- 21. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:22:21 EDT
- If I were the type that put only a few hundred miles on my car every year, the refurbished Armstrongs would probably do me for life, but I use mine as an (almost) daily driver. I have heard stories o
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00134.html (8,255 bytes)
- 22. Re: Things MG SHOULD Have Done (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:28:37 EDT
- presumably all late MGBs? How about the early ones?) just large enough to remove and change the speedo cable WITHOUT having to also first remove the choke cable from the same hole. Come on guys, it
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00136.html (7,055 bytes)
- 23. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:20:57 EDT
- I have to disagree with this too. Lever-arms shouldn't need topping-up, if they do they are leaking, and if they are leaking they are shot. ____________________________________ Paul, the seals used i
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00138.html (8,100 bytes)
- 24. Re: Things MG SHOULD Have Done (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:25:08 EDT
- Doesn't sound right, at least for RHD. Up to 75 (roadster and V8) choke had its own little hole quite high up on the firewall or firewall shelf pointing upwards, whereas speedo hole is much lower and
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00140.html (7,272 bytes)
- 25. Re: Things MG SHOULD Have Done (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:00:25 EDT
- Doesn't sound right, at least for RHD. Up to 75 (roadster and V8) choke had its own little hole quite high up on the firewall or firewall shelf pointing upwards, whereas speedo hole is much lower and
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00161.html (7,656 bytes)
- 26. Re: Parts Suppliers Complaint (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:56:15 EDT
- Kelvin's ears probably perk up when he sees a header like this. Relax Kelvin, it isn't Moss (this time;-) I was ordering a part from Victoria British - it probably weighs about 4 ounces boxed up. The
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00057.html (8,214 bytes)
- 27. Re: Parts Suppliers Complaint (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:27:01 EDT
- Not to promote moss or anything, but if Victoria British can get it, Moss can get it. Call and give them a hard time about it, and they'll come through. May take a couple days, but they'll be able to
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00064.html (6,862 bytes)
- 28. Re: Shipping to Canada (was Re: Parts Suppliers Complaint) (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:15:01 EDT
- It's been my experience that any business in the U.S. shipping me something to Canada by UPS results in horrendous shipping and tarriff processing fees (their own in house customs people). It is almo
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00070.html (8,226 bytes)
- 29. Re: Shipping to Canada (was Re: Parts Suppliers Complaint) (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:38:00 EDT
- The postcard to our home addre4ss in the Netherlands took some 11days to arrive over a distance of 270 Km's = 170 miles! ____________________________________ I'll bet that he had a couple of flats on
- /html/mgs/2005-08/msg00079.html (7,265 bytes)
- 30. Re: coolant loss (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:10:14 EDT
- I had overheating and loss of coolant in my MGC and no sign of any leakage - even when checked with dye indicators to see if the head gasket was blown and allowing combustion gases into the coolant a
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00092.html (6,598 bytes)
- 31. Re: So you think your engine revs pretty well? (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:36:05 EDT
- Anyone that thinks 7500 RPM is high for an automotive engine should watch _http://www.cosworth.com/downloads/cosworthV8_movie5_medium.mpg_ (http://www.cosworth.com/downloads/cosworthV8_movie5_medium.
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00133.html (6,527 bytes)
- 32. Re: What's the Diff? (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:01:09 EDT
- Take a look at illustration Ha.1 in the workshop manual. That's the bizzare stretcher rig. The Salisbury axles have deep holes in the casting, into which the bolt&nut you see in the middle of the bea
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00149.html (6,881 bytes)
- 33. Laugh of the Day (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:10:24 EDT
- Laugh of the morning. Traffic diverted to one lane on the main drag on the way in to work. Where it opened up again there was a kid stopped at the red light in a Mini Cooper (BMW, not BMC). Another k
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00208.html (7,147 bytes)
- 34. Re: New Alloy Knock-off MG Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:37:25 EDT
- Here's an alternative to wire wheels (same spline) for your MGB, although they'd require either smaller tires or fender flares........ (actually it is just me playing around - I was working on the La
- /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00452.html (6,777 bytes)
- 35. RE: Spline size (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:48:25 EDT
- The wire wheel hub splines are the same, if that is the question. All the small car (e.g. not Jaguar or Aston Martin) have the same knock off wire wheel hub splines. _________________________________
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00007.html (7,261 bytes)
- 36. Great Words from an Experienced Tuner (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:13:38 EDT
- (http://www.studdsey.fsnet.co.uk/mgbtunings.htm) - thanks for that, Dan - this guy obviously has a lot of experience. For those who want to use a Weber, he says: "The use of the Weber DCOE 45 carbur
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00151.html (9,256 bytes)
- 37. Re: Great Words from an Experienced Tuner (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:19:14 EDT
- So, if you accept that everything he says about the DCOE vs/ SU question is true (I'm trying to play nice), the only advantage to going with a DCOE is in throttle response. And who would want fast th
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00156.html (9,591 bytes)
- 38. What's the Point..... (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:05:06 EDT
- Thought I'd mention something that came up in ofline discussion. The old Lucas point sets used to be pretty foolproof. Get the Cooper S set and they wouldn't bounce until far higher than any British
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00163.html (7,378 bytes)
- 39. Re: Engine for MGB (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:01:01 EDT
- I don't know why anyone would bother with a mild performance V6 (especially from a FWD application), when high performance inline-4s are equally available, and much more easily fitted (one would assu
- /html/mgs/2005-06/msg00279.html (7,882 bytes)
- 40. MGA Brake Reservoirs (tops) (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:36:03 EDT
- OK, here's a trivia question. I noticed at a recent car show that the raised top on my 1600 master cylinder was a half inch higher than all the other 1600s, except one guy who also had the same part
- /html/mgs/2005-05/msg00301.html (6,626 bytes)
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