- 81. Regarding MGB engine prob (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:21:48 -0600 (CST)
- To all those who replied about my mgb engine that wasn't 'right': I had a revelation last night. A few days ago, we had a 70+ degree day. The engine ran fine without a trace of the miss or hesitation
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg00974.html (6,761 bytes)
- 82. Dan Hughes Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:44:21 -0600 (CST)
- To celebrate Dan Hughes day, I plan to pull the hard drive out of my computer, throw it on the ground, and drive the MGB over it until it is really broken. Then, I will barbeque some bratwursts, dri
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg00979.html (7,879 bytes)
- 83. Re: courtesy light in '73 MGB? (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:26:34 -0600 (CST)
- Just about anything will fit. I have an old Motorola radio I got from a 78 Olds Cutlass. Looks nice and antique, and installation required no major mods. Thomas James Pokrefke, III 1970 MGB pokrefke
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01002.html (8,125 bytes)
- 84. Enough Already! (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:44:33 -0600 (CST)
- This group has a tendency to act like children at times. (Refrence the cat thread) The fact that AOLers are being put on the digest is not going to cause the demise of this list. People who act irrat
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01052.html (7,058 bytes)
- 85. RE: Dan Hughes Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:23:32 -0600 (CST)
- I am out of the office. I will be back December 11, 1999. Thomas James Pokrefke, III 1970 MGB pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01059.html (7,829 bytes)
- 86. RE: RE: RE:: Dan Hughes day (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:09:07 -0600 (CST)
- I am out of the office. I will be back december 11, 2001. Thomas James Pokrefke, III 1970 MGB pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01061.html (7,899 bytes)
- 87. Re: shift points (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:18:31 -0600 (CST)
- I used the same formula to calculate shift points for my MGB. Save yourself the time: 1st->2nd 4800rpm 2nd->3rd 4700 3rd->4th 4100 Thomas James Pokrefke 1970 MGB pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu http://ocea
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01126.html (8,604 bytes)
- 88. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:35:51 -0600
- I hope this post is not redundant. The tires on my MGB are almost ready to be (standby...pun on the way...) re-tired. I had put 175-70R14's on all four corners, but the price was way too high. Can I
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01325.html (6,652 bytes)
- 89. My Dan Hughes Tragedy (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:29:47 -0600 (CST)
- My 'Dan Hughes' story occurred back in High School when I was stupid as to the ways of the mechanical world. I had a 1977 Honda Civic, and it was my first car waith a manual transmission. I was sitti
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01400.html (7,254 bytes)
- 90. leaky bmc/snow! (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:20:12 -0600 (CST)
- Two anamolous sightings today: 1. SNOW! (in south mississippi) 2. a puddle of brake fluid (aka Lake Smellybad) on the floormat of my mgb I already ordered a brake master cylinder repair kit, but how
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01436.html (6,853 bytes)
- 91. Re[2]: LBC's (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:48:59 -0600
- A bigger howdy from Mississippi!! It's in the seventies here too, the top is down, the breeze is blowing, and the petite red-head who moved in nextdoor yesterday just dropped by with a "Wow! An MG! C
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01677.html (7,143 bytes)
- 92. RE: BMC Rebuilds (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:55:18 -0600
- To all the naysayers who thought that I was wasting my time rebuilding the BMC: I had removed the BMC in about 45 minutes, dissambeled it and cleaned it in 30 mins, reassembeled in 15, and put back i
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01777.html (6,668 bytes)
- 93. Time for a Weber (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 20:46:10 -0600
- Does anyone have a Weber downdraft carb and manifold they would be willing to sell? My SU's have finally shot craps, and I think I'm going to go for a Weber. I am going to explore the local junkyards
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01918.html (7,040 bytes)
- 94. MGB Timing (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:20:13 -0600
- My 1970 MGB has no timing marks on the flywheel. I have tried several times to align at the engine at TDC, but I cannot accurately line it up. I am therefore unable to set the timing. Can anyone sugg
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00176.html (7,059 bytes)
- 95. Re: URL for photo of Bugeye for sale/not, oops (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 16:50:17 -0600
- When I was in class this afternoon, a big storm blew in. After 45 minutes of hard rain, I left the building and made my way to the MG. After getting in, I glanced around at the accumulation of water
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00380.html (7,293 bytes)
- 96. Wire Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:10:19 -0600
- Can anyone suggest a method to tighten the spokes on wire wheels without disturbing the 'trueness' of the wheel? Also, what tire pressure is best. I run 175/70-14 radials, and usually have 36psiF/33p
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00506.html (6,600 bytes)
- 97. MGB Hard Tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 11:23:08 -0600
- Does anyone have a hardtop for their MGB? I am in the process of making a fiberglass top for my MGB, and would appreciate it if I had a friend to supply some much needed measurements. I would prefer
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00588.html (6,673 bytes)
- 98. Mg radios (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:21:39 -0600
- How many of you have a radio in your MGA/MGB? How many of you can actually hear it? Thomas pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00764.html (7,320 bytes)
- 99. Strange, but True! (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:25:58 -0600
- Allow me to quote the following passage from The Modern Man's Guide to Life, Chapter 4, page 81, Section 'Car Care', subsection 'Rare Spares': The English should be prohibited by international law fr
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00765.html (6,572 bytes)
- 100. Kai's Girlfriend (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas James Pokrefke, III" <pokrefke@ocean.st.usm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:42:01 -0600
- If your girlfriend hates MG's, then dump her. That way you won' have to explain why you don't have any money for her birthday present after you just spent $500 on Spax shocks (been there, done that)
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00774.html (6,692 bytes)
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