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181. RE: rear differential question - sorta car related - sorta not (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:27:49 -0700; Check out: http://www.ebeltz.net/niftylinks/ksrlinks.html It's a web page devoted to Kinetic Sculpture Racing. Typically the kinetics use ATV or Motorcycle components for light weight. Car component; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00434.html (8,077 bytes)
182. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:50:15 -0700; Like all historical documents, factory manual recommendations must be taken in context. The oils originally specified by brand and type had very different qualities than oil currently available. The; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00543.html (12,145 bytes)
183. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:49:03 -0700; I agree that an owner's manual is not a history book, my point is that it is a historical document and may or may not be relevant 25 years later. As an example, when researching tire sizing I was am; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00588.html (12,359 bytes)
184. RE: White-Pink wire meltdown? (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:14:36 -0700; That wire is the equivalent of a ballast resistor on other cars. When the engine is running this wire supplies the + voltage to the coil. The length of the wire gives it a high resistance, so loweri; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00006.html (8,212 bytes)
185. RE: White-Pink wire meltdown? (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:21:38 -0700; Kelvin. The 'other' end of the ballast wire joins internally to a white wire that comes out of the loom by the fusebox. Although the ballast wire itself is pink it comes out of the coil end of the lo; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00061.html (7,791 bytes)
186. RE: MG2004? (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:37:55 -0700; I will be out there, but it looks like the organizers are going to keep me holed up in the tech session rooms on Thursday and Friday. Please look me up and say Hi! Kelvin. I was just wondering who o; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00064.html (7,321 bytes)
187. RE: squealing rear brakes (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:50:16 -0700; Brake squeal happens when there is high frequency vibration between the friction material and the rotor or drum. This vibration tends to happen when the friction material and/or the drum/rotor glaze; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00165.html (9,224 bytes)
188. RE: squealing rear brakes (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:55:32 -0700; I just had another thought. A defective rear brake hose can also give you the same symptoms, as it can act as a one way valve keeping pressure on the rear shoes, which will overheat and glaze. Kelvi; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00166.html (7,508 bytes)
189. RE: 72B on eBay-your opinion please (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:03:33 -0700; The engine condition would be the one thing to worry about, but looking at the overall external condition it does not look like a bad buy if you can handle the color. Brown is not a very popular MGB; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00205.html (8,381 bytes)
190. RE: Tubes in tubles tires (was "I need tires") (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:11:30 -0700; Sorry Barney, but I have to take exception to your comments. We have got experience with wire wheel cars that drive many thousands of miles each year. Also there are many early alloy wheel cars that; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00376.html (9,427 bytes)
191. RE: Crank Shaft Pulley, Clutch plumbing, Engine Paint (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:38:50 -0700; 1. The external deterioration of the damper pulley rubber is normal. The critical issue is that the bond between the rubber and the inner and outer pulley parts has not failed. The rubber isolates v; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00449.html (10,580 bytes)
192. RE: sheetmetal protection (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:30:02 -0700; These questions were brought up during a class on MGA sheet metal restoration given by Carl Heideman of Eclectic Motorworks in Michigan. Check out Carl's website for a bunch of in progress shots of M; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00646.html (8,631 bytes)
193. RE: Chassis No. Plate (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 12:51:20 -0700; Both of my 65s had screws. Kelvin. What is the proper way to affix the chassis number plate to the engine bay of a 1966 MGB? Sheet metal screws or pop-rivits? Thanks, James; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00091.html (7,345 bytes)
194. RE: Chassis No. Plate (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 16:43:51 -0700; The question regarded early Chassis Number plates, not engine number plates. You and Ed are quite correct that Engine Number Plates are attached by "drive rivets". The question seems to have been an; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00096.html (8,025 bytes)
195. RE: Diff change-o (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:15:06 -0700; There is a repair kit available which includes a stud and nut and will save you the work of cutting the mounts off the other axle assembly. I havnt' had a chance to put it in the catalog yet, but th; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00183.html (7,596 bytes)
196. RE: Spoke wheels vs. disk: (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:59:40 -0700; Wire wheels flex under load, which allows them to handle very high stresses without failing. Steel wheels of the time had a nasty tendency to fatigue crack even under moderate street use. This is so; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00214.html (8,267 bytes)
197. RE: Spoke wheels vs. disk: (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:36:10 -0700; The original MGA tire had a very narrow footprint and would not generate very high sideways loads before sliding. Radials have a much wider footprint and subsequent high loading can cause the 48 spo; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00218.html (8,795 bytes)
198. RE: Was - Spoke wheels vs. disk - Now driving on 3 wheels (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:08:18 -0700; I guess the subject matter has been changed, so it's not off topic..... There is a chap down the street from me who built a vehicle called the Chainlink. It is designed for unlimited boulder crawling; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00220.html (8,853 bytes)
199. RE: engine compartment painting (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 10:32:47 -0700; The clips are a royal pain to deal with, but if you are careful they can be prised out of the body plates without damaging the plates or clips. Take time and be prepared for some paint touchup when; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00261.html (8,375 bytes)
200. RE: MGB Slave cylinder - HELP. (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:18:55 -0700; Boy what a flurry of answers for a simple problem. I hate it when there are two problems going on, which is what it sounds like here. If the fluid is leaving the master cylinder reservoir, it has to; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00403.html (11,232 bytes)

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