- 281. Re: brake cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:52:19 -0500
- I can't answer your question but raise a question to you and other MGA people.... At a tech session last year, we had an MGA in for new rear brake cups. The Moss cups ordered didn't fit the pistons
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00428.html (8,080 bytes)
- 282. Re: torque & tuning (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:50:06 -0500
- anti-clockwise Yes. Because you are turning the distributor opposite to the normal rotation of the rotor, you are advancing the spark. The rotor is linked to the engine--it's not adjustable w/o taki
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00450.html (9,938 bytes)
- 283. Re: NAMGBR and New Paint (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:05:39 -0500
- Hi Eric, NAMBGR is a good group. They are all volunteers, so first issue may take an indeterminate amount of time to reach you. Thereafter, though, they arrive regularly. Painting question--that's a
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00451.html (8,755 bytes)
- 284. Re: torque & tuning (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:54:35 -0500
- It may be. Depends on the specs for the engine in question. This discussion originated with the owner asking about 15 and 18 and suggesting that it worked better at 18, and that the vacuum advance d
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00488.html (8,311 bytes)
- 285. Re: Weak Spark (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:51:33 -0500
- The carb mixture should be set once the carbs are balanced, and adjusted to the satisfactory lift-the-piston method. It sounds as though you have done that, and experimented further to lean the mix
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00553.html (8,140 bytes)
- 286. Re: Midget wheel color code ? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:54:22 -0500
- Tell them it's Ford argent silver, from the 1970s. Duplicolor made (may still make) the color too. It's an FM number, as in Ford Motor. They should be able to find it for you now. Bob /// or try http
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00554.html (6,803 bytes)
- 287. Re: Master cylinder quest (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:07:38 -0500
- I used a pair of nails, ground down to fit the holes in the clip. Then with sharp-toothed pliers, I could grip the shanks of the nails and use them as extended snap-ring pliers. Sounds cumbersome, a
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00628.html (7,188 bytes)
- 288. Re: need a shot of ambition??? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:02:43 -0500
- My wife complained of the noise in my GT when I first bought the car. Since then I have been fairly sucessful at reducing the drumming and interior noise. She is much happier now. If I can share exp
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00629.html (7,861 bytes)
- 289. Re: On-going SU HIF rebuild problems (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 11:12:56 -0500
- You ask about excess fuel pressure--what fuel pump are you using? SU carbs are happy with 2.5-3.5 psi, which is what the SU pump provides. Some other pumps pump higher pressures, too high for the SU,
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00007.html (7,171 bytes)
- 290. Re: taps and dies (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:00:21 -0500
- For the mounting-hole problem, if you need to do it right away, take the bolts you removed to Sears, identify size and thread, then buy the tap to correspond. For tools to own--1) sets are always ch
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00048.html (7,553 bytes)
- 291. Re: WINDSCREEN WIPERS (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:21:11 -0500
- To answer your questions about damage to the gearbox or motor end of the shaft you will want to remove the motor, the attached gearbox and then pull out the push-pull cable. Start by removing wiper
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00224.html (9,499 bytes)
- 292. Re: Air Vent Ducts (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:08:50 -0500
- If you can't find the right hose from a source in the UK, compare the size of the old vent tube to the hosing used for USA shop vacuums. If the size is right, the vac hoses should do the job for you.
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00322.html (7,043 bytes)
- 293. Re: Air Filter canisters (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:17:12 -0500
- I don't know that they need to be connected, although one assumes that MG thought so else would not have gone to the additional expense of the tube and the fittings on the filter cannisters. The OEM
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00382.html (7,715 bytes)
- 294. Re: Front wheel bearings (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:13:55 -0500
- Just follow the workshop manual for this and you won't go wrong. There are those who can do the bearing adjustment differently, but the book method works well. The bearing clearance is set up with c
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00407.html (8,253 bytes)
- 295. Re: Ford five speed conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:40:57 -0500
- Interesting that you had to have the speedo re-calibrated on the TD. When I changed gears, the speedo became honest for the first time in its life. I anticipated having to adjust for the different a
- /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00734.html (7,867 bytes)
- 296. Re: Fw: mgb conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:17:58 -0500
- A fellow in our CT MG Club has a V6 inserted into an MGA. Long ago I saw a GM V6 tucked under the bonnet of a TD. Engine was so much lighter that the car rode higher in the front. I have not seen a
- /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00751.html (8,288 bytes)
- 297. Re: Ford five speed conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:38:27 -0500
- Hi Bud, Y'know, I never even thought about the odometer! Just having the speed right was such a pleasant thing that it brought joy, as well as puzzlement that mine was the only accurate speedometer I
- /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00769.html (8,025 bytes)
- 298. Re: Harbor Freight problems (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:11:01 -0500
- My experience with Harbor Freight is that eventually you will get the goods ordered or a refund. What you won't get is prompt shipment or any help with order tracking. Everything I've bought from th
- /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00272.html (9,514 bytes)
- 299. Re: de-chroming (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:32:41 -0500
- Since you are going to all that effort, pull out the seats and carpets so he can spray the inside of the car. I did this job once, to my '75, leaving only the dash and steering column. It was not ne
- /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00315.html (8,613 bytes)
- 300. Re: Snapped a stud - how screwed am I? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:57:14 -0500
- It's _possible_ to remove a head stud without removing the head. Since the studs are new, one would expect that, normally, the broken stud would not be stuck in the block. There's no certainty that
- /html/mgs/2002-12/msg00316.html (8,005 bytes)
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