Re: [Mgs] Solstice,

[Steve <temporarilyoffline@gmail.com>]

What about your Z4?

I've got an old BMW that I daily drive... 305k/mi and still ticking... well
clattering, its fun and I don't care if anything happens to it.

- Steve

On 6/9/07, Henry D. Reynolds <hdr@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> well having just had a pressure relief valve fail in my daily driven '78
> MG has
> me driving my '82 280SL and if i would sell it in an instant to have my MG
> on
> the road again.
>
> the Mercedes is a nice ride for some but not for me. I can never get
> comfortable
> in the seats. It is accelerates nicely on the highway but is heavy as a
> tank and
> no spunk from a stand still.
>
> If i could sell if for 4k i'd feel like a thief.
>
> Back to my MG. I lost oil pressure gradually as the oil warmed and pulled
> over
> as soon as i noticed it was running below 25 PSI at highway speed. I
> pulled the
> capnut and the spring was a 1/4" shorter than the 3" that Haynes says it
> should
> have been. Having replaced that I feel the engine is a total loss: burning
> oil
> streaming from the tail pipe and clattering like a diesel.
>
> now i have an engine that came with a parts car I purchased around 12
> years ago
> am prepping for the swap. but it will be end of July before my MG, and i
> am
> whole again.
>
> --
> "Alle Menschen werden Bruder"
>
> Henry D. Reynolds - System Administrator
>     mail: hdr@pobox.com - phone: 512.448.3617 - cell: 512.699.8658
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