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41. Re: Going to and fro... (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 31 Oct 1997 08:53:37 -0600; The lubing system in many trannies is driven by the input shaft, which is not moving when you tow. The output shaft is moving and lots of surfaces are sliding on one another without lubrication. A. B; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg02178.html (7,731 bytes)
42. Re: gudgeon pins- or is it? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 31 Oct 1997 15:54:31 -0600; Thursday, I believe. A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg02206.html (7,182 bytes)
43. Sticky valve symptoms (TD)? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 09 Sep 1997 11:27:26 -0500; About two years ago I though I'd do my '52 TD a big favor and have the head rebuilt. Among other things, compression was spotty and there was a lot of oil going down the valve guides. Among other can; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00650.html (7,515 bytes)
44. Rough running solved-XPAG (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 15 Sep 1997 11:01:39 -0500; It's never what you think it is. Problem: Rough running XPAG (TD) engine, all speeds, loaded/unloaded, all mixtures, all temperatures. Therapy: Replace plugs, plug wires, rotor, cap, condensor, coil,; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01091.html (7,712 bytes)
45. RE: ANSA header (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 15 Sep 1997 16:01:04 -0500; JetHot is a unique process and is rather better than porcelainizing, which is probably what your chum was thinking of. The outfit is in Arizona I believe and they advertise in Hemmings Motor News. I; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01115.html (7,492 bytes)
46. Drip, drip...carb jet leaks (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 22 Sep 1997 08:52:11 -0500; Surely in the last 30 years someone has come up with something better than cork, or whatever that squashed moose-dung stuff is that is used for seals on the SU carb jets. Now that the TD is back on t; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg01675.html (7,242 bytes)
47. Re: Javelin Jupiter (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 26 Sep 1997 11:05:02 -0500; Sure that wasn't a Jowett? They made a Jupiter in that time frame, a _very_ interesting car. They went out of business because production costs exceeded what they could get for the car. After WW2, fo; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg02150.html (7,625 bytes)
48. Re: TD brake lights solved! (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 30 Sep 1997 09:01:25 -0500; Hello? Contains water? The spray is mostly light hydrocarbons, with a little graphite and other non-volatile stuff. It can leave a residue. However, the "WD" means "water displacing". It's meant to d; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg02387.html (7,252 bytes)
49. Re: TC Fuel Level Light (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 30 Sep 1997 16:25:49 -0500; Yep. Yep. Make a decent gasket for the cap of the unit and seal it in with Permatex #2, the old smelly brown dried-moose-dung stuff. It is resistant to gasoline, unlike virtually every other sealant; /html/mgs/1997-09/msg02423.html (7,361 bytes)
50. Re: cracked head woes (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 01 Aug 1997 12:43:07 -0500; The process is as you describe and the outcome is generally pretty good. Cold repair (drilling and plugging) is good for water jackets, but adds little strength to the head. Cast iron _cannot_ be pro; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00033.html (7,267 bytes)
51. Re: BGT rear end clunk (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 18 Aug 1997 09:56:24 -0500; No. The Dreaded Clunk is a common malady. Comes from either (1) worn thrust washers in the diffie or (2) worn spider gears in the diffie. A less likely source is worn splines in the drive shaft. (1); /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00999.html (7,406 bytes)
52. Re: Castrol Plug (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 19 Aug 1997 17:42:54 -0500; Above all, DON'T get it on your hands. It will eat the hell out of your skin. Not a burn, but after awhile it just sorta falls off. Nasty. A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01170.html (7,672 bytes)
53. Re: Coolant Around Spark Plug -Reply (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 20 Aug 1997 11:07:09 -0500; If the coolant is puddling around the spark plug, there is no way for it to get there from a head gasket leak unless you have discovered the lost lode of upsi-daisium. Twist is referring to weeps dow; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01230.html (8,198 bytes)
54. Re: Modulation Gone! Now what? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 21 Aug 1997 17:14:34 -0500; It is a pretty sleazy metal, but it is a steel alloy and not pot metal, at least. The reason it doesn't have to be strong is because it is subjected only to compressive forces (under normal circumsta; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01331.html (9,314 bytes)
55. Re: WARNING, WARNING!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!!!!!!! (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 25 Aug 1997 16:52:44 -0500; Dave-- I know you mean well, but this is horse-hockey. You CANNOT get a virus that impacts on your hard drive from reading mail. Period. You can get a virus that impacts on Word files from mail attac; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01559.html (7,189 bytes)
56. Re: TD Tappets... (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 29 Aug 1997 09:10:51 -0500; Actually, if it's stock, the gears are 5.125. My experience is that a reasonable highway cruising speed is about 4500 rpm, which gives about 55 mph, depending on the air in your tires. But you still; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01974.html (8,861 bytes)
57. Re: TD Tappets... (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 29 Aug 1997 11:20:28 -0500; In a TD, with the 5.125 rear end, 4500 rpm is 878 rev/min of the rear axle. The wheel radius is between 11 and 12 inches, depending on the tire you have. Let's say it's 12 inches (1 foot), then one g; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01994.html (7,279 bytes)
58. Re: Our Cars Being Shipped Off? What? (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 02 Jul 1997 13:19:28 -0500; There are very active groups of collectors and restorers in Europe. I have seen fair numbers of LBC's in Holland and Belgium, and 50's American iron is extremely popular in Scandinavia. Before gettin; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00086.html (10,318 bytes)
59. Re: MGTF rear transmission mount (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 03 Jul 1997 15:53:30 -0500; Yup. Been there, done that (TD). Yup. It will help immensely to take off the tunnel (a non-trivial job) to get access to the various bits. It's a lot easier doing some of the bolts from above instead; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00159.html (8,833 bytes)
60. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 07 Jul 1997 17:33:03 -0500; I am puzzled by all of this discussion of how to turn the engine. It's British, use the hand-crank (the one that the muscle-car yobs laugh at....) A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00453.html (7,852 bytes)

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