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341. Re: Emissions requirements in Massachusetts (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:51:08 -0400; Might it be possible for you to obtain a title now, then immediately sell the car? CT has recently stopped issuing titles on older cars, though I understand that they can be granted if requested--do; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg01056.html (7,068 bytes)
342. Re: Shock oil (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:04:47 -0400; M = 1,000 m = 1,000,000 Bob /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00011.html (7,762 bytes)
343. Re: Air Rail Plugs (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:20:16 -0400; John Twist writes of a test he performed on an MGB in which the pump and air rail did add some power, all of about one HP if my memory is correct. He did not say that the pumps were trouble-free, or; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00039.html (7,879 bytes)
344. Re: Shock oil transmogrified to Not Much LBC (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:08:46 -0400; Yes, it can represent 1,000, as in Kilo, kilometer, kilogram, etc. Those who prefer that the metric system go away tend to stick with the Latin system, in which I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100,; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00040.html (6,972 bytes)
345. Re: Shock oil (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:02:23 -0400; The Economist (magazine), for one, uses m to represent one million. MM seems a sensible notation to add the additional 000 to 1,000. I have not seen it used in any context before. It is clear and eas; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00041.html (7,659 bytes)
346. Re: What's with the grease zirk on the new U-joint? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:41:26 -0400; Zerk fittings come in a number of different sizes. If you can undo the one that is in the Ujoint, take it on down to Napa and get one that will fit better. That's got to be easier than reversing the; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00095.html (8,807 bytes)
347. Re: Thai Tyres! (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:53:07 -0400; She didn't drive in the snow with them because they were such miserable tires. After a couple of years the rubber started breaking off the things, she bought new snow tires that really worked, drove; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00097.html (7,475 bytes)
348. Re: vapor pipe (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:49:27 -0400; In the 1972 cars, there is a line the comes up from fuel tank to the separator in the fender, then the line runs down and forward to the charcoal cannister. There is no cross-the-trunk plumbing. Tho; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00098.html (9,132 bytes)
349. Re: MGB shakes between 55-65 (self shaking v.s. bumpy road) (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:01:18 -0400; I suspect that 'shakes' has different meanings to different people. To me, it's the rattle-rattle-rattle, or the bump-bump-bump that you were describing before. It's a repetitive event. By that defi; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00126.html (10,416 bytes)
350. Re: MGB shakes between 55-65 (self shaking v.s. bumpy road) (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:58:47 -0400; I have seen sway bars on TDs but have not driven a car fitted with one, so I appreciate your comment on the understeer improvement. The Andrex dampers, if tightened so they work, would probably prov; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00145.html (7,779 bytes)
351. Re: distributor (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:31:00 -0400; The base of the distributor where it fits into the clamp is a narrow area and of soft metal. Loosening the clamp bolt and turning the distributor can, over time and many adjustments, wear this area a; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00289.html (8,326 bytes)
352. Re: Brake master cylinder (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:53:57 -0400; My advice is to forget about trying to rebuild it if it's a dual-line non-servo MC. They are, for some reason, a real pain to rebuild and rebuilds are all to frequently unsucessful. When I asked the; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00380.html (7,820 bytes)
353. Re: Toe settings, tire pressure (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 07:08:06 -0400; Tire pressures are a compromise of tire wear, traction, comfort and more. Those are just pressures that MG suggested for the tires originally fitted to the cars. We think of them as minimums, howeve; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00407.html (7,744 bytes)
354. Re: Change to 15" wires (60 spoke) (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:20:26 -0400; Just last night I was reading the Nov 2000 issue of Classic & Sports Car, in which there was an article about a fellow who fitted 15 inch MGC wheels. He said that "it increased both ground clearance; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00475.html (6,916 bytes)
355. Re: clutch slave cylinder (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:51:32 -0400; You should lose just a few drops, but keep a rag handy. First thing to do is to fill the MC, then put a piece of saran wrap over the hole before you screw on the cap. That minimises air entry and hel; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00522.html (6,978 bytes)
356. Re: TD16317 - Where are you? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:38:53 -0400; Does the T-Register registrar offer a search for this sort of info? Bob On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:13:35 -0400 Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net> writes: /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/major; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00540.html (7,104 bytes)
357. Re: car carriers question (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 20:06:19 -0400; Some open carriers may be able to handle the MGB. At least one was able to accommodate my TD about ten years ago. I would ask the carriers themselves instead of relying on the authority of a sales re; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00596.html (7,865 bytes)
358. Re: Large domed washers on manifold -- which way round? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:07:36 -0400; Yes, dome out is the way. They are fitted into the opening, then struck at the top of the dome with a ball pein hammer. Alternatively, set one ball pein against the dome then strike the hammer with a; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00630.html (8,147 bytes)
359. Re: Cop vs. LBC's (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:33:30 -0400; Has anyone ever figured out the purpose of the front plates aside from the recent installation of cameras? Front plates were used in some states years before anyone even thought of the cameras. I hav; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00652.html (9,481 bytes)
360. Re: Front plate mounting (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:12:56 -0400; The holes on the back of the rubber bumper were for the top of little brackets that fastened there and to which the plate was bolted at a lower level. That level appears to have been selected to bloc; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00656.html (7,466 bytes)

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