- 161. Re: Chrome strip on glove box (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:33:44 -0800
- The strip is secured by spring clips that press into holes on the face of lid (inaccessible from behind). Simply insert a sharp, flat blade under one end of the strip, slide it along till you encount
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00177.html (7,441 bytes)
- 162. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:17:03 -0800
- So, Bob, have you had your brake lights fixed yet.....?{VBG} Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com> To: <brutusdog1@hotmail.com> Cc: <miket_nyc@juno.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00185.html (8,324 bytes)
- 163. Re: TD Help (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:59:31 -0800
- In NorCal, Carl, that TD would be worth at least $5K. In an area where rust and wood rot are more common, it might be worth a bit more........... Lawrie British Sportscar Center /// /// mgs@autox.tea
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00191.html (8,753 bytes)
- 164. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:12:16 -0800
- Good scheme, Bob! Anything that can be done to brighten an MG's visibility is always a good safety measure. Cheers, Lawrie /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-b
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00213.html (9,215 bytes)
- 165. Re: mga identification (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:23:05 -0800
- Unless you consider that they also used different oil pans and oil pumps, to clear the Metropolitan's different front suspension/steering. Lawrie British Sportscar Center --Original Message-- From: c
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00238.html (8,306 bytes)
- 166. Re: batteries (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 07:08:39 -0800
- Sorry, Carl - you missed by two. The single 12v replacement is a Group 26, not a Group 24. Lawrie British Sportscar Center ease. /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00373.html (7,611 bytes)
- 167. Re: exhaust leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:36:21 -0800
- In all probability, the manifold face is warped badly - a common problem on these one-piece manifolds. Take it off again and have it surfaced at a machine shop. Lawrie British Sportscar Center a ///
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00667.html (7,658 bytes)
- 168. Re: exhaust leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:41:29 -0800
- Sorry, I interpreted your original note to mean that the gasket between the head and the manifold blew. If the gasket between the manifold and the cat blew, that usually suggests that either there is
- /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00685.html (9,424 bytes)
- 169. Dirty hands (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:13:35 -0700
- A very recent post delighted in the completion of a job with "only two broken nails" and "since I used 5 million paper towels no grease on my hands". As a professional mechanic with hands that I'm no
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00022.html (8,179 bytes)
- 170. Re: Dirty hands (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:03:08 -0700
- Kai also referred to this problem but, like him, I find that periodic changes of glove keep the "puddling" to a minimum. A side benefit of this, though, is that my hands stay nice and soft, something
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00027.html (9,918 bytes)
- 171. Re: Dirty hands (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:17:31 -0700
- "Pretty bear"? It's been many years since anyone suggested I might be a "Teddy Boy"...........{VBG} Lawrie (who readily admits the SU video was made in 1987, when the hands were less battle-scarred t
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00131.html (8,067 bytes)
- 172. Re: Source of low oil pressure found (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:55:33 -0700
- Compliments to Dennis for the update! So often questions are asked, a variety of possible answers appear in response, and then we hear nothing more........ Lawrie British Sportscar Center /// /// mgs
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00414.html (8,092 bytes)
- 173. Re: The end of Speedvision email bomb! long but pointed (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 09:01:23 -0700
- Whilst agreeing that it would be a good idea to let Fox know they may lose some viewership, I cannot agree that NASCAR racing is "BORING!". "Occasionally boring", maybe, but definitely not deserving
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00435.html (9,477 bytes)
- 174. Re: car acronyms (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:01:54 -0700
- Is it just me that finds this depressing, or is it a sign of the times that every acronym offered so far (and I'm not picking on just you, Maynard) has been derogatory? Can no-one think of something
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00494.html (8,356 bytes)
- 175. Re: car acronyms (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:35:03 -0700
- Much better, Kai. Isn't humor a positive substitute for brashness? {VBG} Lawrie /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00498.html (8,489 bytes)
- 176. brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:38:58 -0700
- If you are careful, Bill, (or should that be bill?), you can make the bubble flare by doing just the first step of the American double-flare system. That's what we do in the shop and it works quite w
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00499.html (7,008 bytes)
- 177. Re: Overdrive box available near Seattle (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:14:07 -0800
- ..........and if anyone within driving distance of Sacramento needs a good LH overdrive gearbox from a 1972 MGB, we have one for the same price. We also have a D-type (63-67 MGB) overdrive gearbox in
- /html/mgs/2001-10/msg00764.html (7,853 bytes)
- 178. Fw: Makes One Wonder... (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:14:50 -0700
- This appears to be going around but I hadn't seen it on this list, so here's something for us to be thinking about...... In the early 1500's, Nostradamus' made this prediction: "In the year of the ne
- /html/mgs/2001-09/msg00386.html (7,360 bytes)
- 179. Reputable shop in Seattle? (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:56:20 -0700
- An ex-customer of mine recently moved to Seattle with her MGB. This week, the clutch suffered a hydraulic failure. She has asked me for a referral to a local shop that could be trusted to diagnose an
- /html/mgs/2001-09/msg00746.html (6,921 bytes)
- 180. Re: smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 08:08:21 -0700
- Well, George, true but not always possible! If David has double valve springs on his engine, there's not room to put an "umbrella" seal on the valve guide without machining the top of the guide to ac
- /html/mgs/2001-08/msg00041.html (7,576 bytes)
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