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41. Re: Electrical switches (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:46:55 -0400; A couple of original switches have stopped working in my MGBs due to the contacts wearing away. Replacement switches have not been as robust as the originals and have been hot to the touch when used; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00123.html (7,915 bytes)
42. Re: Floor plywood (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:23:59 -0400; Best plywood is one that has no "voids", the spaces you see in regular building grade plywood, on the C side of A-C plywood. When plywood gets wet, if water gets into internal voids, it doesn't get; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00128.html (8,499 bytes)
43. Re: Rear axle (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:07:16 -0400; During the winter when some of us in our club were taking apart Salisbury rear axles to see what was inside, we were able to remove the gearsets from the two we tried w/o using the spreader tool, wh; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00140.html (7,796 bytes)
44. Re: Rear axle (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:58:31 -0400; Take a look at illustration Ha.1 in the workshop manual. That's the bizzare stretcher rig. The Salisbury axles have deep holes in the casting, into which the bolt&nut you see in the middle of the be; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00145.html (7,930 bytes)
45. Re: new points-won't start (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:51:04 -0400; As they say....another learning experience. Best practice is to note the position of the rotor, even though the distributor won't go back in place fully if it is180 degrees out. Also, though it does; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00174.html (7,963 bytes)
46. Re: Unloading your lift (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:54:03 -0400; In some communities a pit is illegal. I've been told that the reasons include auto fluids deep in the ground and fire hazards. The fluids objection makes some sense, though I don't see why fire would; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00191.html (7,832 bytes)
47. Re: TD Rear Springs Removal (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:35:31 -0400; George needs your WW sockets and a couple of extensions. These bolts were installed from the top, before the body was dropped onto the chassis. They can be accessed from the side, I have done, but i; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00205.html (7,426 bytes)
48. Re: electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:05:17 -0400; It's hard to go wrong with the simple, easy-to-install, inexpensive Pertronix. One is working well in my 25D. You will still need the vacuum unit. Someone in our CT MG Club recently mentioned at a me; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00210.html (7,914 bytes)
49. Re: electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:14:27 -0400; Quite right; I should have said more in my reply to the original question. Yes, I do have the Pertronix, but it was installed as a patch to compensate slightly for the worn distributor bushing. It d; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00227.html (8,267 bytes)
50. Re: electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:08:24 -0400; It's easy, and done right on the car. Grip the rotor, shake it around. If the rotor, or more accurately, the shaft, wobbles side to side in any direction, it's loose. One would suspect that it is lo; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00237.html (8,232 bytes)
51. Re: Tales of Woe (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:04:52 -0400; Running hot can have several causes. First, though, ensure that it really is running hot. Put the thermostat back in, or install a new one. Without it and without a thing called a "blanking plate" t; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00263.html (9,758 bytes)
52. Re: It's a start (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:11:08 -0400; Take a look for a connection on the intake manifold, something like a 5/16" hole with a tube projecting. Mine is toward the rear on the top surface ('72). The rubber hose would connect the nipple on; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00269.html (7,769 bytes)
53. Re: This is scary stuff (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:58:52 -0400; Hi Mike, Sounds like progress. The points gap, also measured as "dwell", has great influence on the timing. .Try to get a dwell meter while they might still be available in stores. They are obsolesce; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00310.html (10,280 bytes)
54. Re: Intake openings (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:17:32 -0400; It's probably the 1/4" one with the rubber cap. Run a length of vacuum hose from it to the vac advance on the distributor and see if your fuel mileage doesn't improve significantly. It is possible t; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00311.html (7,643 bytes)
55. Re: Fw: It's a start (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:10:48 -0400; You can set up an ignition w/o the vacuum advance; it was done for years. The vac advance is an additional advance to the centrifugal advance, that will advance spark a bit during low-load times, as; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00312.html (7,924 bytes)
56. Re: Phil Marino (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:50:12 -0400; Phil Marino, 16199 Hidden Cove Drive, Riverside CA 92503, 909-352-4419, is the information I have from his rebuilding of my TD water pump in 1999. He replaces the old bearing with a modern sealed be; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00394.html (7,023 bytes)
57. Re: need info: trailer hitch RBB (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:49:18 -0400; A U-Haul agent cobbled a hitch for my '75 MGB. As I recall, there was a fore&aft piece that attached to a cross bracket near the front of the spare tire well floor, and another smaller cross bracket; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00460.html (7,513 bytes)
58. Re: Wheels go round and round (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:18:04 -0400; How can effective circ differ from actual? I can see that diameter can be effective or actual because of squish, but do not understand how circumference is affected. x inches of road progress is mad; /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00043.html (8,166 bytes)
59. Re: As the wheel turns (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 19:56:45 -0400; My experiment, after I asked Paul for more explanation, was this: Wrapped one turn of wire around a tennis ball, squeezed the ball against the table, noted that the wire _was_ then loose and could b; /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00059.html (7,608 bytes)
60. Re: Best way to pull eng+xmission (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:28:43 -0400; Pull them together as a unit. While the gearbox can be removed separately, several of the bolts are difficult to access. It's just more efficient for most of us to pull both together and to separate; /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00084.html (7,458 bytes)

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