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21. RE: Unloading your lift (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:20:54 -0400; Right - mine's more for getting additional parking rather than being able to work on the car. If I had a pit big enough to store a car in, that might do it, but then I'd still need the lift to get th; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00203.html (7,619 bytes)
22. RE: New wiring (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:25:23 -0400; Sorry, I'm a day late on checking the list. ...One of the things I noticed as I started this is that there is an empty bracket directly below the fuse box. It is rectangular and about 3/4" X 1 1/2".; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00349.html (8,694 bytes)
23. Brake diagnosis help needed (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:10:06 -0400; My brake pedal will slowly sink to the floor with constant pressure. The car is a 1980 MGB. The reservior is full of fluid and doesn't appear to be leaking or losing fluid, the brakes have been bled; /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00029.html (6,855 bytes)
24. Passed inspection and back on the road (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:39:32 -0500; After almost three years, my 1980 MGB finally passed state inspection and is back on the road. Thanks to everyone who offered advice after the car caught on fire. It's not totally done - I still need; /html/mgs/2005-03/msg00029.html (7,242 bytes)
25. RE: Electrical Problem (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:18:34 -0500; Make sure there's nothing near the fans, then disconnect the leads going to the sensor at the top of the radiator and touch them together. This should complete the circuit to power the fans. The sens; /html/mgs/2005-01/msg00171.html (6,877 bytes)
26. RE: Carb spacers (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:22:05 -0500; You could hot-glue them to a piece of wood to use as a handle, then run them through a bandsaw - I'd think that would get a pretty clean cut. I wound up buying the thinner spacers (Moss part 372-325; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00083.html (7,249 bytes)
27. Grease fittings for the kingpin assembly (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:04:29 -0500; I thought that the end was in sight for my front suspension rebuild. The first side took about four months to complete, and the second side is almost done after four or five nights of effort. The lea; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00227.html (7,299 bytes)
28. RE: Bosch Alternator Conversion for MGB? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:37:14 -0400; Bob Muenchausen's Bosch alternator swap is: http://www.s95408591.onlinehome.us/16601.html There's another one on Daryl McLendon's site: http://www.onefastmgb.com/pages/6/index.htm Bob's alternator co; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00026.html (7,746 bytes)
29. RE: tie rod end still stuck on shaft (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 02:38:30 -0400; Try more heat. I tried a number of things on my car, but it was the torch that finally worked. I used one big wrench on the nut and one smaller wrench with a 2' cheater bar on the tie rod end. --Ste; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00084.html (7,894 bytes)
30. Front sway bar mounts (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:38:32 -0400; I'm still working on replacing the front suspension on my 1980 MGB. The first side is almost done. I ran into another challenge removing the front sway bar (replacing it with a 3/4" one): on one side; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00171.html (7,307 bytes)
31. Front sway bar mounts - still not loosening (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:28:28 -0400; The bolts holding up the front sway bar are still just spinning in place. My assumption is that either 1) there's a captive nut in the chassis leg that's now freely spinning, or 2) the bolts are stri; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00229.html (8,185 bytes)
32. RE: rubber bumper conversion (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:52:46 -0400; How delicate are bumpers made of fiberglass? I'd imagine that there's some flexibility, but wouldn't they shatter (or at least dent/crack) if they got solidly whacked while parking? As long as my bum; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00251.html (8,542 bytes)
33. RE: Front sway bar mounts - still not loosening (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:32:06 -0400; Your suggestion sounds like a good one; if I knew how to weld and had the right equipment. I keep thinking about cutting off the bolt heads, opening the end plate, fishing out the old nuts, and fabri; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00264.html (8,513 bytes)
34. RE: Front sway bar mounts - still not loosening (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:37:03 -0400; Thanks; this sounds like the simplest way to fix my problem. Would drilling through the top of the rail compromise its structural integrity enough to be a problem? The car's a driver, not a racer, bu; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00265.html (7,962 bytes)
35. Front suspension replacement saga progress report (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:07:30 -0400; After two months of effort (on and off), I finally got the fulcrum pin off! I had gotten the spring out a while ago (thanks again for the phone call, Ed!) and I tried a number of tools and techniques; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00244.html (7,496 bytes)
36. RE: installing a luggage rack - 78 MGB (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:33:38 -0400; I have a luggage rack on my 1980 MGB, not sure if it was original. I also have an extra trunk lid (1979 car) with the same kind of luggage rack. The top screws on the rack installed on the car are a; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00453.html (7,979 bytes)
37. Front suspension - Fulcrum pin removal (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:05:08 -0400; I'm still working on replacing my front suspension. I've got my jack under the spring pan, but I can't budge the fulcrum pin (the bolt holding the kingpin to the damper). I tried soaking the bolt wit; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00330.html (7,719 bytes)
38. Front suspension repair and rusted bolts (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:37:20 -0400; I now have a garage, so I finally started on the front suspension repair for my 1980 MGB. So far I've jacked up the car and removed the wheels, which wasn't too bad. I tried removing the bolts holdin; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00189.html (7,492 bytes)
39. RE: How do I work the rocker switches on a '77-'80 MGB (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 08:33:05 -0400; On my 1980 USA MGB, the hazard switch says "Hazard" and the fan switch says "Fan". It doesn't make them work any better, but at least I know what they're supposed to be doing. --Steve ... Didn't late; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00028.html (7,637 bytes)
40. RE: Choke cable routing? (score: 1): Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:39:23 -0400; Mine goes through a small hole in the large rectangular plug (Moss 282-970). The handle uses the dashboard hole originally used by the dash light rheostat. --Steve (1980 MGB) The new HIF44 carburetor; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00213.html (6,861 bytes)

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