- 81. Re: Associations (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:09:11 +0200
- Hejsan Steve, I suppose the song "Good Vibrations" from the seventies, by the Beach Boys, would quite nicely match driving my 1964 Series IIa LandRover... Bert (having formerly worked in Sweden, not
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00649.html (7,140 bytes)
- 82. Re: head bolt (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 22:51:11 +0200
- Probably yes, if you really stripped the thread in the block. Heli-Coils are great for solving your problem. You have to drill the original hole to a larger size, then use a oversize thread cutter (
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00695.html (7,408 bytes)
- 83. Re.: Crankshaft Balancing (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl
- Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 23:31:12 +0200
- Hi Wayne, Earlier today, you asked about engine balancing. I'm the owner of a major balancing workshop here in Holland, Europe. Though we mainly balance all sorts of rotors for industrial customers,
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00842.html (10,912 bytes)
- 84. Crankshaft Balancing (again) (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 07:50:56 +0200
- Friday 24th, Philippe Tusler wrote, in response to my earlier mail: Yes, I quite agree! That is the reason why we, at first, only balance the crankshaft itself, then assemble the flywheel to the cran
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01090.html (10,329 bytes)
- 85. Balancing Again, But Now Connecting Rods! (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 22:46:55 +0200
- Thanks for your excellent question, Jim! Two remarks: 1. Nothing in real life is perfect. This also applies to balancing. One thing you should think about first is how accurately a crankshaft should
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01118.html (10,354 bytes)
- 86. Fuel Additives - Again!!! (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 21:44:35 +0200
- Hi fellow MG Enthousiasts, I've been off this list for about two weeks - and don't know why. A technical error? Did I offend anyone and was I kicked off? Anyone else who has not received any mail fro
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00140.html (10,492 bytes)
- 87. Re: MGB Manifold (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 10:38:23 GMT
- You may find that the exhaust manifold is NLA. You don't write which MGB you have, but if you have the twin SU carb setup: I've been there, too! Fortunately a good professional welder can repair this
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00151.html (7,702 bytes)
- 88. Movies & MGs (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:22:10 GMT
- About 1970 there was a movie called 'Love Story'. I remember being still at high school at the time, so it must have been in 1972 or earlier.. I think with Ryan O"Neill and Mia Farrow being the main
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00265.html (6,601 bytes)
- 89. Re: Price of Petrol (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:54:34 GMT
- Current price, over here: 1 litre leaded, 98-oct @ Hfl.2.17 equals $ 4.98 per U.S. gallon. Filling up my daily driver sets me back about $ 70 - $ 80. Who was complaining about US $ 2,05 per gallon ?
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00560.html (6,971 bytes)
- 90. Bumpers and height (yet another theory) (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:11:33 GMT
- I read somewhere that the REAL reason for the ride height increase was that U.S. regulations said something about the minimum centre height of the HEAD LIGHTS! It was impossible, at the time, to rai
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00562.html (6,970 bytes)
- 91. Anachronism (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 06:44:15 GMT
- Dave Wijngaarden asked: Actually, I did. The person who visits me every two or three years to re-establish the (agreed) value of my 1970 MGB (a requirement of the insurance company) told me, that onc
- /html/mgs/1996-04/msg00706.html (6,770 bytes)
- 92. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 96 15:19:44 +0100
- ... ... It looks as if the timing didn't hold. My guess is that there are three possible explanations for this phenomenon: a) Your dad filed (the tungsten coating) off the (old) CB points before set
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00286.html (8,713 bytes)
- 93. Re: Insulting everyone (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 09:05:43 GMT
- Be prepared for this: NOT being called an American can ALSO be an insult! I got almost into a fight one night in Buenos Aires (South America) sitting on one of the many squares in that city during a
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00549.html (8,219 bytes)
- 94. Re: Moss Web Pages (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 10:21:21 GMT
- That's right. but I found that their E-mail address stated there is not correct. At least, I don't seem to be able to send anything there - keeps bouncing! Bert
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00550.html (6,782 bytes)
- 95. Re: Dash Top? (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:55:05 GMT
- Shouldn't that read, historically more correct, ' to control deficits?' Bert
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00651.html (7,066 bytes)
- 96. Re: It starts BUT... (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:21:38 GMT
- That's how I ALWAYS start up my MGB, i.e. - first, just cranking, until the oil pressure builds up, - only then, use the choke control to enable the engine to start. Bert
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00080.html (7,376 bytes)
- 97. Re: My 71 MGB's front end is higher than the rear, WHY? (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 19:26:15 GMT
- IMHO, the most likely cause is, that, at one time, the wrong type of front coil springs has been fitted. There are, I think, three or four different types of springs. See the specs in the BL Worksho
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00089.html (8,039 bytes)
- 98. IRC-channel #MG_Cars (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 95 21:10:33 +0100
- Hi fellow MG enthousiasts, I"ve noticed that an IRC channel by the name <MG_Cars> seems to exist. However, whenever I try to join it, nothing is going on there. (Perhaps my transatlantic hours are no
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00452.html (7,491 bytes)
- 99. Cars With Suspender Drive (was: Re: 300 miles ..) (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 13:38:37 GMT
- Simon Matthews wrote, amongst others, about continously variable transmissions: Well, Simon, they were rubber, at least for a very long time, not unlike a large fan belt. Often you could find broken
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00479.html (8,743 bytes)
- 100. Standards and psychology of colours (was: MGB Colours) (score: 1)
- Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 20:37:12 GMT
- Hi Bert, Well Bert, As far as I know, there _are_ no RAL codes for automotive colours, neither for MGs nor for any other make. RAL numbers are based on a German standard for _standard_ colours, that
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00563.html (8,256 bytes)
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