- 61. Re: Midget Wing Vents-Please Help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:02:41 +0800
- I haven't seen the Enthusiast cover shot of the Midget, but last Saturday morning, in downtown Seattle, I spotted a red MGB roadster which sported vents just forward of the door. It was also lowered
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00295.html (7,769 bytes)
- 62. Re: Crankshaft Pulleys (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 20:23:24 +0800
- Yes. Jerry Causey - 1967 MGB GT Whidbey Island, Washington, embraced by the Puget Sound (fairly close to Seattle, and the rest of the USA)
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00123.html (6,715 bytes)
- 63. Re: 4 POT Brake systems (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:01:34 +0800
- All it takes is an adequate bank balance. Moss, VB, and Seven Ent. have the kits for ~USD$1000. Or you could try drilled rotors and Kevlar pads for somewhat less. Back in Oct '95 one of the list mem
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00416.html (7,106 bytes)
- 64. Re: weight.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:28:06 +0800
- On Sat, 11 Jan 1997 11:34:07 -0800 Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net> asked: According to Fred Puhn (How To Make Your Car Handle), Sprung Weight is the weight of the chassis and all parts mount
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00621.html (8,151 bytes)
- 65. Re: Saving messages - No LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 09:14:21 +0800
- Paul: I also use Netscape as my browser,but not the mail or news features, simply because I find them both too basic. I use Pegasus WinMail ( http://www.pegasus.usa.com/ ), a free shareware, as my m
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01023.html (8,973 bytes)
- 66. Re: exhaust seals - which way? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:59:33 +0800
- Rich Mason <rmason@ro.com> asked: I asked this same question last year about the exhaust system on my '67 B and received two (opposite) responses. I think the exhaust system for your '73 is similar t
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01263.html (7,349 bytes)
- 67. RE: Best way to change tranny & axle oil? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 22:10:37 +0800
- Strange, my Haynes manual, for all models of the MGB Roadster and GT Coupe with 1798cc engine, says use Castrol GTX 20w/50 in the gearbox and overdrive, and Castrol Hypoy B90 in the rear axle (p.11 i
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg00093.html (10,603 bytes)
- 68. Re: HS-6 manifold (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 21:26:30 +0800
- I've heard that if you enlarge the inlets, you can just use your HS-4 manifold, though only a couple of the 4 bolt holes on the HS-6s match up. I bought a JanSpeed manifold from Seven Enterprises in
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg00790.html (8,190 bytes)
- 69. Re: break lights on a 65 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:54:15 +0800
- I took the old, dead pressure switch from my '67 B in to my local NAPA dealer and told him I wanted "a switch like this." He found an Erstatz Type 1 VW part ("Bug", to you non-Teutonic types) with th
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01017.html (8,038 bytes)
- 70. Re: Ain't no trailer queen..Martha (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 08:39:05 +0800
- Was this one of those Fordicated TDs? In 1992, when I still lived in the LA area, and when I last went to the Moss open house, I queued up with a gaggle of extremely fast TDs for most of the trip. Tu
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01623.html (7,478 bytes)
- 71. Re: Battery Brands (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 14:15:06 +0800
- If you can't find a local supplier, Optima batteries are available from Summit Racing Equipment for US$139.99. UPS Ground shipping included.Order line: 1-330-630-5333 See their web site for a free c
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01842.html (7,879 bytes)
- 72. Re: Upgrade options for MGB front suspensions (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:13:18 +0800
- Cliff Maddox asked: The conversion I have lusted after for a long, long time is the one from Ron Hopkinson. It features Bilstein telescopics front and rear. The fronts appear to have a much better ge
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01984.html (7,873 bytes)
- 73. Re: MGB Engine Flutter at 3200 RPM (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 21:15:24 +0800
- My '67 B, which has SU HS6 carbs on an after-market manifold, had the same problem at a couple of hundred RPM lower. It felt to me much the same as it did at any other steady-state speed when the en
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00000.html (7,684 bytes)
- 74. 1997 Calendar (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 12:00:06 +0800
- This year I decided to shop for my car-theme calendar for next year while there was still a reasonable selection rather than wait til January rolls around, as in the past. I'm not finding much of a s
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00052.html (7,966 bytes)
- 75. Re: What paint for break drums ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:20:32 +0800
- Go to a motorcycle shop and buy a spray can of black "case paint." It's used to coat the crankcase and cylinders of an air cooled engine to increase heat dissipation (I first used it on VW bug engin
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00183.html (7,010 bytes)
- 76. Re: Water Wetter & MGs (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 20:57:43 +0800
- I had pretty much the same results as you when I added it to the 50/50 antifreeze solution in the radiator of my '67 B-GT. It could just be the temperate summer climate here beside the Puget Sound.
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00331.html (7,379 bytes)
- 77. Re: Spin on oil filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:58:08 +0800
- I would imagine it uses the same filter that was used on later MGBs which came from the factory with a spin-on base. On my '67 B GT which has a '79 engine, I use a Wix 51068 oil filter. Both the Wix
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01034.html (8,922 bytes)
- 78. Re: Condensation (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 20:07:50 +0800
- Rain-X has always worked well on my GT. You have to re-apply fairly frequently, or remove it completely with isopropyl alcohol, or you get smearing when using your wipers. I've had less success with
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01035.html (8,328 bytes)
- 79. Re: sacrilege challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 21:02:29 +0800
- Unless the earthquake got 'em there still are several in the LA area - a couple in the north San Fernando Valley, a couple in Long Beach, and one in the east San Gabrial Valley. They go by the name
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01231.html (8,439 bytes)
- 80. Re: Joy Secs (was: Hey Deutsch! Bite-Me!) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 21:53:03 +0800
- Now for something entirely different: A long, long time ago, in a place far away, David E. Davis, (an automotive scribe, of sorts) coined a phrase, "joy secs," to describe those brief moments in a ca
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01410.html (7,041 bytes)
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