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281. Re: Rover V8!! (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 24 Aug 1995 09:56:20 -0500; The Olds was the F-85. There are a couple of these (Buick, Olds) at Bob's Wrecking in Milan, OH with engines and automatic trannies. A mixed bag--one is almost complete, another is missing manifolds; /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00583.html (7,727 bytes)
282. Re: your romance ad in USSR (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 06 Jul 1995 10:15:43 -0500; I know, everyone in the world wishes to KILL David@wishes.to.remain.anonymous.UA, but this sort of nonsense is outrageous in the extreme, so I must vent. If "David" is reading this, here is a message; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00037.html (7,680 bytes)
283. Re: MGA Parts (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 10 Jul 1995 14:51:45 -0500; This issue has arisen before. From my perspective SF does have attractive prices, but I have personally had very bad experiences with them, which seems to mirror other opinion on the net as well. The; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00120.html (7,264 bytes)
284. IBGNAR (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 11 Jul 1995 10:25:09 -0500; I wrote this bit last Friday and sent it to the big list, but it seems to have gotten lost. Following on the thread about the Great North American Race.... The IBGNAR (Interstate Battery Great North; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00137.html (9,677 bytes)
285. Re: Oil pressure valve -reply (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 12 Jul 1995 09:54:56 -0500; I think that it is important to understand what makes oil pressure and a lack thereof. The pump, driven off the camshaft, is rated to move a certain _volume_ of oil per turn, thus the volume is (some; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00161.html (8,914 bytes)
286. Re: Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 26 Jul 1995 10:09:56 -0500; The job of a synchro is to stick, to a cone-shaped surface on the gear driven by the mainshaft. Unsticking is not indicated. Your problem is that either your synchro surface ("teeth" or striations) i; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00371.html (8,832 bytes)
287. Re: Wires vs. Rostyle (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 26 Jul 1995 17:34:39 -0500; On the plus side, wires are stylish. On the minus side, the hubs wear out, they corrode, wires break, they get out of tune, they are weak (not really suitable for racing) and you can't use tubeless t; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00380.html (8,807 bytes)
288. Re: Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 27 Jul 1995 10:25:24 -0500; OK, guys, a gentlemanly challenge from Oz. Fact: All standard (factory) reference manuals state unambiguously that the recommended lube for an MG tranny (TD, TF, A, B) is 30 weight motor oil. Fact: A; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00392.html (8,889 bytes)
289. Re: Hello, radios for MGBs? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 28 Jul 1995 10:05:07 -0500; The hole in the console is approximately the size of a standard DIN mount. I installed a Rat Shack DIN radio/cassette in my '73 with no trouble (assuming that it would be ripped off, sooner or later); /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00425.html (8,133 bytes)
290. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 02 Jun 1995 10:04:23 -0500; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00019.html (9,264 bytes)
291. Re: tap-n-die sets (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 02 Jun 1995 12:51:57 -0500; Saving a little bit of face, since my previous reply got lost in the bit bucket. MG used BSF (son of Whitworth) and some bastardized metric combinations in cars through the TF (1955 or so). I always; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00024.html (9,206 bytes)
292. Re: Meboe is right! (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 21 Jun 1995 17:25:35 -0500; Seems to me you have a late model pulley and earlier timing cover. As mentioned, I've seen that before. The advance on this engine can be quite dramatic (some 40-50 degrees at higher speeds), but tha; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00376.html (7,809 bytes)
293. Re: distributor removal (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 23 Jun 1995 10:07:29 -0500; Nothing else holding it. I presume that what you mean is that when you remove the two bolts and the clamp bolt the bracket is free to rotate but the dizzie is still stuck. At that point the dizzie sh; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00422.html (7,100 bytes)
294. Re: Worn Wire Wheel Splines (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 23 Jun 1995 10:28:44 -0500; Splined hubs cewrtainly are work, especially when they are worn (with apologies to Gibbons). Most likely. There should be absolutely no slop in the bearings. At. All. Fortunately, the rear wheel bear; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00424.html (8,253 bytes)
295. Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 23 Jun 1995 10:45:46 -0500; Nothing you describe is surprising. New cylinders are less expensive than sleeving -- try Northwest Import Parts or Special Interest Parts, around $50. In general abused systems (lack of lube) will h; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00425.html (7,974 bytes)
296. Re: Paint, Urethane v. Enamel? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 26 Jun 1995 11:20:18 -0500; You are opening a big can of worms here. Paint preferences are very personal, and there is no clear winner. In general, the urethane will be more resistant to weather etc than the enamel, and both wi; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00457.html (8,375 bytes)
297. Re: MGA: Bargain or Bust? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 27 Jun 1995 10:38:39 -0500; MGA's are a bit more forgiving than MGB's with respect to rot because they have a frame which is very robust. From that perspective, one can start with an MGA that appears to be in rather bad conditi; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00480.html (8,529 bytes)
298. More incunabula (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 27 Jun 1995 16:42:58 -0500; OK, it's a slow day, so here's a trivia question that will _only_ interest the Truly Initiated, and for which I have no answer. What's with the "M|G" painted on the trannie cases? I have yanked about; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00498.html (9,404 bytes)
299. Re: MG name (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 27 Jun 1995 17:21:38 -0500; The Spirit of Ecstasy; commonly, the Flying Lady. C'mon, how about a hard one, like who was called "The hyphen in Rolls-Royce", and why? A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00501.html (8,013 bytes)
300. Re: Fuel Injection for the MGB (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 29 Jun 1995 14:30:17 -0500; Well, sonny (cough! wheeze!), back in the old days all we had for toys was rocks, with strings on them, and for fun we dragged them around in the dirt, and we loved it! We were happy! And we walked f; /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00555.html (9,465 bytes)

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