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221. Re: Was cylinder heads unleaded fuel (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:23:09 -0500
Well, advancing the timing can give extra power under some circumstances, but not always. It isn't a situation where you can keep advancing the timing and keep upping the hp. Eventually you just get
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg00955.html (8,800 bytes)

222. Re: Oil Pump Caution (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:25:48 -0500
Suggest to turn the car over, plugs out, until pressure occurs. The load on the big ends is much lower without compression and power, so they don't suffer so much until pressure gets up. Filling the
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01102.html (7,534 bytes)

223. Re: Differential drain plug tool (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:57:47 -0500
Probably the easiest way to make one is to buy a cheap socket adapter, on that attaches to a 3/8th inch socket and gives a 1/2 inch drive. Cheapies are like $1 in chain stores. Taper the 1/2 inch squ
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01282.html (7,480 bytes)

224. Re: '73 MBG SIEZED ENGINE!!! (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:50:18 -0500
In my case it was frozen rings, the engine turned over easily but had no compression. Diesel worked extremely well, and without any disassembly. Penetrating oil and time works really well. The local
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01310.html (9,030 bytes)

225. Re: FESTIVA (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:29:58 -0500
Sad to say, but automotive engineering and design of the 90s just has it all over our humble beasts. The MGs may be more fun, but my retirement-age father has a corolla sedan that I could run circles
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01330.html (7,181 bytes)

226. Re: Orange Peel? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:50:13 -0500
That's normal, as mentioned perhaps a bit dry but primer generally does not go on glassy smooth, it's textured and sometimes gritty depending on the "touch" of the gun. It's thick and sprayed with lo
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01451.html (7,878 bytes)

227. Re: Body Repair 101 ? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:45:28 -0500
Decent book. It's very down to earth which is nice. A lot of car restoration books about body repair are a little on the snobby side, factory panels only, and factory-style reconstruction only, and s
/html/mgs/1999-01/msg01772.html (8,279 bytes)

228. Re: and you thought Titanic was a Disaster.. (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:15:42 -0500
I would doubt it. That carbon is brittle and I doubt it would last more than a few strokes. Do you have a compressor? Rotate the engine until the exhaust valve for each cylinder is fully open, and bl
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00055.html (8,660 bytes)

229. Re: crome conversion (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:18:12 -0500
Conversion is easy, sell it to somebody else and buy one that you like. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00056.html (6,770 bytes)

230. Re: Lucky us. . . (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:21:08 -0500
Agreed. Top down December 1st, Ottawa Canada. It was even top-down with a friend who wasn't a car nut, and would complain about the cold in a second and get no thrill out of the ride. Yesterday was 1
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00057.html (7,239 bytes)

231. Re: New old transmission?? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:22:14 -0500
Hmmm... vacuum advance is not a performance item. It only works at part throttle, for example. Losing it would not cost you performance. -- Trevor Boicey, P. Eng. Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca ICQ
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00058.html (7,354 bytes)

232. Re: Sump, Head etc. (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 21:42:39 -0500
You can use a trolley jack under the tranny/engine mating surface. That way you can lift the engine and remove the sump. Just don't put your arms or fingers under the sump as you are cranking away at
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00115.html (7,271 bytes)

233. Re: Where does the oil go? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:19:18 -0500
That's not so bad really. Some original manuals list "oil consumption" as a specification. Just grabbing a book off the shelf I opened to a road review of a 1098cc Midget from the early 60s, and it's
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00121.html (7,419 bytes)

234. Re: Sump Removal (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 14:44:16 -0500
Would that happen to be a rubber bumper B? With a rubber bumper B, you have about two more inches of clearance that makes it at least possible to reach some of these bolts. With a chrome B, at least
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00140.html (7,134 bytes)

235. Re: fuel in oil (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 23:19:49 -0500
If the front carb is grossly rich, that would explain 1, 2 and 3 being rich, especially #2. Often it turns out to be a stuck float or grit on the seat for the float needle. When you turn the key and
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00244.html (7,012 bytes)

236. Re: Sump off.. (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 04:26:36 -0500
Lifting the engine off the mounts only SOUNDS scary, it's really just opening four bolts. Then you can lift the engine 4-5 inches and get decent access to those bolts. Might still be worth it for put
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00302.html (9,533 bytes)

237. Re: Sill repair vs. new bodyshell (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 00:34:53 -0500
I doubt it. Most of those repair panels are very cheap. I replaced a lot of metal on my B and it was a fraction of the price of a bodyshell. With a body shell, you pay for things like bulkheads and o
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00354.html (7,673 bytes)

238. Re: Why did it fail? and software.. (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:34:56 -0500
What's more important is pressure at idle, but if it was over 10 it should have been at least good enough to not cause major shutdown. 20 is better but the warning light doesn't come on until 8 or un
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00396.html (7,688 bytes)

239. Re: Kinzo Mig welder? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 15:57:50 -0500
You probably don't want to use it on cars. Flux-core wire is essentially arc welding with wire instead of rod and the flux on the inside instead of the outside. It has a lot of the flaws of arc weldi
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00474.html (7,821 bytes)

240. New ZB Magnette for me, parts for you? (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 17:39:45 -0500
Well, my second 58 ZB Magnette arrived today. My theory of "all Magnettes are ugly colours" is failing a little, this green isn't so bad in person. This car is a barn special, been parked since 1968.
/html/mgs/1998-12/msg00625.html (8,019 bytes)

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