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1. Re: Alternator Woes (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 07:41:59 -0400; I'm going to assume that you mean a 11.8v potential between Positive and Ground. A 1977 MGB is Negative Ground, so the voltage potential between negative and ground should be zero. If one of the dio; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00039.html (8,769 bytes)
2. Re: Ebay (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 08:45:28 -0400; If you use the "Personal Shopper" you can tailor the search pretty well, and save it as a standard search. (One tip, if you search for "lucas" stick in "-(george, star wars, jerry) or you'll be inund; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00109.html (7,728 bytes)
3. Whahappened? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 08:46:43 -0400; Okay here's a puzzler for you all. As I'm driving in to work this morning ('77 Midget, 1500, original ZS carb, desmogged, Crane xr-700 ignition on original OPUS distributor, otherwise stock), I slow; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00110.html (8,000 bytes)
4. Re: Whahappened? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 09:33:52 -0400; I've got a great list of things to check out at lunch. Keep 'em coming! Intersting that just about everybody has made mention of the Prince of Darkness as a cause. There may be a simpler cause at wor; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00112.html (7,738 bytes)
5. RE: Midgets under semis <WAS> Problem solved for the moment? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 08:20:43 -0400; Yep, done that. Was trying to worm around a fender-bender (in my lane). There was tractor-trailer next to me. He was crawling, my lane was stuck. I tooted, waved and pointed, he understood immediatel; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00164.html (8,105 bytes)
6. Re: Checking the coil (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 07:31:00 -0400; You can make some checks with a multimeter, but it's not really of much value. Most of the time, unless a coil is TOTALLY dead, it will test fine on the bench, then fail once it warms up in operation; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00565.html (7,244 bytes)
7. Re: Fuel Pump - NOT (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:44:35 -0400; I'm on the Digest, so this answer may be a little late. If you haven't taken it apart yet, it's likely that the problem is that the diaphragm has gotten stiff. After a while, accumulated varnish and; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00337.html (8,377 bytes)
8. Re: flywheels (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 07:52:18 -0400; If this is a friend of yours, tell him that he does NOT want them to turn the ring gear around on the flywheel. If the teeth are worn, he'd be much better off having a new ring gear fitted (they aren; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00390.html (8,314 bytes)
9. Re: flywheels (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:59:35 -0400; Nope, it's one of two positions. On a 4 cylinder engine, you get two pistons firing per revolution, or two full revolutions to get all 4 cylinders to fire. (If you want proof, pay attention the next; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00480.html (8,720 bytes)
10. Re: Running without a thermostat/2 cents (score: 1): Author: Christopher Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:27:38 -0400; Generally, running without a thermostat isn't recommended, as the restriction imposed by the thermostat has an affect on the water flow (not so much how fast, but <where>). Water will follow the pat; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00734.html (8,365 bytes)
11. RE: iron-clad law of distribution WAS Excuses... WAS example... (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:44:29 -0400; Every once in a while an iron clad law gets broken. Especially around We ordered a bundle of brake parts for Marcy's Magnette through Jeff Zorn (Little British Car Company, www.LBCarCo.com). Well, I; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00813.html (8,878 bytes)
12. Re: PoziDrive 2 !! (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:50:00 -0400; They're graphic images. Given what Ed had to work with, they're great! Give them time to load.; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00975.html (7,216 bytes)
13. Re: Non LBC (but VITALE!) Beep!Beep! (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:11:28 -0400; Wile E. - Ahm not sure what this has to do with that shiny-headed basketball announcer Dick Vitale, but it proves that you're definitely, ah say definitely, looney-toons, mah boy! Foghorn L.; /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01158.html (7,181 bytes)
14. RE: MG Rocks 2000 (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 20:14:08 -0400; We'll be there, with both cars. Chris & Marcy Kotting '77 MG Midget (His) '58 MG ZB Magnette (Hers); /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01368.html (6,584 bytes)
15. Re: Back Again! (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:32:38 -0500; Rather than epoxying it, you could try the Loctite thread restorer. Coat the inside of the socket on the wiper arm with the included release agent, coat the splined nub with the thread restorer, fit; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00065.html (8,495 bytes)
16. Re: news of the strange-No LBC content (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 07:38:10 -0500; I suspect that this is an instance of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle at work. Heisenberg said (in essence) that the act of trying to measure something changes the thing being measured. He was t; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00066.html (9,657 bytes)
17. Re: eBay - anyone know what this is? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 07:47:48 -0500; If I recall correctly, the ZB's have different spacing between the carb centerlines, and use larger carbs, so this set up would be ZA-specific. Sort of a shame, because I like the crest. Chris Kottin; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00241.html (8,001 bytes)
18. RE: Alternator? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 07:42:00 -0500; If you tested things by pulling the negative cable while the car was running, even if the alternaor wasn't the problem before, there's a chance it is now. A test like that is really rough on the dio; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00378.html (9,767 bytes)
19. RE: [Re: [Re: Poetry and Proper Name....]] (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:21:35 -0500; Show me a car that actually has a badge on it that says "XKE" and I'll believe you. Don't confuse what American marketing dweebs called the car with what those who manufactured the car called it. Ch; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00770.html (8,249 bytes)
20. Re: BMW commits? and is a new MG what we need? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:12:44 -0500; I seriously doubt it. I don't doubt that you >read< it, or even that it is an accurate representation of what a reporter was >told<, but I doubt that it was, in reality, a major reason. Why? Because; /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01051.html (10,367 bytes)

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