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61. Re: wheel shimmy (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 06:51:52 -0700; Good list, IMHO I would only add that do those wheels have the correct 'offset' for the car. IE does the 'centre' of the tyres footprint sit under the 'centre' of the wheel bearings, or pretty close?; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00051.html (8,296 bytes)
62. Re: 5 speeds (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 07:12:04 -0700; Give DON BISHOP a ring on UK 01489 782876, he is THE 'MGB' chap in the UK, and will know of the company that sells an alloy cast clutch housing that a Ford Sierra 5 speed gearbox can be bolted to. Th; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00052.html (7,036 bytes)
63. Re: wanted/for sale/help (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 08:02:43 -0700; TELL US WHERE YOU ARE!! For the rest of us, here is a list of all those I can think of, how many went to the America? And to Australasia? Here is a post war UK list:- MG TC Midget 45/49 MG YA saloon; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00054.html (8,440 bytes)
64. Re: Thread on Thermostat cover studs (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:41:36 -0700; 5/16 UNC, in American thats ANC.( the block end, the tops are 5/16 UNF, ANF in American.) Neil.; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00074.html (7,209 bytes)
65. MG Magnette Book. (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:45:37 -0700; To all ZA & ZB owners... Magna Press has released the Autobiography of Gerald Palmer, the designer of the 'Z' Magnettes, ( and a host of other 1950's British cars,). It is ISBN 0 9519423 6 0, and its; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00075.html (6,392 bytes)
66. Re: 5 speeds (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:49:18 -0700; It was not I who fitted the 5 speed to the Midget, the original mail was from Ray McCray on < spook01@mindspring.com > Neil; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00076.html (7,847 bytes)
67. Re: Temperature sensor on MGA (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 06:57:06 -0700; Simon, The sensor is a tapered English pipe thread, the more you screw it in, the tighter it gets, so it self-seals. The gearbox and back axle drain plugs are the same. Neil; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00129.html (7,586 bytes)
68. Re: Those leaf spring shackle things... (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 17:04:31 -0700; The clips that hold the leaves of the rear springs together, to stop them separating on rebound, and to keep them in-line, should have a rubber 'U' shaped strip under them that takes up the 'gap' and; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00146.html (7,491 bytes)
69. Re: 5 speeds fo Bs (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 17:54:58 -0700; I have rung around a few companies over the bell-housing, and found it WAS a company called ROOSTER RACING, now on UK 01702 601144, who made them. A Datsun or Sierra gearbox was required. He no longe; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00148.html (8,026 bytes)
70. Re: Stupid owner tricks (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:41:44 -0700; Story....... Ford UK sold a model called the Cortina, that when you took the carb off on some models, it was possible for the little spring that held in the crude acceleration pump, to eject the ball; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00198.html (8,118 bytes)
71. Re: Is it worth it? (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:46:28 -0700; Well said........... Try finding the 'less-popular' MG's in the UK....like the 1100/1300, or the Farina Magnettes..........the MG Metro is going the same way. Nobody cares, but in years to come!!!! I; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00199.html (7,836 bytes)
72. Re: Another MGA Rear Axle/Hub Question (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 07:55:58 -0700; I will poke my nose in here as well, as the MGA rea axle is a standard BMC item, fitted to MILLIONS of other BMC cars and commercial vehicles. The double row ball bearing on the axle, should be a tig; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00200.html (12,932 bytes)
73. Re: Missing MGB, clews needed! (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:04:56 -0700; If you fit K&N filters, they 'flow' a lot better, meaning the mixture will get weaker the higher the RPM. I recently tuned a 1622cc engine, and whilst it ran OK at idle, by 4,000rpm it would give fan; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00202.html (9,095 bytes)
74. Re: Machine shops in the UK? (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:10:11 -0700; These machine shops WERE common, but now rare. Look for a town/area that has a lot of transport/haulage companies. These support machine shops by requiring rebores etc on the commercial vehicle engin; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00203.html (7,341 bytes)
75. Re: HS4 or HIF4 on a 73 GT (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 19:41:52 -0700; Yes you can use the ordinary needle in the bias needle position, just carefully measure how far on the sleeve is fitted onto the top, pull the sleeve off the present needle, and press it onto the new; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00230.html (8,321 bytes)
76. Re: Fuel Additive Concerns (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 19:51:28 -0700; I read recently that in NEW ZEALAND there had been a lot of car fires to classic cars, where plastic fuel lines had melted with the additives in the leadfree fuel there. The chemical simply diluted t; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00231.html (7,684 bytes)
77. Re: another question on sealing (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 06:57:00 -0700; Many aircraft engines are of aluminium alloy, and the threads for the spark plugs is often a helicoil; I use to teach student mechanics how to service these piston engines, and some of them would man; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00284.html (9,061 bytes)
78. Re: MGA 1600 Dragging starter (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:06:17 -0700; The starter BENDIX DRIVE should be DRY, not greased or oiled at all. If you oil or grease it, it will lock up. I know it sounds horrid, but it is a fact, NO OIL, but bone dry. Also, it is advantageou; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00285.html (10,024 bytes)
79. Re: Tail Lamps (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:25:23 -0700; Here, in good old Blighty, and in Europe, indicator lens are AMBER, front and rear; but in the States they are RED at the rear and white at the front. So it is a local market modification for export; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00286.html (7,506 bytes)
80. Re: Leaky 1275 Spridget Motor, seeking help (score: 1): Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net; Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 07:39:33 -0700; If there is a leak from the oil pump, the gasket must be split. Depending on the age of your 1275cc engine, it will have either three, or four bolts holding it onto the end of the camshaft drive. The; /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00287.html (7,917 bytes)

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