Help! My computer has taken over! This was the beginning of a draft reply; I
don't know how it escaped and I certainly don't advocate anyone "ass"ing
anything............
The correct report on the tube shock conversion will appear in a day or
so...............
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
To: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>; MG list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: tube shock conversion
>Jim has prompted me to publish my reactions to the tube shock kit I
>installed a couple of weeks ago, using the info on Skye Poier's website as
a
>guide.
>
>First, let it be said that I bought Monroes only because the site gave the
>requisite part number and my parts house had no cross-over from that to
>anything else. Since the Monroe's are so expensive, I would recommend that
>listers ass their findings of other part numbers to Skye's list.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
>To: MG list <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 4:41 PM
>Subject: tube shock conversion
>
>
>>I know this is an old thread, but I just took a 2 hour ride with my
>>Gabriel Pro-Rider Heavy Duty Gas Shocks (installed, as opposed to
>>sitting in the passenger seat), & I wanted to howl a bit. Pn 73626,
>>$12.99 each @ Pep Boys- How's that for a price, Lawrie? As is often the
>>case, a volume discounter will beat the "wholesale- to- the- trade
>>price" from the local parts house. This is NOT a knock on Lawrie, who
>>has many good reasons for dealing with an auto parts house instead of
>>running to the discount auto supermarket. It does point out that in a
>>large, metropolitan market, some auto parts are very cheap if you have
>>the free time to do some shopping.
>>
>>First, many thanks to the gentleman who spent 3 hours looking through
>>shock books to find a correct shock. I can't thank you enough.
>>
>>I had a Spax conversion that I installed several years ago, when
>>autocrossing. It was good at the time, but too stiff, even at the
>>softest setting, for normal driving. I started to replace the Spax with
>>the Monroe shocks that Moss was using in their kit, but some
>>advice/complaints from the list warned me off. Glad I waited.
>>
>>For any out there who have an existing tube shock set-up, you will find
>>that the Plymouth shocks will not fit the shock mounts you now have, as
>>the hole in the bushing is smaller that the existing stud. Rather than
>>replace the studs I had, I got a set of poly bushings from Rancho which
>>had the larger hole & replaced the originals in the Plymouth shocks.
>>
>>Jim Stuart
>>
>>
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