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1. Re: Starter installation (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:15:02 -0700
If you're talking about MGBs, I seem to remember that at least one starter bolt actually screws into the bellhousing, at least on my '71. I also seem to recall that was the job for which I originall
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00067.html (6,825 bytes)

2. RE: Affairs with MGs (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:32:48 -0700
I'm about to acquire my sixth M.G., and am planning it partly as an anniversary gift for my wife of almost 20 years. She's been through a great deal with my passion for hopelessly shot old British sp
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00070.html (8,616 bytes)

3. Folding Tops (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:00:14 -0700
Er, not entirely, at least not eventually. Folding the top correctly is key to the longevity of the vinyl and in particular of the rear window; it's best if you can put a towel on the top so that whe
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00071.html (9,575 bytes)

4. Re: Alignment info needed from expert (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:07:12 -0700
About that +2 camber on the driver's side: Is the upper kingpin trunnion mounted the right way round? They *look* reversible, and you can actually get them bolted up backwards, but that will result i
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00072.html (7,072 bytes)

5. Re: Best Carbs for MG??? (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 09:17:49 -0700
Don Cobb asks: Actually, Don, that's almost as deeply religious an issue as what is the best M.G. for a carburetor. :-) I can weigh in with experience on SUs and the Weber 45DCOE, and on Bs primarily
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00088.html (10,818 bytes)

6. Re: Dumb owner's U-joint replacement (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 09:30:45 -0700
Bill Saidel asks about rotating the driveshaft from beneath. You've got it exactly right, Bill, except it isn't forcing it. There's one additional trick that you haven't thought of: If you put the ca
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00089.html (8,799 bytes)

7. The rebuild budget (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 09:48:52 -0700
rsexson points out: intended to told About seven or eight years ago, I commented to my wife about some project I wanted to undertake on one of the LBCs. I quoted a dollar figure. She looked up in the
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00093.html (7,312 bytes)

8. Re: Best Carbs for MG??? (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 22:00:45 -0700
Well, now I'm doubly sorry that the #2 gudgeon pin came loose and wrecked that cylinder, you would have liked The Green Car in its final configuration. :-) I'd love to take all the credit for that pa
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00134.html (13,070 bytes)

9. Who *is* this guy??? (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 23:23:54 -0700
A few of you have already welcomed me back, and I'm grateful for being remembered. Some of you may put two and two together after reading some of my postings (I mean, who *else* would compare rolling
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00145.html (15,476 bytes)

10. Re: Dumb owner's U-joint replacement (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 09:19:44 -0700
Good tip! I'll keep it in mind in a pinch. However... I will admit that of all the things I dislike while working on cars, working *all the way under* a car is my least favorite. I feel really uncomf
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00156.html (7,312 bytes)

11. Re: Help! My seat's too high! (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 10:42:36 -0700
The easy solution is simply to gain about 40 pounds. Then you push the seat down farther and can easily clear the steering wheel -- at least with your legs. Works for me. :-) Seriously -- a friend o
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00164.html (6,858 bytes)

12. Re: Moss Motoring (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 10:30:18 -0700
That's good to know. I'm fortunate to live not far from a shop that is a Moss dealer -- O'Connor Classics in Santa Clara, CA. They've got a parts room with lots of stuff in it, seems mostly to be the
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00269.html (8,223 bytes)

13. Re: Help... Getting over my head rapidly (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:49:53 -0700
[symptoms that coincide with a massive air leak] You've almost certainly popped something in the intake tract that is causing a *major* vacuum leak -- no doubt the backfire blew a plug out of a manif
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00479.html (13,107 bytes)

14. Weird English weights (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:36:04 -0700
1 cwt = 112 lb. So 18.2 cwt = 2038.4 --Scott
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00657.html (6,554 bytes)

15. Re: DCO's and Suspension Woes (Hey, I'm a poet!) (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:26:24 -0700
Jason Dutt, inquiring about why his car rests at a higher position after he lifts it, comments about Lawrie Alexander's well-let's-go-look approach thus: I'm going to chime in here on the side of the
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00893.html (11,204 bytes)

16. Re: Leaded vs. unleaded (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:47:41 -0700
That may be so, but you've found the cure for ignorance: ask questions! I know a lot of people a lot older than 14 who still haven't figured THAT out! Short answer: Don't worry, your '68 should alrea
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg00966.html (8,943 bytes)

17. Re: Lookalikes (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 07:49:31 -0700
Hell, even the *inside* world has a hard time *spelling* Alfa Romeo... As the resident Anglo-Italian here, I'll clarify something an earlier poster said about the Alfa Spider and "that smaller one, t
/html/mgs/1999-05/msg01320.html (9,780 bytes)


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