- 21. Re: My Tappets are Very Noisey (clarification) (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:55:49 -0800 (PST)
- ^^^^ 1995-1907= 87 years - I'm sure it is showing its age :-) Jim Mellander jmel@netcom.com
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00103.html (7,319 bytes)
- 22. Re: My Tappets are Very Noisey (clarification) (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:12:27 -0800 (PST)
- Sorry, forgot that its 96 now: 1996-1907=89 years
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00108.html (6,628 bytes)
- 23. Re: Zenith-Stromberg Carb (SINGLE) (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:31:06 -0800 (PST)
- We seem to be travelling in parallel universes - I just rebuilt the Zenith Carb in my 79 B & now it tries to start ( once only) - then I smell that wunderful gasoline smell - I assume the carbs floo
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00430.html (7,354 bytes)
- 24. Got 79 MGB running, need info on tuning.. (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 09:43:31 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks everyone for the information several weeks ago on the Grose Jet vs non-Grose jet controversy. I pulled my carb to check the Grose jet - it appeared to run correctly, so I didn't change it. It
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00594.html (6,960 bytes)
- 25. Rolling sound at freeway speed (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:17:26 -0800 (PST)
- Hello MG Gods & Goddess: My '79 B is running well, thanks to all your info. The current issue I have is a kind of rolling sound that seems to come from the back of the car at freeway speeds. It is on
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00637.html (6,783 bytes)
- 26. Re: Electronic Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:42:13 -0800 (PST)
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but Crane Cams owns the Allison nameplate, thus it is likely that the EI's in question are Allisons. Debates have raged in the past re: Allison EIs, but my 2 cents sez, they'
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00644.html (7,727 bytes)
- 27. Re: Rolling sound at freeway speed (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:45:35 -0800 (PST)
- Yes, it does... I hope that doesn't mean that the rear end is going bad.... Jim Mellander jmel@netcom.com
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00645.html (6,800 bytes)
- 28. Re: allison electronic ignition? (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:20:45 -0800 (PST)
- A month after getting my '79 B with the allison electronic ignition, it died on a freeway offramp. I had to have it towed back home - found that the spark was getting to the distributor, but not gett
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00229.html (8,726 bytes)
- 29. Re: allison electronic ignition? (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 16:54:18 -0800 (PST)
- Actually, Chet - other than that 1 experience, the allison unit has been extremely reliable for me - ~ 1 yr with no probs whatsoever (knock on wood). Of course, the simple act of stating that I am ha
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00235.html (8,021 bytes)
- 30. Fitting 67 Head on 79 B (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 10:05:23 -0800 (PST)
- Happy Holidays everyone: As an Xmas present to myself, I purchased a rebuilt 67 MGB head at the local foreign parts junkyard - they advertised that they were going out of the Brit car biz, so everyth
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00522.html (6,941 bytes)
- 31. Re: Frivolous thread generator (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 12:55:11 -0800 (PST)
- On the subject of those >6' driving Mg's: I'm 6'2" - the top of the windshield on my 79B is squarely in front of my eyes - hence my chiropractor is making big bucks from my hunching over... Sigh - th
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00305.html (7,660 bytes)
- 32. Solenoid rebuilding (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:56:40 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Everyone: I really enjoy reading this list & with the new format its much more convienient. Has anyone had any experience rebuilding the starter solenoid on an MGB? For the first time since my VW
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00197.html (6,431 bytes)
- 33. Re: Electric Fans (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 15:02:53 -0700 (PDT)
- An electric fan on my '79 B makes the same noise - thanks 4 the info. I've been just squirting it with WD-40, which quiets it down 4 a few months - its nice to have a more permanent solution, tho. Ji
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00262.html (7,260 bytes)
- 34. MGB cutting out on R turn (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 11:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
- Hello everyone: A few weeks ago, I posted my lastest problem in the MGB saga - It only started a couple of months ago, and already it feels like 'War & Peace'. Don't get me wrong, I love my MGB. Its
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00053.html (7,489 bytes)
- 35. Re: wrenching women? (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
- I was wondering that too. I wonder what the sex distribution is??
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00287.html (7,403 bytes)
- 36. Re: Painting rubber bumpers (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:35:47 -0700 (PDT)
- ................... I've been using brake fluid for years as a rubber preservative - I use it on the rubber bumpers of my 79 B as well as my other (GM) car. I use it on the spare tire in the boot, to
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00434.html (7,935 bytes)
- 37. Re: Painting rubber bumpers -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:15:52 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes, brake fluid is hard on paint, but this isn't a joke - it really does relubricate rubber quite well. I rub it on with a rag & it restores the rubber bumpers to an almost new look... Jim Mellander
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00455.html (7,627 bytes)
- 38. Re: Dual carb mod in CA? (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 14:27:31 -0700 (PDT)
- Ditto that - I have a '79 B which is a dog with the 'aptly named' carb....... Jim Mellander jmel@netcom.com
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00491.html (7,047 bytes)
- 39. Correct socket for rear hub on MGB. (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:00:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi everyone: I'm trying to find out what the correct socket size is for the rear wheel on a '79 MGB - not the wire wheels.... One catalog sez that they are 1 1/4", but that socket is too small. I hav
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00113.html (6,668 bytes)
- 40. Fuel Sending Unit (score: 1)
- Author: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 08:44:59 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks to everyone for the info on removing the fuel sending unit on my '79 B - I just waited until I estimated the tank wuz low, used a chisel & hammer to remove the ring & pulled it out. The proble
- /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00138.html (6,847 bytes)
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