- 221. Re: In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc... (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Mere)
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:07:55 -0500
- Ah, Trevor. If only we were all so certain and determined in the face of opposing opinion. If only the world could be taught the proper uses of all things. It must be difficult to bear all the list h
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01058.html (10,784 bytes)
- 222. Re: Stuck Tie Rod End Nut (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:35:18 -0500
- Hi Carol: To do the job right you need an oxyacetylene torch. This isn't your usual household item but they are available used quite cheaply. You should try to get a small, light-duty set with a coup
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01131.html (11,229 bytes)
- 223. Re: Off-topic plastic chroming (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:43:17 -0500
- The process is actually two different processes. Some things are plated using a graphite base as a conductor. Other things are vacuum metallized and then coated for protection. This is the usual case
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg02310.html (8,105 bytes)
- 224. Re: Can't go over 3500 rpm (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 23:37:41 -0500
- Hello Adrian: I suggested a fuel problem but you seem to have eliminated the possibility. The only other way I can think of fuel starvation would be a blockage in the line from the tank which restric
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01516.html (10,926 bytes)
- 225. RITV, Summer and long voyages (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 19:00:27 -0500
- Hello fellow listers: I am leaving on Thursday morning at some ungodly hour - destination Penticton, British Columbia. The purpose is to attend the annual Rally in the Valley, sponsored by the Okanag
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00053.html (7,810 bytes)
- 226. Re: Triumph TR6...what fun! (very little LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:14:12 -0500
- Hi Bill: Yes there are quite a few of us - especially here in Edmonton. I own 5 LBCs and 2 FBBs (Fast Brit Bikes). Another friend is restoring a TR3A and owns a Norton. Another has a Tiger, an MGB, a
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00953.html (8,854 bytes)
- 227. Re: Electric Cooling Fans (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:46:46 -0500
- Hi Thomas: The fan itself probably causest the reduced cooling when it's off. If probably freewheels which interrupts air flow through the rad. In addition, the motor would block a fair amount of cor
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01144.html (8,066 bytes)
- 228. Re: MOWOG angered, consequences (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:11:23 -0500
- I thought every one knew the answer to this one: MOWOG - Many Obsolete Widgets Organized Gracefully John To the whole group...
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00449.html (8,433 bytes)
- 229. Re: Funway FYI (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:11:18 -0500
- Hello Aron: As one of my sets of vanity plates reads "MRMOPAR" I guess I should answer this one. None of the regular Mopar passenger vehicles used alternators until 1960 BUT they were used on taxi an
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00450.html (7,988 bytes)
- 230. Re: Where Are Those Guys? (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:31:31 -0500
- Hi Bob: I've been wondering the same thing. After their rocky start I was concerned that they might not be too successful. I wouldn't drive a Hummer up the highway they were happily planning (Prudhoe
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00984.html (9,226 bytes)
- 231. Dick Criswell (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:04:57 -0500
- Hello everyone: I too have been dismayed by the news. What can we do to help? I didn't know Dick but certainly enjoyed his postings and thanks to Ross I felt a bit of his enthusiasm for his car and t
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01187.html (7,845 bytes)
- 232. Re: hp/liter advances? (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 20:31:26 -0500
- Hi Scott: Some of the most impressive hp/litre ratios are found in motorcycle engines. 35 years ago, Honda was producing incredible power from small engines. They were OHC,four stroke vertical twins.
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01398.html (10,924 bytes)
- 233. Re: Of the Austin A95 Countryman Station Wagon (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 19:59:37 -0500
- Hi David: I happen to think that your Countryman is a very handsome car - and a most unusual one. You may be interested to know that the Queen owned one also - although it was in the next series of c
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00259.html (8,869 bytes)
- 234. Wilton carpet (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 22:57:59 -0500
- Hello fellow listers: Does anyone know of a source for Wilton-style carpet for automotive use? I am trying to refurbish my Vanguard interior and it uses this type of carpet. As I know that many LBCs
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00338.html (6,691 bytes)
- 235. Re: Overheating A's (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:46:36 -0500
- Hi Dave: I put a setup on mine. I found a suitable bottle at a wrecking yard. It can come off anything which will fit. I mounted it behind the radiator by the windshield washer bottle and I ran the o
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00366.html (6,978 bytes)
- 236. Re: British Car Industry (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:13:04 -0500
- Sorry Rick. However much you may bemoan the Japanese onslaught, suggesting that a Norton - or any British bike - was technologically superior to any Honda is simply wishful thinking. This battle was
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00378.html (11,135 bytes)
- 237. Re: Wilted carpet? (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:13:10 -0500
- Hi Ray: Wilton was/is the high dollar luxury carpet found in most quality LBCs. It is a dense pile made of wool which has an almost woven look. Look in a Roller for an example. John
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00379.html (7,076 bytes)
- 238. Re: British Car Industry-far off the MG topic-long (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 23:48:39 -0500
- Rick, I'm going to have to reply to this even though I realize that you will remain unconvinced. Why does the boomer generation feel that no contribution is important unless it is innovative? I like
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00533.html (15,805 bytes)
- 239. Re: Cactus is our friend (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:45:26 -0500
- HI Thomas: A very effective means of attaching rubber/steel together is to use crazy glue. It is even more effective when joining rubber to rubber. I have been using a crazy glued engine mount in my
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00746.html (7,993 bytes)
- 240. Re: Union Jack (score: 1)
- Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:10:54 -0500
- Hi Thomas: On the Union Jack, the broad white stripe on the left must be on top. John
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01342.html (7,934 bytes)
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