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1. Re: Master Cylinder (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 09:19:54 -0700; I said "may" because I have an earlier type of MC, so I couldn't be sure it would help in your case. Apparently not. A lot of people find that removing the whole carrier with both MCs is the easier w; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00027.html (7,744 bytes)
2. Re: valve cover removal (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 09:13:05 -0700; Well, did you try it? Perhaps the diagrams are misleading -- those two nuts are definitely what holds the valve cover down. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the p; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00028.html (8,486 bytes)
3. Re: Dipstick Stop (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 09:10:53 -0700; Hmm, Barney generally has the word on these things, but that doesn't seem to describe the dipstick on my 66 B... I will take another look at it, but it does not have a boot and it really seems to hav; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00029.html (8,323 bytes)
4. Re: Brakes-Desperate (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:27:01 -0700; Older MGBs ARE vented. There is a tiny air hole in the top of the cap on the "tin can" MC. MCs that are not vented have an expandable "ballooning" inner diaphragm, otherwise vacuum would keep fluid f; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00055.html (7,066 bytes)
5. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:48:57 -0700; The term "spider" actually predates the automobile, as being the name of a type of small horse-drawn carriage. Its use by FIAT, etc., does not refer to the arachnid but to this usage, as a term descr; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00071.html (10,015 bytes)
6. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:52:21 -0700; The Phoenix is a mythical animal, and that name predates Mercedes, at least according to your story... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with ch; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00072.html (9,298 bytes)
7. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:58:05 -0700; In American colloquial usage, a bearcat is an ornery sort of shaggy wild cat, which does not necessarily correspond to an existing species -- it's more of a catch-all term for a creature better left; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00079.html (9,487 bytes)
8. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:47:46 -0700; I would say it is obvious that vehicles named after humans are not eligible -- it makes the question completely uninteresting -- the answer would be Benz (or Panhard, or Cugnot, or Trevithick...). I; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00082.html (10,015 bytes)
9. Re: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:53:29 -0700; Ah, the Marmon Wasp predated the Stutz Bearcat by 3 years... but, it is a "one-off" race car, not a production model. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00084.html (7,884 bytes)
10. Re: Car names WAS: Animals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:49:00 -0700; I think that was Murano, which might mean something in Italian. Or not -- the Japanese marques seem perfectly happy making up nonsense words, or using less common English words in a way that ignores; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00090.html (7,631 bytes)
11. Re: Front Brake question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:45:10 -0700; I don't see any reason to mess with the rotors at all. Surface rust on the swept area is not a problem -- brake pads are great at removing rust. You can always take a wire brush to the edges if you f; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00091.html (9,126 bytes)
12. Re: Front Brake question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 09:25:02 -0700; That is just about the stupidest spec I've ever read. After it has been ground once, how would you know what the original thickness was? Why don't they just spec it as a minimum total thickness, rath; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00107.html (9,738 bytes)
13. Re: Front Brake question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:38:07 -0700; Not at all. What I was complaining about is that you had to calculate that number for yourself -- they didn't spell it out. Why the H** not? Just stupid... For example, say I have an old rotor. I DON; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00110.html (11,664 bytes)
14. Re: Front Brake question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 09:47:34 -0700; -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archiv; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00134.html (7,796 bytes)
15. Re: Restoring old brake lines (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:03:23 -0700; You're going to use 55-year-old brake lines? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcoo; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00161.html (8,311 bytes)
16. Re: 1800 in a midget? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:08:19 -0700; Hmm, if you're going to the trouble of an engine swap, I'm sure you could find something with a better power-to-weight ratio than the B-series lump. I would also wonder about the bell housing fit, an; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00181.html (8,362 bytes)
17. Re: 1800 in a midget? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 16:27:24 -0700; "Per cc", maybe, yeah... but you have to make up for 525cc's... that's why I said "almost". The A-series engine was no prodigy either. I suspect the main reason they respond better to tuning is that; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00184.html (9,618 bytes)
18. Re: "Automatic" MGB on eBay (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 13:27:54 -0700; I don't know who designed their web page, but on my browser (using default settings) it was black type on a black background. Maybe they figured nobody would read it... Twits... -- Max Heim '66 MGB G; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00206.html (7,663 bytes)
19. Re: Riding high (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 13:31:23 -0700; How can there be a "correct" height for a non-original specification? You're just going to have to make up your own mind about what you like, or what you can live with. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00207.html (8,186 bytes)
20. Re: Riding high (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 14:16:24 -0700; Hmmm, I was thinking V8s started in 1974 with the other body modifications... factory V8s are essentially similar to RBs, not CBs. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it'; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00225.html (7,909 bytes)

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