- 41. Re: piston rings. (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:00:32 -0700
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- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00865.html (10,656 bytes)
- 42. Re: Trivia (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:02:55 -0700
- Beee......you...leee. Neil.
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00866.html (7,732 bytes)
- 43. Re: Trivia OT... (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:22:43 -0700
- Oz has some terrible names to try to pronounce, but living in Wales gave my tounge the most problems. My home was in the village of Caergeiliog, in the parrish of Llanfair Yn Neubywll, on the island
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00868.html (7,484 bytes)
- 44. Re: Trivia OT... (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:42:18 -0700
- French or not, in the UK it is pronounced by 56,000,000 people as Neil.
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00925.html (7,490 bytes)
- 45. Re: Trivia OT... (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:57:18 -0700
- No, I am not Welsh!! I was there on an RAF flying training station. During my stay, many of the local cottages were being purchased by the English, as holiday homes. The local "Trogs" ( a nickname we
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00926.html (8,145 bytes)
- 46. Re: price check (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:01:46 -0700
- Actually, now you mention it, we in the UK have been getting an interesting little car about on our roads. An 'export' from Russia, the TRABANT. This could be an ideal new MG perhaps. ( I will probab
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00927.html (8,605 bytes)
- 47. Re: Perfect Modern MG? It's Getting Deep! (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:16:03 -0700
- Tires give great **Which is why I only get about 8 to 9,000 miles out of a front set of tyres on my MG Metro fwd, with the rear tyres lasting 18 to 20,000. Those front wheels do all the steering, dr
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00928.html (7,391 bytes)
- 48. Re: price check (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:40:15 -0700
- Is that because, 1) They are made of paper & plastic, or 2) Because they are Russian? Neil.
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00954.html (8,157 bytes)
- 49. MG were first.... (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 08:47:24 -0700
- Being of a rather grumpy nature, probably brought on by having to mix with people who do not like MG's, I often get annoyed at things companies put in adverts. One that often amazes me is a 'modern'
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00993.html (8,556 bytes)
- 50. Re: FINALLY The OCCUPATION IS HERE!!! or Who's the Tattoo (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 18:30:17 -0700
- And it ain't me, so if we keep going, there will only be one person left!!!! Neil.
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01006.html (7,772 bytes)
- 51. Re: MG body Threads (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 07:48:33 -0700
- WARNING, another 'story' from Neil...... The 'strange' threads will be British Standard Fine, or BSF. This was used by Nuffield AND Austin on their bodies for some time, up until 1956 on the Morris M
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01057.html (8,477 bytes)
- 52. Re: MG XPAG Threads (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 10:35:30 -0700
- Bedtime Story For MG Nuts. ( Original from Roger Furneaux MGCC 'T' Register, UK. Modified by Neil Cairns!!) It all started in 1915, when Hotchkiss, a FRENCH manufacturer of machine-guns, moved to Eng
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01099.html (11,759 bytes)
- 53. Re: MG XPAG Threads (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 10:44:24 -0700
- I had some problems mailing this, hope it gets to you all.
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01100.html (13,114 bytes)
- 54. Re: Argon vs argon/co2 was re: Welding and spraying. (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:05:04 -0700
- When I did my engineering apprenticeship, as a Toolmaker, we used Argon Arc welding on the dies and presses, simply because it did not oxidise the metal. You could machine down the weld, and not have
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01115.html (9,649 bytes)
- 55. Re: MGB Exhaust? (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 20:38:45 -0700
- The second box is an expansion box, and many owners remove it, and just put in a bit of pipe. You gain a few BHP, and it sounds a lot better. On the Farina Magnettes, the first ones had just the MGA
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01141.html (7,210 bytes)
- 56. Re: Engine placement (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:37:04 -0700
- snip-snip-snip... I drove a new car yesterday, a red FWD jelly-blob with a Vauxhall badge on the front. It is really a Opel with a badge stuck on the bonnet. To my great surprise, it only had THREE C
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01196.html (7,846 bytes)
- 57. Re: ALL A arm bushes (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:42:59 -0700
- Note that the V8 MGB bushes also fit the YA, YB, YT, TD, TF, MGA, as well as the MGB V8!!! I use them on my '52 YB, as like many of you, I purchased the 'top-hat' soft rubber bushes, and they fell to
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01198.html (7,461 bytes)
- 58. Re: Morris Minor 4 Sale (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 06:59:27 -0700
- There certainly was, ( I'll get in first!!!) The Morris Major was a big saloon car ( sedan ) built from 1931 to 1933, being one of a model range from the tiny Morris Minor, ( the sv one, not the ohc
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00000.html (6,526 bytes)
- 59. Re: Hole in radiator (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 08:05:33 -0700
- apparently what Triumph in the UK use to market a smart little car, called the VITESSE, based on the humble 948cc Herald. This Vitesse had a six cylinder 1600cc Vangard engine in it, putting the fan
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00014.html (7,246 bytes)
- 60. Lamps, Lenses, & Accessories. (score: 1)
- Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 18:04:03 -0700
- Went to a big BMC/BL Spares Day at a Classic Car Rally at Peterborough today. ( UK.) One stall had a really good selection of plastic lenses, made by LUCAS, of the type fitted to MGA's, MGB's, Triump
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00019.html (6,553 bytes)
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