- 181. Re: brake drum (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:39:41 -0800
- Frequently you will find a circular metal plug blocking this hole. But just as often, you will not. I don't know if it really matters (this hole is a moving target, as opposed to holes in the backing
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00640.html (7,999 bytes)
- 182. Re: brake drum (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:28:40 -0800
- On my MGB, at least, the adjuster is a stud sticking through the backplate, near the top. You must be thinking of another vehicle. Anyway, adjuster access holes are generally through the back plate,
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00649.html (8,228 bytes)
- 183. Re: brake drum (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:16:40 -0800
- Well, I figured you were thinking of one of those. I guess it doesn't matter if the hole is in the drum, because when you adjust the brakes, you always have the wheel off the ground, anyway. And the
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00652.html (9,963 bytes)
- 184. Re: Valuation of 1970 MGB please? (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:22:59 -0800
- That sounds pretty good to me, if it's all that it's cracked up to be. But I have a West Coast-calibrated internal price-o-meter, so YMMV... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain Vie
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00712.html (8,761 bytes)
- 185. Re: Water temp sensor location (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:28:27 -0800
- That's a good point... and a silly design feature. Who cares what the temperature of the coolant is in the radiator? Not to mention that if the coolant level were low, it might be measuring air temp
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00734.html (7,325 bytes)
- 186. Re: Fake wires on a B on ebay.. (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:59:51 -0800
- 15 x 7-1/2 ? I wouldn't think so. Not to mention you can buy chrome Dunlops for less, and who could tell the difference, if you also bought the 3-eared knockoffs. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If yo
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00768.html (7,746 bytes)
- 187. Re: Carb heat shield on mga.... (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:51:21 -0800
- My guess is yes, it is important. My understanding is that As don't get very good airflow under the hood, and remember the exhaust manifold is right there, inches from the fuel lines. -- Max Heim '66
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00776.html (7,401 bytes)
- 188. Re: How To Take Along A One-Year Old In An MGB (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:06:32 -0800
- I think that applies only to cars with airbags. I don't believe any MGBs were equipped with airbags. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chro
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00802.html (7,836 bytes)
- 189. Re: Failed MA inspection (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:53:24 -0800
- Aargh -- a know-it-all. Hopefully you'll get a different inspector on the PS I'm glad they don't do inspections in CA. Think they'd flunk me for the bungee cord holding the bonnet closed? -- Max Heim
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00843.html (8,746 bytes)
- 190. Re: Failed MA inspection (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:17:39 -0800
- Whoa! Wrong guy -- I didn't make any comments about email... Make sure you're replying to the person who made the comment in question. I followed the thread back three posts to see that it was Paul R
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00846.html (8,385 bytes)
- 191. Re: Failed MA inspection (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:26:30 -0800
- That's right. Land of the Free, or The Wild Wild West <g>... Think about it -- 60 million cars (or something like that) -- it would require a huge new state bureaucracy. Not that that would stop anyb
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00850.html (8,685 bytes)
- 192. Re: The British Car Magazine saga continues (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 12:47:16 -0800
- What's going on with British Car magazine? -- 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
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00063.html (7,940 bytes)
- 193. Re: Aftermarket Leather Steering Wheel Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:25:46 -0800
- If the leather itself is in good condition, an upholstery shop could probaby stitch it back up. In David's case , where the leather is splitting, they could possibly replace it all. But I don't know
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00103.html (10,748 bytes)
- 194. Re: Aftermarket Leather Steering Wheel Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:26:59 -0800
- Ah, that sounds like just the ticket. Thanks. -- 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/majorco
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00117.html (8,482 bytes)
- 195. Re: MG-TABC (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:25:04 -0800
- Ah, sure they would. After all, those aren't "real" MGs... <great big grin> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http:
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00118.html (7,093 bytes)
- 196. Re: Dual circuit conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:29:21 -0800
- Well, did you see the recent posts about the cost of the dual MCs? Otherwise, a sound idea, in principle. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00131.html (8,055 bytes)
- 197. Re: Rough-running B (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 14:47:22 -0800
- No, moisture in the dizzy is a problem so long as you have a rotor, regardless of whether you have points or not. I have a Crane optical ignition, but even a foggy, dewy morning can cause starting pr
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00162.html (8,184 bytes)
- 198. Re: HIF rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 14:44:23 -0800
- The washer needn't be copper. You should be able to get composite ones at your LBC supplier, I would think. Since you measure the float height with the needle installed, if you set it correctly it wi
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00163.html (7,788 bytes)
- 199. Re: oil sensor (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:39:09 -0800
- Well, don't use tape -- that will make it even more likely to slip and damage the corners. What you should use is a flare nut wrench -- one of those open end wrenches that fits five flats on the nut
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00174.html (7,495 bytes)
- 200. Re: Original parts catalogs? (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:03:36 -0800
- For many makes, it can be crucial to determine the original part number for various pieces, especially ones shared across multiple models. But within the limited sphere of MGBs, the Moss catalog is s
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00214.html (7,897 bytes)
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