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1. RE>curious snaps (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 13:02:19 -0800
As you described tehm, they sound just like the ones used on my Roadster to attach the straps from the convertible top 'boot' or the tonneau when it is folded down behind the seats for driving. - co
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg00427.html (7,919 bytes)

2. RE>Curious Snaps (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 16:45:39 -0800
I should have noted on my first post that these are not the snaps that the seat fastens to. Those I know where they are and use them all the time. so far the most sensible answer that I have gotten i
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg00440.html (7,469 bytes)

3. RE:Stromberg Carb Help?!?! (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:43:25 -0800
You seem to be at the exact same stage as I am, but I think I may have been fighting with it for longer. I have a 1978 MGB Roadster, which looks pretty good, everything is original. I too have repla
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg00902.html (9,765 bytes)

4. RE: (*ON* TOPIC) Here I sit -- tales of woe (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 08:59:57 -0800
I also have a 1978 B, Unfortunately I can't look at it right now, but hopefully I can still help a little. Mine electrically was all working when I got it. It has the aftermarket 'Allison" ignition
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg01264.html (10,823 bytes)

5. RE: Gas Tank Leak and Distributer Vacuum Uni (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 13:20:42 -0700
Just read your E-Mail, I'm not sure about gas tank repair, but I believe it is possible, from other messages I've read in the past. As for the vacuum line - yes, you are right it goes to a little sq
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00035.html (7,915 bytes)

6. Still won't idle (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:02:37 -0700
Hello again, I'm still trying to get my idle right, but I now feel it is more than that. Part of my concern is the damn California Smog test I have to get through. The car almost seems like it is onl
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00850.html (8,322 bytes)

7. RE>Still won't idle (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:37:01 -0700
Thanks very much for the information, definitely sounds like a good possibility. I was liiking at various manuals/catalogues, none of which seem to show the opyical sensor like we have, but I also n
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00948.html (10,797 bytes)

8. RE:Still won't idle (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:44:16 -0700
Thanks for the info., I was wondering about that 'Gulp Valve thing' I will do the check you suggest. I was wondering is it repairable? (It isn't that cheap in the Moss Catalog etc.) Perhaps somebody
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00949.html (10,480 bytes)

9. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:31:27 -0700
Thanks for the info Steve, I'm going to check further into the Gulp Valve and Distributor at the weekend, but now you've got me wondering about that "air pump hose restrictor" - my hose has also been
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg01074.html (9,731 bytes)

10. Re:Still won't idle (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:12:38 -0700
Hi Peter, Thanks for the info. Mine has a separate amplifier, but I don't think it is Lucas, but in the distributor is an 'optical pickup', part of which comes higher than the base of the rotor, so I
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg01168.html (9,507 bytes)

11. Insurance Companies (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 15:16:35 -0700
I had a similar issue, with fairly minor damage to my MG, after having it moved. I just went all over the place getting quotes from these fancy 'European' body shops who fix Mercedes etc. One even q
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg01214.html (8,819 bytes)

12. Oil Pressure (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 16:18:39 -0700
Hello all, I have a 1978 MGB with all the Smog Stuff, the car only has about 67,000 miles on it and generally is in very good shape. It never has idled very smoothly, and so I decided to replace all
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00586.html (7,327 bytes)

13. What have I done ? (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 10:35:18 -0700
Unusual subject: - HIGH OIL PRESSURE (I did post this earlier, but I'm not sure if it got through?) I have a 1978 MGB with all the Smog Stuff, the car only has about 67,000 miles on it and generally
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00656.html (7,273 bytes)

14. More on Compression? (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:00:34 -0700
Hi again, I am a little less concerned about my 'high' oil pressure, thanks to all who responded, but I am still trying to solve the poor idle, occasional splutter, etc. I feel next, I have to rebuil
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00910.html (7,533 bytes)

15. RE>More on Compression ? (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 07:56:38 -0700
Thanks for the hint, but yes I do have the air cleaner and filter mounted when I attempt to tune that damn Stromberg. Thanks anyway, Poor idle? Occasional splutter? Never been able to adjust that da
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00967.html (8,834 bytes)

16. Re: RE>More on Compression ? (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:24:02 -0700
Yes, that's the one! You must have one on your 1979, do you have any trouble getting the car to idle smoothly? I think part of my problems are caused by all the California Smog stuff. Is a damn Strom
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01010.html (7,000 bytes)

17. RE: True or False (score: 1)
Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:35:37 -0700
I just read your E-Mail on the mg list. - I have a '78 B with idling problems, and I have been wondering about the Gulp valve? - How do you know when it is bad and where do you get a japanese replac
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg01388.html (9,038 bytes)


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