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1. Re: Future of RR? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 04 Dec 1997 16:03:08 -0600; This has naturally enough been a topic of intense conversation in the rr.b mail group. The informed consensus seems to be (at this stage) that BMW has the upper hand, in that they designed the V-12 f; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00290.html (7,302 bytes)
2. Re: NON LBC Re: Yankee Go Home/Now Setting the record straight (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 04 Dec 1997 17:28:39 -0600; Packard was assimilated by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, in the early 1950's. The last Packard left the line in 1957 (or so), Studebaker staggered on until the late 60's. They ar; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00314.html (7,807 bytes)
3. Re: Body and Paint (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 05 Dec 1997 12:44:09 -0600; About three weeks ago I attended a 2-day seminar on bodywork techniques conducted by Mick Lewis of Missisauga, ONT. He began working for H.J. Mulliner in 1956, also worked for Cobra and Rolls Royce,; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00412.html (8,345 bytes)
4. Re: Overdrive Driveshaft Length (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 12 Dec 1997 17:17:05 -0600; ...Which is why we need a FAQ. Hey, computer guys, I don't even know what a web ring is, but we need a FAQ! That being said, for the 43rd time (sorry, Kevin, not your fault;)) here's the driveshaft l; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00972.html (8,440 bytes)
5. Re: Distributor (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 18 Dec 1997 09:06:07 -0600; You would be wrong. A coil is an inductor. It stores energy in a magnetic field, not in an electric field. As soon as the points open, that magnetic field collapses, no matter whether there is a path; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg01363.html (8,362 bytes)
6. Re: TD Steering Wheel (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 22 Dec 1997 10:05:26 -0600; Yes, there is a key, and I'm not referring to the one that locates the wheel on the shaft. It is kind of oblong with rounded ends. It sits flush with the outer casing, so is very hard to detect. It i; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg01590.html (8,087 bytes)
7. Re: TD Steering Wheel--part 2 (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 22 Dec 1997 10:12:00 -0600; Well, there's more to the story. The TD wheel is attached to a shaft which slides up and down on a splined steering column. The key to which I refer above keeps the shaft on the splined column, and h; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg01591.html (8,547 bytes)
8. Re: rolling rovers/was Rover V8 for sale (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 22 Dec 1997 16:07:30 -0600; Well, all well and good, but I dumped a Series (1966 109) LR on its side at considerably less than a 30 degree angle and considerably lower than 80 mph, more like 15 mph. In the grand scheme of thing; /html/mgs/1997-12/msg01603.html (7,916 bytes)
9. Re: Woe is Me (score: 1): Author: "A.B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 15:01:59 -0600; Yes, there were some standard aluminum heads made by Pierce. I am told that altogether something like 107 were made, all have been sold. They have very efficient combustion chambers, use the small va; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00099.html (7,392 bytes)
10. Re: Redi Strip-- Pros vs. Cons (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 10 Nov 1997 09:01:11 -0600; They use different solutions for different metals. You can't use alkaline on aluminum. Dip tanks have been around forever. Old-timey engine shops use them to clean out blocks before rebuilding, etc.; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00575.html (7,938 bytes)
11. Re: Engine replacement options (non-MG)? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 10 Nov 1997 15:43:32 -0600; I doubt very seriously that this is true. Rebuilding a B power plant is no more expensive than rebuilding any other 4-banger, and considerably less than alternatives with more cylinders. By the time; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00604.html (8,550 bytes)
12. Re: Vernier Calipers (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 12 Nov 1997 14:45:12 -0600; Vernier calipers are precision measuring instruments, something Auto Zone would not understand. They also nowadays come as dial calipers. You can buy a pair adequate to your purposes at a cheap tool; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00794.html (7,488 bytes)
13. Re: MGB Trim (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 12 Nov 1997 15:48:45 -0600; There is a strip of kind of pebbly paint on all of the 73's I have seen (my own included) in a belt line below the door. For this reason I believe it was intentionally put on at the factory, probably; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg00803.html (7,264 bytes)
14. Re: MGB Rack & Pinion (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 18 Nov 1997 11:33:39 -0600; You can also (much more easily) cadge a 50 cc syringe and a short length of tubing and slip the juice in under the rubber bellows. Just loosen the clamp holding the rack side on. A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01209.html (7,192 bytes)
15. Re: The head's off, chipped valve. (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 20 Nov 1997 09:23:07 -0600; You can certainly decarbonise the tops of the pistons, an old and noble British tradition. In many pre-war2 cars it was expected that one would lift the lid and decarbonise every 10,000 miles or so.; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01316.html (9,792 bytes)
16. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 24 Nov 1997 09:50:55 -0600; Sorry, Bert, I have to disagree. While it is folly to have less than the best for one's primary tools (sockets, end wrenches, screwdrivers), there are some instances in which cheap tools only make se; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01524.html (7,785 bytes)
17. Re: J.C. Whitney (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 28 Nov 1997 10:57:03 -0600; Their tools are very useful and of reasonable quality and price. A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01794.html (7,307 bytes)
18. Re: Problem refitting engine (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 03 Oct 1997 11:33:15 -0500; Bushings of this kind are sintered bronze, not brass. The material is also called oilite. Bronze granules are pressed together under heat and pressure. This leaves pores which oil can permeate. A 24; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00163.html (8,072 bytes)
19. Re: TD Restoration (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 09 Oct 1997 10:20:50 -0500; What's your goal? Full, nut-and-bolt, resto or get it looking good and running well? First, I would urge strongly that unless you are hunting down concours points, _don't_ take the body tub off the f; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00465.html (10,490 bytes)
20. Re: wrist pins? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 10 Oct 1997 08:59:50 -0500; Ah, yes--Americans and British, tied together by an uncommon language. Try "gudgeon pins" or something like that. This is the doobie that attaches the piston to the connecting rod. Ya gotta take off; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00521.html (8,429 bytes)

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