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1. Re: Coil Paint (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 02:35:39 +0600; Powder coating is basically an epoxy, isn't it? The oven does the curing. Anyway, whatever the temperature is, that's the shop's problem. It is definitely not something you can do at home. -- Jay Til; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00005.html (6,717 bytes)
2. Re: MG Treats... Like cookies (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 15:05:10 +0600; I forgot about my car's birthday. Twenty years old this month! -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00030.html (6,671 bytes)
3. Re: DOT4 and DOT5 (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 22:44:25 +0600; That's a perfectly acceptable (even recommended) way to get fluid into the rack. There should have been a few additional pieces in the damper assembly (yoke, spring, piston). -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00138.html (6,957 bytes)
4. Re: hot plugz/new fun with MGs (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 14:21:47 +0600; Wow! Is the the Concours d'Alarm still active? -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu I am going to crawl through the phone lines and kill the next person who puts me on a junk e-mail list.; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00179.html (7,054 bytes)
5. Reviving #MG_cars (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 16:52:44 +0600; Wake the kids. Call the neighbors. Move over, Rover, 'cuz man has a new best friend. Just remember the magic phrase, "/join #MG_cars"! Just had a little chat with Rick Green on IRC. Since we were the; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00186.html (6,458 bytes)
6. Re: Silicone Brake fluid (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 05:36:47 +0600; That's how it got started. You can't kill the thread! Don't you people understand? It doesn't have feelings! It cannot be reasoned with! -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu | IRC nick: Eppy; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00209.html (7,165 bytes)
7. Re: Tight Fitting Tonneaus (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 05:51:42 +0600; Pretty much the way they were designed. If it wasn't so taut, rain would tend to puddle on the tonneau even more than it already does. My zippers are shredded. Solution: get into the habit of pulling; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00210.html (7,189 bytes)
8. Re: Silicone Brake fluid (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 06:01:55 +0600; Way off. "G" = "Geography," As in the Marvelous Octagonal Wonders Of Geography. Most famous of the MOWOGs is British Ley Land, a naturally formed octagonal island in the Pacific. -- Jay Tilton | jtil; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00211.html (7,153 bytes)
9. Silly little part needed (77 MGB) (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 14:37:42 +0600; I'm rebuilding my brake master cylinder. Somebody (probably me) had previously tried to remove the reservoir, and in the process shredded the head on one of the shouldered aluminum machine screws tha; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00249.html (6,604 bytes)
10. Re: "Crack of Doom" on MGB doors (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 15:04:39 +0600; Some of each. I did some careful observation once when I was realigning a door striker plate. One thing I noticed was the vent window frame is meeting the rubber gasket on the side of the windshield; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00410.html (7,510 bytes)
11. Brake pressure differential...THING (77 MGB) (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 14:44:57 +0600; Well, y'all missed the big brake saga. I posted it during the period that the list had gone screwy. It's all fixed up now (seems to be, anyway). But it's raised a new question in my mind. It's got tw; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00627.html (7,628 bytes)
12. Re: MG--Clicking Noise (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:43:03 +0600; That's the anti run-on valve. It's supposed to keep the engine from dieseling after shutdown, but all it really does is make that stupid clicking noise. Not a sign that anything's wrong, just a remin; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00681.html (7,008 bytes)
13. Re: Mystery Black Box (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:04:48 +0600; Yep. It's pretty annoying, especially to those who are already in the habit of putting on their belts. You know how to disable it, don't you? Just unplug the wires coming out of the seatbelt buckle.; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00776.html (6,988 bytes)
14. Re: tires again (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 02:23:04 +0600; Don't try it if your wire wheel rims are less than 5-inches wide. 185 tires are too wide for 4.5Jx14 wheels. 165SR-14 are not readily available off-the-shelf, but can be obtained from places like Bri; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00862.html (7,305 bytes)
15. Re: Zenith carb. (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 02:58:05 +0600; They're what's known as 'constant depression' carbs (hence the CD in 175CD). As Bernoulli will tell you, air pressure decreases with increased air velocity through the throat. This pressure is porte; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00863.html (8,237 bytes)
16. Re: Brake M/C Rebuild woes..... (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 11:19:17 +0600; Yep. Too bad I happened to do it during the MG list blackout a couple weeks ago, otherwise you could have read all about it. A compressed air line did nothing for me. Even after stopping up all the; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg01029.html (7,770 bytes)
17. signing off for a while (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 11:32:25 +0600; Well, folks. After two solid years of enjoying the list, I've gotta knock off for a bit. Moving across the state and changing ISP's, ya know. See you in a couple weeks! -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg01030.html (6,286 bytes)
18. Re: MG 1100 (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 04:36:03 +0600; Speaking of flat, was there ever a conclusion to the on-concrete vs in-the-car battery experiment? -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00067.html (6,656 bytes)
19. Re: FRAM PH43 oil filters (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:49:52 +0600; Yes! Some three oil changes ago I posted a note railing against the Fram filters because of this very fault. I'd been using the Fram filters ever since I got the car in 1985 (Gad! Has it really been; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00114.html (7,727 bytes)
20. Re: Fuses (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 01:06:32 +0600; Not a bad question. Something I've wondered about myself. There was a time long ago when I went through fuses pretty quickly, exhausting what I thought was an adequate supply. I've been driving with; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00115.html (7,287 bytes)

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