- 1. MGB top (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 06:52:43 -0500
- Can anyone advise me to the best convertible top alternatives. Also repairs. I have a vinyl on cloth top which is not too old but has split in the side panel. Foggy Corners (web page) http://www.brig
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00310.html (6,189 bytes)
- 2. !978 MGB For sale (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:27:49 -0500
- If you know anyone with spring fever that might want an MG that should not spend all its time in the shop this summer, I have a 1978 MGB in Akron Ohio they might be interested in. Current mileage 668
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00460.html (7,398 bytes)
- 3. Slow start (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:13:58 -0500
- My 1978 MGB is slow to start if it has been setting for a while. I have tried to check and have checked for gas or carb leaks; none observed. Is there a check valve in the fuel pump that may be leaki
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg01211.html (6,373 bytes)
- 4. Plug fouling (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:57:04 -0600
- A year ago I wrote about problems with plug fouling and got some helpful answers, the most important was that I was probably runnning rich. I've lost that correspondence, but one of you said to keep
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01220.html (7,658 bytes)
- 5. Re: Plug fouling (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:06:42 -0600
- A number of people asked. Fischer's Foreign Cars, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Akron Suburb) did it. I called them and the young lady there thinks they got it from Solex, if that means anything to anyone. She
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01286.html (6,797 bytes)
- 6. !978 MGB (for sale?) (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 21:12:16 -0500
- I have a 1987 MGB in Akron, OH and I think I should sell it because someone younger would use and appreciate it more. I bought it about two years ago and have put about 1000 miles on it. I have also
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00134.html (7,376 bytes)
- 7. Motto for home mechanics (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:21:15 GMT
- Never wrench your back or over-tighten your nuts. Merry Christmas to all and to all a Bud lite. pyle@bright.net Web Page: "Foggy Corners" http://www.bright.net/~pyle.htm
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01379.html (6,314 bytes)
- 8. plug fouling (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:40:25 -0500 (EST)
- 78B, rebuilt engine, Weber carb. Plugs foul in less than 100 miles. No.1 is worst, then no.4. Has been back to shop twice now. They don't charge for rework; but unhappily, they don't seem to cure the
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00043.html (6,233 bytes)
- 9. Re: Need rust remedy! (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:36:43 -0400 (EDT)
- Don't know this one, but it sounds much like Extend which is a Locktite product and is sold at NAPA and other places. It turns the oxide to ferrous phosphate. Does not require a pristene surface. Ten
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00050.html (7,368 bytes)
- 10. Re: Need rust remedy! (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:23:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Don't want to start some kind of contest, but Extend has worked fine for me. I have seen it convert the rust and stay without prime or other treatment for over two years in a car I sold and which was
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00095.html (8,586 bytes)
- 11. Re: The Naming of Cars (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:53:44 -0500 (EST)
- '39 chrome ring nose Studebaker (p38)- had all the pep of a mortally wounded turtle. Plymouth Valient (The Prince). Chevy Caprice wagon (Cleopatras Barge) -huge.Ranger pickup (The Gray Grunt). MGB (T
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00035.html (6,748 bytes)
- 12. Battery discharge (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:16:33 -0500 (EST)
- I think I have a small electrical drain. Had to jump my battery to start after car setting for some time. May have something on, but don't think so. I have the notion that a small drain might be hard
- /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00278.html (7,063 bytes)
- 13. Mileage (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07:22:21 -0500
- I have had a 78B for 7months. Have only used it for local driving. Before and after engine rebuild get about 15 mpg. Is this reasonable? --Never wrench your back or overtighten your nuts--
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00497.html (6,552 bytes)
- 14. Thumps (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:48:07 -0500
- My 79B has loud thumps on bumps in the rear. Sounds like something is bottoming out.Anybody have a strong feeling as to the cause and cure? Thanks -- Never wrench your back or overtighten your nuts.
- /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00750.html (6,286 bytes)
- 15. change (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 05:49:19 -0500
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- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00370.html (5,945 bytes)
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