- 41. New/Used engine for my 1500cc Midget (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 14:57:56 -0500
- Last weekend I bought a used engine for my 1500 cc Midget. It was out of the car and the bores seemed in good shape, and the head was better than the one that came off my car. This head has no carbon
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00166.html (7,636 bytes)
- 42. Re: [BOUNCE mgs@Autox.Team.Net: Admin request of type (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:29:08 -0500
- Glen, I'll bit. Who is Ray Gibbons? Just wondering. Bill Gilroy < 1 year on list 77 Midget
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00309.html (7,337 bytes)
- 43. Re: Blind Driver Rally Was: Blackout at 60mph (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 12:15:57 -0500
- Bill, Your right, a blind navigator and a deaf driver would be real hard. Here is my fix for the problem. Let the blind guy drive, that way he will hear all of the instructions from you. The should b
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00332.html (8,485 bytes)
- 44. Re: Fun! (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 22:43:27 -0500
- Thinking? The average moron does not think. They just press gas and point. Bill Gilroy, above average moron :-) 77 Midget
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00511.html (7,464 bytes)
- 45. EU threat to secondhand spares (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:39:45 -0500
- Sorry to blast the whole list but I thought this might be of interest to our European listers. The following text was quoted from "Practical Classics", December 1998, Issue 13, page 24. I figure some
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00872.html (8,642 bytes)
- 46. MG Article (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:02:23 -0500
- I was scanning through the December issue of "Practical Classics" and they had an article on the MGB, MGC, and V-8, the B-line as they called them. I have not read the article yet, but the pictures l
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg00875.html (6,888 bytes)
- 47. Re: Old Speckled Hen (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:05:27 -0500
- Philip, I have to agree the Bass in not representative of good English beer. I spent ~1 week in England this summer. I spent lots of that time in the pubs trying the beers on tap. I must say the beer
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00300.html (8,080 bytes)
- 48. Re: B Still moping in the Driveway (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 08:38:45 -0500
- A flare nut wrench is a great thing to have, but, from what I can tell some of the flare nuts are whitworth. I think the gas lines are, and I am not sure if the brake lines are. Some will complete th
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00370.html (7,739 bytes)
- 49. Re: OT MEAT was Re: (BEER) longish (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:49:59 -0500
- Californian wines are good compared to NJ wines. NJ is like the third or fourth largest wine produce in the states. I once went to a NJ wine tasting festive (stop laughing, and before it was trendy).
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00430.html (8,400 bytes)
- 50. Re: Tourism in UK (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 17:20:01 -0500
- I think in this context Coach is a tourist bus. Correct? Bill Gilroy E-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.com Telephone: 732-957-4775 Fax: 732-957-4775
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00553.html (7,182 bytes)
- 51. Re: Spiders (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:39:30 -0500
- Now I know why service stations always hook up the hose from the exhaust pipe to the hole in the garage door :-)
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00653.html (6,420 bytes)
- 52. Re: Seatbelt recall (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:28:28 -0500
- Alan, The person I spoke with, not Denise (I think that was her name) told me that had some quality control problems and he was not sure when the belts would be shipped. Bill E-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01561.html (7,055 bytes)
- 53. Painting parts (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 11:36:01 -0500
- I was wondering what is the best way to prepare and paint parts. Over the next couple of weeks I will be redoing my front suspension. While I have it apart I would like to paint the A-arms, kinpins,
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00006.html (7,967 bytes)
- 54. Late report from Doylestown (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:41:48 -0500
- I went to Doylestown several weeks ago, and I figure a trip report is in order. Better late than never. Anyway I did not intend to go that Sunday, but a friend was suppose to come over an help me get
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00553.html (8,712 bytes)
- 55. Re: seat belts / balancing engines (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:57:40 -0500
- Jim, You might check with Rover about the recall if your car is covered. I understand the delay was because they were waiting for the parts to be manufactured. If that is true it might be a couple of
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00683.html (6,990 bytes)
- 56. Torches (Was: Re: Drilling out screws) (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:18:50 -0500
- Skye, What type of torch are you talking about? If it is like the ones that plumbers use to sweat pipes (i.e. a benz-O-matic [trade name]) I don't think that they get hot enough to help with rusted b
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg00992.html (7,872 bytes)
- 57. Got my manifolds off, but the head is stuck (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:55:20 -0500
- I finally got a chance to get the intake and exhaust manifolds off my 77 Midget. The solution for the two bolts between the manifolds was to take a 9/16" open end wrench and bend it about 15-20 degre
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01030.html (9,571 bytes)
- 58. Re: Got my manifolds off, but the head is stuck (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:33:55 -0500
- Almost everyone has suggested that I remove all of the studs then try to remove the head. So I headed home and gave it a try. I used two nuts screwed together to unscrew the studs. This worked fine o
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01062.html (8,532 bytes)
- 59. Re: Floor Jack Question (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:10:22 -0500
- Should hold the car all night. I bought a floor jack from Harbor Freight tools and my leaks oil. Starting leaking early in its life. I now just add oil and park the damn thing over a rag. I was a bit
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01336.html (9,022 bytes)
- 60. Stuck head, 77 Midget, the saga continues (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:43:09 -0500
- Car: 77 Midget that refuse to come apart easily. I finally got all of the studs out of my head. The last three were removed with a Sears stud extractor. Worked like a champ. Thanks for all of the adv
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01341.html (10,052 bytes)
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