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141. Re: Question about "Redline" could be off topic / Antifreeze (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:36:00 -0500; Last fall I checked my coolant with an old Prestone hydrometer. I was puzzled by the poor reading, because I knew I had mixed it for maximum freeze, 50/50. Later I happened to notice that the contain; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01080.html (9,717 bytes)
142. Re: dynabatts / series 26, where are you? (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:04:02 -0500; Well I ordered the Dyna-Batt, the model with the post type terminals. (Looks like the same battery can be had under a different brand quit a bit cheaper, if you can cope with a non-automotive termina; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01082.html (7,075 bytes)
143. Re: A cool thing about our cars (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:35:57 -0500; The kids in my neighborhood think my B is some exotic 180 mph car. Of course, I don't want to disillusion them. Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #1; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01130.html (9,357 bytes)
144. Re: What would you drive? (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:58:11 -0500; I would probably buy a Cobra. But every time I drove it, I would feel like I was cheating on my MGs. Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470 71 MGB; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01194.html (9,750 bytes)
145. Re: radiator mystery (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:13:35 -0500; I hear a lot about overheating in the hot weather, several members in the local club have been fighting this problem with extra rows, extra fans, water wetter, etc. to no avail. It's ironic that I ha; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00084.html (9,708 bytes)
146. Re: Transmission Oil Dipstick and Updates (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 14:09:29 -0500; Someone may have already mentioned this: Tie a piece of cord/rope around the dipstick loop and pull up on the cord. I have found that the dipstick tends to get stuck, even though it gets withdrawn re; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00257.html (8,946 bytes)
147. Re: Transmission Oil Dipstick and Updates (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:24:07 -0500; That would be the plastic container a plain quart of motor oil comes in. Fluids other than motor oil can be transferred to an empty motor oil container. Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) Email -; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00369.html (7,913 bytes)
148. Re: 'TD Help Needed / Big & Tall (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:02:27 -0500; If he's having that much trouble with the seat, I absolutely guarantee that he won't be able to get in or out of the car with the top up and the side curtain in place! I'm only 5'8" but have a bit of; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00405.html (8,862 bytes)
149. Re: Dizzy Cap condensation (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:28:46 -0500; I had a '64 Saab 96 that also had the distributor at the front. It was right behind the grill. (The radiator was actually behind the engine.) The distributor had an air hose providing positive air pr; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00452.html (8,375 bytes)
150. Re: Dry Sump / Wear on start up (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:15:01 -0500; I read some where that the excessive wear that occurs when you start an engine is not due to a lack of lubrication. The article claimed the real problem is that a stone cold engine makes water instea; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00456.html (8,512 bytes)
151. Re: Well the clutch hose is fitted....no clutch pressure?? (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:33:12 -0500; I really don't have any recommendations, well you might try the ezibleed gismo. My experience is that it's very hard to bleed the clutch. Once, after changing the fluid, I just couldn't get any clutc; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00505.html (9,646 bytes)
152. Re: blowing fuses (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:02:36 -0500; One word of caution: never make ohm measurements on a live circuit. Disconnect one of the battery cables before setting the meter to ohms. Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s) Email - bobmgtd@insigh; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00646.html (13,062 bytes)
153. Re: Cars and Heat (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 18:50:19 -0500; This is just a wild guess, but make sure your gas tank is vented properly. I'm thinking that sitting in the sun is going to make the gas (and air) expand. If some air can't escape from the tank, gas; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00721.html (8,211 bytes)
154. Re: TD Heat shield / Vapor Lock (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:12:04 -0500; Thanks for the info. This sounds exactly like what's happening to my car! I wonder if anyone has tried to fit an electric fan to a TD. As in some modern cars, it could be set up to run with the igni; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00724.html (8,625 bytes)
155. Re: starter motor removal (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:26:01 -0500; I found the clutch cylinder nuts similarly frozen on my '71. It took some finagling, but I was able to replace the starter on my '71 without disturbing the clutch cylinder, or the distributor. As I; /html/mgs/2002-06/msg00881.html (8,639 bytes)
156. Re: drink holder (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 10:18:36 -0500; This is the kind of drink holder that I use. The trouble with this kind is convincing the wife that you shouldn't slam the door shut with a drink hanging on it! The wife can't go from point A to poin; /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00150.html (10,548 bytes)
157. Is it just me, or what? Part Quality (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 11:30:21 -0500; I just did a little spring maintenance on my '71 B, and boy am I mad. First I discovered that the steering rack boots, that I replaced two years ago, had numerous splits. Of course the holes are on t; /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00153.html (9,297 bytes)
158. Don't trust oil hose anymore (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 21:54:52 -0500; After going through two new leaking block-to-oil-sensor hoses, I don't care to play anymore Russian Roulette with my engine. (This is the little hose, not the big oil cooler hose.) Does anyone know w; /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00269.html (7,540 bytes)
159. Re: Don't trust oil hose anymore (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 21:35:50 -0500; Hi Charles & Peggy: I was very carefull not to put a strain on the hoses. I dismantled the first new hose and found a rubber core full of cracks. I sent the second new hose back to Moss. We'll see wh; /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00383.html (9,375 bytes)
160. Castrol GTX High Mileage 20W50 (score: 1): Author: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>; Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 22:16:37 -0500; I spotted something new at the local auto parts shop. Castrol has a new 20W50 for high mileage engines, that is, engines with over 75,000 miles. That certainly describes the engines in my MGs. Is thi; /html/mgs/2002-05/msg00412.html (7,076 bytes)

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