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341. Re: Engine swap and measurements (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:25:31 -0600
that design ended in about '67. Either my car has an older engine or older rods. It is a 5 main engine, as it should be, and the head has a casting <mold> date of 1969. .... The angled rods were used
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00406.html (7,709 bytes)

342. Re: Engine swap and measurements (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:21:34 -0600
B engine, check this out - you could be sitting on a gold mine! (Of course, this one is a year older than yours....)....<VBG> 119 I make no pretense about it being valuable. My first "18" head was pr
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00416.html (8,752 bytes)

343. Re: temperature sender (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:45:32 -0600
early 60s B? .... I just had a MGA analog temperature gauge repaired a few months ago. All new parts for the temperature probe, wire shielded pipette tubing and fluid installed. $85 plus $5 shipping.
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00629.html (7,666 bytes)

344. Re: running on (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:00:19 -0600
You didn't say if you had done any engine work, but start here: http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg/mgtech/engine/ro101.htm braided hose coming from the block and the piping from the gauge; how do they
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00768.html (8,182 bytes)

345. Re: will opel gt wheels fit on a 74 mgb (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:40:22 -0600
does anyone know if they'll fit my 74 mgb? Check the bolt pattern first. The bolt pattern has to be 4 bolts on a 4-1/2" basic circle. Stock MGB wheels are 14" diameter (at base of the bead) and 4" wi
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00773.html (8,136 bytes)

346. Re: Chicago Area British Swap meet, February (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 12:31:44 -0600
Or for all "normal" details and the latest updates check here: http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/swapmeet.html
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00834.html (6,872 bytes)

347. Snow orphan MGA project available cheap (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:31:13 -0600
NOTE 1: Keep in mind that cheap may not always be such a good deal. In the Chicago, Illinois, area there is a disassembled 1960 MGA 1600 Roadster project just orphaned by the winter snows. The fellow
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00845.html (13,952 bytes)

348. Re: Tranny shipping (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:29:43 -0600
Gearbox can ship via UPS (if properly packaged). I just shipped one last month, a rather valuable rebuilt unit, and spent more than an hour packaging it. Since I have in recent years purchased for ch
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00854.html (13,394 bytes)

349. Re: MGB heater motors (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:31:59 -0600
Yes. But I thought the two speed arrangement was still a single speed motor, and the slower speed was achieved by switching a resistor in series with it to drop the input voltage. Time to educate the
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00871.html (7,345 bytes)

350. RE: MGB heater motors (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:37:03 -0600
the slow speed be about what it is now and another higher speed that is greater than the present speed. So you need a larger motor. Otherwise, I have heard that the later model plastic blower cage fa
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00891.html (7,403 bytes)

351. Re: Replace the Twin Batteries or Not? (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:00:18 -0600
plus the added power in the cold cranking amps. .... When one 6-volt battery has a rating of 350 CCA, then two in series will still have 350 CCA capability, juat at 12 volts instead of 6 volts. The n
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00896.html (8,403 bytes)

352. Snow orphan MGA parts, cheaper (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 18:33:58 -0600
Bad news and good news. The orphan MGA turns out to have a main body shell made largely of air, the type commonly found in Swiss Cheese. It was dipped and etched about four years ago (obviously swiss
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00904.html (11,185 bytes)

353. Snow orphan MGA info - URL (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:21:45 -0600
Pictures, full description, and a few additional details since last posting. Mostly complete car, bad main body tub, most other parts okay. New parts included total about $1300 list price. Will proba
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00916.html (6,578 bytes)

354. Re: Replace the twin batteries (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 13:14:08 -0600
it is enormous (and difficult to get into place)! As long as you actually can get it in, that's not such a bad deal. group-24 battery (remember that the total capacity of 2x6v batteries in series is
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg00939.html (8,683 bytes)

355. Re: wheel hubs on the "wrong" side - the real answer (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:07:01 -0600
Most of the _guesses_ are so far off the wall that you couldn't play handball with them, but this particular explanation is very close but still not quite complete. In fact the cause of self tighteni
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg01000.html (13,231 bytes)

356. OT - MGA web site construction basics (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 06:13:00 -0600
Okay, you obviously got past the "OT" in the subject line without hitting the DELETE key, so it's on your head, I'm not a criminal. In at least 4 years on this list I don't recall ever posting an OT
/html/mgs/2000-12/msg01012.html (8,862 bytes)

357. Halloween chuckle (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:14:09 -0600
Suitable family entertainment. 1280 wide view and 70K download. Barney Gaylord 1958 MGA with an attitude http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00091.html (6,277 bytes)

358. Halloween chuckle (2nd try) (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:28:13 -0600
OOPS! Forgot the URL: http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg/recent/drac.htm Suitable family entertainment. 1280 wide view and 70K download. Barney Gaylord 1958 MGA with an attitude http://www.ntsource.co
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00092.html (6,452 bytes)

359. Re: what does "5J" mean? (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:24:56 -0600
measure a wheel to make sure it's a 5J and not a 4J or something else? The 5 is the wheel width in inches, measured in between the beads (flanges) on the rim. J is the rim type, refering to the desig
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00167.html (7,381 bytes)

360. Dual HIF4 conversion kit available (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:54:35 -0600
A quick note for a non-list MG club friend. No personal interest, don't call me, call him. Everything you need to convert a late model MGB from single ZS carb to Dual SU HIF4 carbs. Look here: http:/
/html/mgs/2000-11/msg00168.html (6,510 bytes)


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