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1. Re: Brake Lights (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:55:05 -0400 (EDT)
Well, if you can confirm that the lamps are wired according to the wiring diagram, and that the bulbs are indeed ok and clean, start by making sure all contacts are clean, that the lamp is properly g
/html/mgs/1996-10/msg00494.html (8,324 bytes)

2. Re: A little radiator lead - what to do? (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:02:36 +0500 (EST)
I second this. I've had some temporary success with the silver powdery stuff (don't remember the brand name; might be "Stop Leak"), but I had a near-disastrous experience years ago with my Mayflower
/html/mgs/1996-10/msg01183.html (9,021 bytes)

3. Re: Healeyistic medicine (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 15:05:00 +0500 (EST)
Ray, considering the many examples of the "magic of MG" and "Triumph over adversity," this healeyistic philosophy you expound seems quite logical. We all are Reliant upon such Humbering experiences,
/html/mgs/1996-10/msg01251.html (7,443 bytes)

4. Re: Of Lamps and Lumps...Was: Re: Old Lucas Horn (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:55:21 +0400 (EDT)
Well, if I were attempting to restore my old Raleigh three-speed (converted from Sturmey-Archer thumb shift to Bendix cross-bar-mounted stick-shift) or my sister's Triumph (honest!) three-speed (stil
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00397.html (8,078 bytes)

5. Re: TD fuse question (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 11:04:29 -0900 (PDT)
While Ray, as usual, has come up with a totally logical philosophical and technical explanation, albeit somewhat akin to "my dog ate it" ;-), allow this fellow non-EE to speculate. Back in the 1960s
/html/mgs/1996-06/msg00233.html (9,074 bytes)

6. Re: hybrids (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:11:09 -0900 (PDT)
Right. Metros used a couple different Austin engines. But it could have been quite different: Not long after Mayflower production began, Standard-Triumph's Sir John Black approached Nash-Kelvinator's
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00332.html (7,658 bytes)

7. Re: MoWoG, and other mysteries............. (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:39:07 -0800 (PST)
Right on all counts, Terry! Actually, what one usually finds cast into these parts or printed on their boxes is "STANPART" -- the Standard-Triumph equivalent to Chrysler's MoPar. The moniker long out
/html/mgs/1996-01/msg00218.html (8,280 bytes)

8. Re: Vacuum (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:05:29 -0800 (PST)
[snip] Vacuum reservoirs are not new. I thought it was pretty neat that my mom's then-new 1968 Ford LTD Country Squire had a big black vacuum tank up front so that the headlight doors could open or c
/html/mgs/1996-01/msg00293.html (8,673 bytes)

9. Re: She comes in colors... (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 16:44:38 -0800 (PST)
Well, yes, it is. But I won't go into detail. You kids all have dictionaries; use them! ;-) BTW, beating the underlying early Rolling Stones subplot of this message to death: If, by tomorrow, we all
/html/mgs/1996-01/msg00567.html (7,800 bytes)

10. Re: FW: Curious Temperature Question... (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 09:46:17 -0800 (PST)
J. Michael (and Bart): if the Midget 1500 block is like most other Triumph Herald-based four-cylinder engines, the tap/drain plug should be on the right side (as mounted in the car) of the block, nea
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00006.html (7,213 bytes)

11. Changing rod bearings "in situ" (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:35:22 -0800 (PST)
True, but removing the spark plugs often will appease those spirits. ;-) I think you're right about out-and-out failure, but I've renewed warn bearings several times in various British and pseudo-Bri
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00008.html (7,695 bytes)

12. Re: Are MGs really all that tough? (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:08:05 -0800 (PST)
Uh, John? Ever see "The Wizard of Oz"? You are the heir apparent (forgive me) to Toto. You have pulled back the curtain and exposed the myth of British car unreliability, etc. "Child, you cut me to t
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00553.html (7,851 bytes)

13. Re: MG Logo infringement (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 14:22:17 -0500 (EST)
I suppose the real question here is what Rover (BMV) intends to do. Are they looking to "protect" the good name by ensuring that its use is only for clubs and/or for "proper" use in advertisement of
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00198.html (8,347 bytes)

14. Re: MGs, Stoplights, Windshields (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 12:42:07 -0800 (PST)
Hey, what about one of those prismatic/periscopy-type thingies, like the Fulton Traffic Light Minder (or whatever they were called) that were so common an accessory in the 1950s? These were designed
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00346.html (7,853 bytes)

15. Re: MGs, Stoplights, Windshields (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:35:46 -0800 (PST)
As I recall, they were little "cubes" that hung up near the top left corner of your windshield (inside of course) and refracted the image of the traffic light -- great if you had pulled up almost und
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00370.html (8,331 bytes)

16. Re: A new carburettor synchronizing theory (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 14:36:01 -0900 (PDT)
Dave, I just came across mine a few weeks ago, tucked in the glovebox of one of my many stored (sigh!) cars. I think I used bits of it once, to help center a jet, but I always had much better luck in
/html/mgs/1995-10/msg00100.html (8,749 bytes)

17. Re: MGB Body Repair Price Advice Needed (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:02:54 -0900 (PDT)
On Wed, 18 Oct 1995 Leon replies: Wait a minute. I'd have to guess that the 4k figure was for the completed car returned to Mr. Donahue. It's great to spend $5000 for a new Heritage shell, but aren't
/html/mgs/1995-10/msg00247.html (9,077 bytes)

18. Re: CO [was Re: Winter Storage] (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:36:12 -0900 (PDT)
Unfortunately, in certain cases airflow become a factor. My personal experience involved a Spitfire 1500 with top down, but with the trunklid up to accommodate a Toro lawnmower. Can you say "breathe
/html/mgs/1995-10/msg00461.html (8,266 bytes)

19. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:22:41 -0900 (PDT)
Years ago, the Kingsbourne (sp?) Company sold distributor waterproofing kits, which consisted of some sort of boot that went over the cap/wires. Perhaps this or a similar kit is still available? * *
/html/mgs/1995-10/msg00468.html (8,502 bytes)

20. Re: MGC: What engine? (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:42:01 -0800 (PST)
Not as redundant as one might think; a "[long] hundredweight" in British terminology is equal to 112 lb, or one-twentieth of a long ton (2240 lb). Andy "sorry, it's the librarian in me" Mace
/html/mgs/1995-10/msg00560.html (7,461 bytes)


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