interest to GT owners- Webasto Sunroofs. Inc., "The World's Largest Producer of Automotive Sunroofs"- I quote from their brochure, now sells their Spoiler Sunroofs through the world re
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01013.html (6,443 bytes)
- 153. wheels & fan sensors (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 18:38:08 -0400
- MGB wheels have a 4 x 4-1/2 pattern, that is, 4 lugs, 4-1/2" bolt pattern diameter. The offset is the same as that of a Datsun 240,260, or 280Z. Stop looking for MG wheels, start looking for the old
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01272.html (7,953 bytes)
- 154. brake adjusting tools (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 18:33:07 -0400
- As my MG's are daily drivers, I spend too much time adjusting rear brakes, & I am a sucker for brake adjusting tools. I have at least one of every kind ever thought of, & none have been ideal. My sit
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01712.html (8,233 bytes)
- 155. Re: brake adjusting tools (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:07:07 -0400
- I have 2 friendly Sears near by, both with large tool departments. Neither has ever had any square sockets of any size. I admit, I have never tried their catalog. Snap On has them, but my solution w
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01720.html (6,825 bytes)
- 156. gas tank cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:50:53 -0400
- I'm just passing this along, no experience, no financial interest, etc....... Went to a local car show 2 weeks ago, & 1 of the venders restores gas tanks. XJ6 tanks are a specialty, 2 tanks per car,
- /html/mgs/1998-06/msg01835.html (7,093 bytes)
- 157. wiring electric fans (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 22:40:03 -0400
- Most electric fan kits include a relay. This is because the amps required to run the fan might place an overload on any existing circuit you might add the fan to. At one point, rubber bumper "B's" h
- /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00153.html (8,852 bytes)
- 158. Re: wiring electric fans (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:38:14 -0400
- Thanks for covering my ommision regards the fuse. What I use is a circuit breaker, since the problem, if it occurs, is usually a heat related overload, not a short. The circuit breaker will cool, &
- /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00220.html (7,461 bytes)
- 159. Re: wiring electric fans (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:54:38 -0400
- The biggest problem was cars burning to the ground. An un-attended car, no fuse or circuit breaker, a high draw electrical device running on its own, undersized wires, crummy connectors at best, eve
- /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00222.html (7,986 bytes)
- 160. lug nuts & spares (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 00:02:15 -0400
- Datsun Z cars, the early ones from the 70's & 80's had wheels that are a direct replacement for the MGB. The 280 & non-turbo 300 Z cars had a collapsable spare that, when inflated, was a full sized t
- /html/mgs/1998-05/msg00355.html (7,965 bytes)
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