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41. RE: Oil line to gauge (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:21:50 -0600; Yeah, and those plugs were officially called "butt plugs", which nowadays have an entirely different meaning. <g> Lew And on another topic altogether in my telecom days we used a handset that plugged; /html/mgs/2004-02/msg00559.html (7,350 bytes)
42. RE: ID plates (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:14:25 -0600; Check with Todd Clarke of Clarke Spares and Restoration in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He stamps ID platesm, but requires proof of ownership. I don't have his email to hand, but a search of the web sh; /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00047.html (7,305 bytes)
43. RE: ID plates (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:15:00 -0600; Teach me to respond without reading ahead. Lew Todd Clarke does it as long as you can produce proof or ownership http://www.clarkespares.com/ Rick Webmaster for: _____________________________________; /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00048.html (8,155 bytes)
44. RE: head advice needed (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:37:15 -0600; I think Phil might be a little pessimistic in his appraisal. It is just as likely that a bit of grit or carbon has built up or stuck behind the valve. If you do a compression check (the first step),; /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00071.html (11,409 bytes)
45. RE: bolts & hardware sizes (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:07:07 -0600; I don't know of a list of sizes for MGBs, but for MGAs, Todd Clarke of Clarke Spares and Restoration (http://www.clarkespares.com/) sells a fastener decoder book which, given the part number from the; /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00294.html (7,967 bytes)
46. RE: bolts & hardware sizes (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:28:39 -0600; I don't ever buy grade 2, nor in any way have I suggested that anyone else should. Every bolt I buy is grade 5 and that's all that is stocked in fine thread in MY local hardware store. OK there are s; /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00331.html (8,186 bytes)
47. RE: Boot lock & WPO (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:18:31 -0600; Yup, been there. The lock or cam begins to wear and eventually there isn't enough throw to open the boot. Measure the distance between the center of one of the backup lights and the center of the loc; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00084.html (7,733 bytes)
48. RE: Looking for a good wiring Diagram for a 78/79 Midget (non (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:03:13 -0600; I can't help with the wiring diagram, but I may be able to explain why the conflict of dates. The MG model year ran from about August 1 to August 1. So if your car was built in (say) September 1978,; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00098.html (8,657 bytes)
49. RE: Motor Preservation (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:20:02 -0600; Make a frame out of 2X6's to fit around the oil pan, similar to a furniture dolly. Fit a caster on each corner, and you're done. Easy to move around when necessary. Cheers, Lew Palmer I have a 65 B p; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00165.html (8,203 bytes)
50. RE: alternator light (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:00:24 -0600; Also check that there isn't a short in the supply wire to the fuel pump or in the fuel pump itself. If this were drawing excessive current, the light would likely be on and the pump wouldn't run. Che; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00215.html (8,262 bytes)
51. RE: MG's and Skis (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:51:35 -0600; The writing referred to, I believe, is the Ralph Nader book "Unsafe at Any Speed". You should be able to find a copy at your local library. Cheers, Lew Palmer So who has a copy of the article ? I, f; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00263.html (11,469 bytes)
52. FW: From: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com> (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:44:33 -0600; Sorry guys, but I own a very original LE and its wheels are painted a gray. Parts of the wheel are left a natural aluminum, but the background is most certainly gray. The whole wheel is overcoated wi; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00318.html (7,674 bytes)
53. RE: Electricity 101 (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:14:22 -0600; I offer this advice to ANYONE attempting to install new harnesses or trace electrical gremlins: Before you even start, disconnect or don't even install the battery. Then, after you think you have th; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00376.html (8,759 bytes)
54. RE: Metal cutting advice needed - non LBC (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:20:31 -0600; Use a fine toothed saber saw blade (like 32 teeth per inch). Bi-metal will work, carbide is better. Keep the saw firmly on the surface to be cut and you'll have no trouble. Cheers, Lew Palmer Listers; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00377.html (8,087 bytes)
55. RE: Hub Assembly not seating right (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:47:00 -0600; It's hard to tell exactly what is wrong without close inspection, but I would suspect one of 3 things: 1) The hubs have not been properly shimmed so the hub nut is not drawing up tight. 2) The beari; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00468.html (8,116 bytes)
56. RE: Installing the heater (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:54:55 -0600; What worked for me was to install the cable to the heater box while the heater was out of the car. Then feed the cable back through from engine side to the passenger side. Then slide the heater into; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00181.html (7,830 bytes)
57. RE: Armstrongs (was: Rear Shock Kit) (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:33:03 -0600; True, but it is likely that the factory considered this a dealer-serviced item, not an owner-serviced item. Cheers, Lew Palmer That seems like a valid characterization. Consider that the B was engine; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00295.html (8,464 bytes)
58. RE: Begging for MGA gearbox photos (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:17:43 -0600; Understanding that this is a published photo and possibly protected by copyrights, there is just such a picture on page 68 of "Original MGA". Cheers, Lew Palmer Finally getting to the long promised; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00304.html (8,282 bytes)
59. RE: stocking stuffers (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:59:30 -0600; There was such a book. I have a copy. It's a two-volume set entitled "Lucas, The First 100 Years", by Harold Nockolds, ISBN 0 7153 7306 4, published 1976, reprinted 1977. Triple-C sold them a few yea; /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00382.html (7,157 bytes)
60. RE: wheel bearing retaining nut - where did it go? (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:44:19 -0500; That's a grease retaining cap. Screw a bolt into the threaded portion and use a small slide hammer to pull it straight out. Under it will be the castellated nut and split pin. Someone forgot to repla; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00242.html (7,345 bytes)

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