- 141. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:16:49 -0500
- lines on per I haven't seen the BMW gauge, but I'll be the marks are farther apart towards the empty end. When the tank's full, you don't often care if it's 7/8 or 15/16 full. On the other hand, it
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00965.html (9,384 bytes)
- 142. More to Re: MG keeps quitting -Reply -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:58:06 -0500
- turn the I've never done this, but it seems reasonable: Take your car out, run it until it dies. Leave the ignition switch on. Pop the hood, run to the front and yank the fuel line off the carbs. If
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01044.html (7,564 bytes)
- 143. Re: The 2004 MGG!!! -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 11:46:43 -0500
- While I haven=27t yet figured out why MGG is so unlikely, it brought me to a question. Maybe those of you who aren=27t still on their first MG will answer. I know of MGA, MGB, and MGC. The new model
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01050.html (8,122 bytes)
- 144. Re: Clutch was REALLY stuck... (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:12:13 -0500
- I keep seeing this sort of message about clutch alignment tools. Am I the only one in America who's never bought one of these things? Maybe this is another one for Barney's "Grapes of Wrath" file. W
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01323.html (8,232 bytes)
- 145. Slightly illegal ex. mods and 1 really illegal 1 -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 09:25:15 -0500
- One more advantage: I once had a VW bug with a big-bore kit and two barrel carb. The muffler rusted off the extractor (VW excuse for a header) one day, and it was some time before I was able to scrou
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01443.html (8,024 bytes)
- 146. Quits running, safety, MGG -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:40:46 -0500
- All right, all right. Since this is the second person to make a remark, I guess I'll have to embara... er, defend myself. I foolishly assumed that anyone technical enough to have worked on their mot
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01508.html (8,288 bytes)
- 147. Wiper chrome -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:06:17 -0500
- Reminds me of this old Nissan I recently got rid of. The wipers had the same syndrome - the black paint was wearing off to shiny metal underneath. When they hit the sun just right, I would be momenta
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01639.html (8,096 bytes)
- 148. Re: TR7 - Good or Bad? -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 13:05:17 -0500
- ...and in an MG the leather jacket is optional.
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00218.html (8,079 bytes)
- 149. Re: Harness Tape -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 13:42:21 -0500
- blue red, Rick, You obviously don't have children. With Christmas coming, you should know that the various colors of electrical tape are an ideal substitute for ribbon on Christmas packages. The bri
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00225.html (7,292 bytes)
- 150. Backfiring -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 10:41:49 -0500
- Before I yanked the motor out of my '74 B, I had a devil of a time keeping all of the exhaust bits from leaking. This caused my car to have exactly the symptom yours does. The biggest problem I had
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00652.html (8,832 bytes)
- 151. Which side up (head gasket)??? -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 15:47:21 -0500
- I just stumbled over a tidbit of info you might find handy: The threads for the head studs in the block tend to pull up out of the block. This causes an interesting problem for your head gasket whic
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00684.html (7,679 bytes)
- 152. Re: Carb problem-filter caps coming loose (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 11:46:36 -0500
- Regarding the damper caps coming unscrewed on your carbs - I haven't had this problem, but it seems an easy one to solve. How about a single drop of gorilla snot (aka 3M Weatherstrip Adhesive) on the
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00405.html (6,575 bytes)
- 153. Performance suggestions: (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:20:47 -0500
- To recap, after a cross country drive, my poor '74 B came home with a rod knock and spraying head gasket. Not wanting to just patch it, I'd torn the whole thing down and found (among other things) th
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01688.html (8,088 bytes)
- 154. Re: Performance suggestions: -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:51:13 -0500
- flat next Regarding d) isn't the 270 the mildest thing you can get above the stock cam? And as to g) a few months ago, someone had figured out the equation between head shave and compression ratio c
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01712.html (8,053 bytes)
- 155. Re: Rocker cover gasket -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 12:47:00 -0400
- Hmm. I've always used the goop on the valve cover side and not the engine side. You can still remove the cover without damaging the gasket, but when you need to scrape the goop out, it's easier to ge
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00303.html (7,681 bytes)
- 156. Cranks and cams (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 09:03:49 -0400
- Greetings all, As if life wasn't difficult enough, recently we tortured our '74 B with a drive from Charlotte to Chicago and back. The car made it home (in a driving thunderstorm yet), but not withou
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00389.html (8,314 bytes)
- 157. Re: Oil pressure question -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 15:30:49 -0400
- Just took mine out last night. I unscrewed the cap, out came the spring, and no valve. I stuck my little finger in the hole, and pulled the valve right out. It's cup-shaped, so it'll stick on your fi
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00408.html (7,688 bytes)
- 158. Cleaning a MGB Oil cooler -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 15:37:26 -0400
- I have yet to clean my MG oil cooler, but on the VW's I've owned, it was a matter of finding someone with one of those solvent tanks with a pump in it - where there's a nozzle which sprays into a tra
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00411.html (8,039 bytes)
- 159. Re: Cranks and cams -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 16:57:03 -0400
- Actually, that's exactly the plan I had. I always seem to get myself into this situation where I'm pulling a flywheel or pulley and have to put bolts in something then jam a two by four into the work
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00474.html (8,482 bytes)
- 160. MG 1100/1300 (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 18:08:53 -0400
- Having to spend a fairly eventless double shift at work today, I've been cruising the net reading all about the Citroen ID/DS. A fascinating car, but you can only read so much about a French Edsel, a
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00641.html (7,528 bytes)
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