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1. Re: Abingdon (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 09:44:59 -0400; The old factory at Abingdon is mostly there. There's some modern development on what used to be (I think) part of the site; I seem to remember a petrol station or fast food or some such there. Part; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00059.html (7,720 bytes)
2. Moving! (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 00:04:17 -0400; I'm moving my email wagon down the old cybertrail a few miles, and will no longer be at this address as of oh, next Monday or so. New address: ragthyme@fls.infi.net See you all there! Corey; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00132.html (6,144 bytes)
3. Re: Monza Exhaust (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 11:25:59 -0400; I had a pretty similar experience to Marty's; we both have 75 B's, so that's not surprising. I just completely threw away the extension pipe from the headers to the pre-muffler, as not only was it t; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00146.html (9,458 bytes)
4. Re: Wires: Chrome vs. Painted (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:17:25 -0400; If you didn't get my earlier post, Congratulations, and welcome to the ranks of The Damned! ;) As to your question, I prefer the painted wheels for daily driving, though the chromes look nice for sh; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00345.html (7,170 bytes)
5. Re: Turn signal snafu (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:21:43 -0400; Check for bad ground in the circuit. This sounds an awful lot like a ground fault. B's have an odd set of grounds for the rear lighting, not precisely what you'd expect. Check for it around the rear; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00346.html (6,499 bytes)
6. Re: Smog Protests (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:23:02 -0400; To all you poor netizens with (real or imagined) smog woes: It seems that the collective wisdom of the country, California being just slightly more 'fashionable' than most places, is that removing ol; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00021.html (10,090 bytes)
7. Re: It's friday/who's going/who's showing (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:51:30 -0400; It's Friday. I'm working on my steering wheel and column. Still. Corey; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00073.html (6,358 bytes)
8. Re: Rattle (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:53:56 -0400; Valves, perhaps? Sounds like it, anyway. Corey 75 MGB 'Rags'; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00074.html (6,171 bytes)
9. Re: Rear End Problems (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:43:48 -0400; Like as not, it may not be the springs themselves, but the rebound straps that have gone dodgy on you. Sure the springs themselves may be in need of renewal, but this hopping effect you're talking a; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00107.html (7,238 bytes)
10. Re: Smog tests :don't worry, be happy (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:51:09 -0400; dominated by people with money? Thank you, Captain Obvious. ;) Remember the Golden Rule? Works just as well in the States as anyplace else. Corey; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00108.html (6,736 bytes)
11. Re: smog protest (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 13:08:35 -0400; Ah, how well I remember the good old days, as well. Whoppin' slaves and sellin cotton, ah the life. Where did it all go? };) Lifestyles, and technologies, come and go. The steam locomotive, a grander; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00109.html (8,554 bytes)
12. Re: Help - No clutch!! (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:46:43 -0400; I'd check the fluid level in your clutch master cylinder first. It's located on the driver's side, near the left wing, behind the brake master cylinder ... ie, it's the rearmost reservoir you'll see; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00144.html (7,080 bytes)
13. Re: Zenith Carburetor Plumbing (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:55:27 -0400; One side of the pipe bends around and makes a sort of T connexion with the rear of the block and the hose coming from the heater (return side). The other side flows into the Y connexion in the lower; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00145.html (7,260 bytes)
14. Re: Rear End Problems (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 10:52:08 -0400; You likely don't HAVE to replace everything; the rubber obviously fatigues sooner than the metal bits do. There are two vertical straps that, if you're replacing your bushings, you should replace ...; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00198.html (7,024 bytes)
15. Re: Motor Mounts (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:06:08 -0400; Oh, no trouble atall. I just replaced all 3 in Rags. Let's see. Loosen the rear motor mount under the car. Disconnect the exhaust system from the body so it floats free. Preferably, disconnect the dr; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00199.html (8,079 bytes)
16. Re: RE: motor mount help.. (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 18:50:05 -0400; Couple of good ideas in there! I like the rubber band idea. Getting that combination on took two of us and about 45 minutes of lying under the car. Doing both front and the rear mount took me about; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00216.html (6,562 bytes)
17. Re: Motor Mounts (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 18:55:06 -0400; The mounts are hard rubber, and should, in general, be fairly stiff and hard. If they are excessively cracked, warped front-to-rear, or spongy to the touch, they are history. They should sit more-or; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00218.html (6,997 bytes)
18. Re: 1st Time MGB Owner (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 02:29:43 -0400; There is a gizmo in the side of your transmission called a 'right angle drive' that turns the speedo cable. It's a couple of gears and a small bushing. It often goes bad, and can cause the speedo ca; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00307.html (6,793 bytes)
19. Rags: Legal, Rolling and a few final questions (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 02:37:58 -0400; Fellow Fiends: After fixing the few remaining problems with Rags, she is now inspected for the first time in 18 months or so and legal in good old VA. I took her to work with me yesterday ... I'd for; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00308.html (7,500 bytes)
20. Re: French Riviera (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 01:37:30 -0400; Toilet paper, for starters. ;) Extra points and condenser if you've got that setup. Duct tape. Road flares. A little oil, coolant, and brake fluid, just in case. Couple of old rags. (you just never; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00435.html (8,326 bytes)

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