- 1. Re: Bad Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 11:51:56 -0500
- Last week I finally did my rear brakes. Mine's the servo unit, so, its a bit different, but I got my brake light working. Or should I say, it doesn't come on driving, but does for the hand brake. I u
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00013.html (11,662 bytes)
- 2. Re: Bad Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@attbi.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 20:05:16 -0500
- The list will tell you that braided is a waste of money. New rubber are just fine. Course, I bought them, before I saw that on the list. :-( You might want to get someone who's driven non-assisted br
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00084.html (8,200 bytes)
- 3. Re: 67 tranny back into engine (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:57:23 +0000
- Last year, when I was doing the clutch on my car. It seemed that pretty much, I would spend one night, not being able to do something (anything!) and the next night it would go in easy (ok, relativel
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00106.html (8,564 bytes)
- 4. dash light reostat (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 20:23:16 +0000
- Hi all, I remember a few months back that there was talk about the dimmer switch for the dash lights. Mine has been fussy for the entire time I've had it and apparently, gave up the ghost last night.
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00128.html (7,659 bytes)
- 5. Re: dash light reostat (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 19:23:01 +0000
- I moved the wires around last night. When I move either wire to the red/green side, all the ligths come on. And just connecting one at a time, I found the double wire handles most of the gauges and b
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00175.html (9,654 bytes)
- 6. Watkins Glen (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:57:32 +0000
- Paul Root '77B proot@attbi.com /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00196.html (6,615 bytes)
- 7. dash lights reostat redux (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 14:18:04 +0000
- I had a wire or two melt this morning driving into work. You'll remember I moved one connector (double-wire) from behind to in front of the reostat, and left one on the other side. I'd got about 2 mi
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00197.html (7,659 bytes)
- 8. Re: HELP Off topic - Wordview takes over (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 17:51:23 +0000
- Hmm, I don't think so. Since it's the predicate and not the subject it should be me. Back to your regularly scheduled MG tech... :-) -- Paul Root '77B proot@attbi.com /// or try http://www.team.net/c
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00206.html (7,773 bytes)
- 9. Re: steering column cover removal; 77B (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 01:34:45 +0000
- As you may have seen, I did this "in the field" this morning. Left side, #2 phillips head. Mine was missing one screw. I'm wondering if I didn't loose another this morning. Didn't have time tonight,
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00221.html (7,904 bytes)
- 10. Re: dash lights rheostat redux (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:16:04 +0000
- I looked under the dash last night. Doesn't look good. Probably all the dash light (red/white ?) are cooked. I think I'll be taking the dash off. This may be it for the car this summer. The other two
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00246.html (8,995 bytes)
- 11. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:21:56 +0000
- I quickly discounted the spitfire as a car I could drive often because the top frame would dig into my shoulder when riding in my friends car. 20 years ago. -- Paul Root '77B proot@attbi.com /// or t
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00426.html (9,567 bytes)
- 12. Re: LBC magic (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:55:12 +0000
- Great story Phil. Sounds like fun. Tell me that the Volvo replaced the totalled BMW and that the Mini is not going to be the "winter beater"? Congratulations on the car. Can you bring it to the Mn MG
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00457.html (12,846 bytes)
- 13. Rheostat and the burned wires (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:06:39 +0000
- In the 5 minutes I had between dinner and my sons soccer game (we were late :-), I popped open the rheostat. Inside is a little printed circuit board with solder leads trailing all around and one of
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00546.html (8,570 bytes)
- 14. Re: (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:59:39 +0000
- I remember it. In fact, I knew many people in the mid-80's thought that they did. When I got out of college in '85 and sold my 'B and bought my TR7, my cousin was surprised that such a new car was a
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00681.html (8,566 bytes)
- 15. Rostyle painting mask impressions (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:36:42 -0500
- Hi all, Earlier in the week, I asked about paint to use for the black on the Rostyle. I mentioned that, I'd bought a mask and the prompted several queries about how it works, where to get one, can I
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01017.html (8,120 bytes)
- 16. Re: Rostyle painting mask impressions (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@attbi.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:42:30 -0500
- Sorry to follow up myself. I forgot one detail. After I pulled the mask. I cleaned up the silver areas, before the black dried too much with Simple Green, which did a little, but not much, and color
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01018.html (8,826 bytes)
- 17. Re: Axle tramp (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:06:21 +0000
- I think it was a Ford Sierra rear end. The guy made an entire cage. It was for a V8 conversion. -- Paul Root '77B proot@attbi.com /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01067.html (7,961 bytes)
- 18. Re: 70 carbs on a 80 B.. (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <proot@attbi.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:49:11 -0500
- What's the big differences with the camshaft change? And the dizzy? Is it just to get away from the EI? Or are the advance curves drastically different? I'm running a pertronix on the stock ('77) diz
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01152.html (10,769 bytes)
- 19. Re: fans not working (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:36:13 +0000
- Huh, That doesn't sound right. Wiring should go something like, fuse box to thermal switch to fan to ground. If that's not what you've got, it's not going to work. There is also an inline fuse that m
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01172.html (7,898 bytes)
- 20. Re: What would you drive? (score: 1)
- Author: proot@attbi.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:14:13 +0000
- I was thinking about this last night, because my boss came to commisserate that he can't afford his perfect car. Which is on trader online in Wisconsin. A '69 Camaro RS. Pretty cool, but not for me.
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01191.html (9,191 bytes)
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