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121. OBERG TILT LIFT? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:44:16 -0400
Anyone used the Oberg Tilt-Lift device that moss sells? They claim that you can pull an engine by yourself with one. Anything that makes it easier for me to pull the engine (Which I dont plan to do a
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg00928.html (7,576 bytes)

122. Fiero Seats instructions and Tonneau suitability. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:48:07 -0400
So I looked at the Fiero seats that were posted, and I think I'd like to install those in my 73 B when I re-do the interior. Anyone have good instructions on what's required? Also, those seats look a
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg00929.html (7,299 bytes)

123. Re: British Food (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 16:21:45 -0400
Or LaPhroaig, or Cavacullin... Remember, there is no problem in this world so great that it cant be solved by the appropriate amount of Single Malt Scotch. ___________________________________________
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg00947.html (7,205 bytes)

124. Full Independant Rear Suspension. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:44:24 -0400
Since I'm really a non-car-guy masquerading as a car-guy, someone with more experience give me an opinion on this. Reading the latest MG Magazine and they have a bit on a four wheel, fully independan
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01124.html (8,684 bytes)

125. Re: Full Independant Rear Suspension. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:03:56 -0400
Well, I wasnt actually seriously considering it. That $3100 would be much higher for me, because if I actually spent it, the divorce lawyer would cost much much more. :) I hesitated to send this beca
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01127.html (10,210 bytes)

126. What makes a car? What makes an MGC? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:51:09 -0400
Odd question I've been mulling over. With the availability of Heritage shells, isnt it theoretically posible that I could spend a small bit of cash on a serious basket case with a clear title, and on
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01128.html (8,948 bytes)

127. Re: What makes a car? What makes an MGC? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:01:49 -0400
I'm not looking to do anything radical. it will still be an MGB or MGC, it will just not have any of the parts that rolled out of the factory. We did this with a computer once at work. Had intermitte
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01140.html (10,113 bytes)

128. What the heck is 1967 spec? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 16:33:05 -0400
Some of you guru's help me here please... I'm pulling the engine out of my 73 B roadster this weekend to begin a complete rebuild, with a "When in doubt, replace it" mentality. Based on what I've rea
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01263.html (9,131 bytes)

129. Re: What the heck is 1967 spec? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:33:00 -0400
Oddly enough, I've been getting email dropped to the list, I'll try again. Kelvin, Fantastic, thank you. Exactly the type of info I was looking for. A few questions, interspersed below... Excellent,
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01293.html (11,420 bytes)

130. Re: What the heck is 1967 spec? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:30:34 -0400
Fantastic, thank you. Exactly the type of info I was looking for. A few questions, interspersed below... Excellent, for some reason I had thought the opposite. As the car currently has a single DGV
/html/mgs/2000-10/msg01294.html (11,383 bytes)

131. The Madness Begins (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:12:24 -0400
So on a whim I'm surfing the local newspaper's auto classifieds, theoretically looking for a cheap Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla for the wife to drive. The problem is, we've got this leased minivan t
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg00732.html (11,316 bytes)

132. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:20:33 -0400
Thanks to everyone for the replies, I'm seriously impressed with the quality of this list. I'm not a "car guy" with loads of experience. I want to tinker, but have decided to not mess with the brakes
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg00763.html (9,175 bytes)

133. First Pictures of the Beast (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:49:45 -0400
Borrowed the digital camera from work today, took some pictures of the beast. I still cant get the hood open to figure out why I have no electric so she got pushed into the driveway, then right back
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg00833.html (7,050 bytes)

134. Four Wheel Discs (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:53:34 -0400
I'm going on the assumption that the new (as yet unnamed) 73 B needs a complete brake overhaul. I dont know that for a fact yet, as tomorrow's the day she gets towed off to the shop to get the once o
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg00897.html (7,581 bytes)

135. Umm, nevermind (was Four Wheel Discs) (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:08:40 -0400
OK, so I misread the page in the VB catalog the first time I read it and never went back to verify. First time I read it was late, I was tired, and my eyes crossed the "Four Piston Calipers" with "Di
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg00912.html (10,132 bytes)

136. Re: Head-Job (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:27:01 -0400
That's why I love this list, I dont even have to ask, people ask my questions for me! I'm in about the same boat with my 1973. I havent yanked the head yet to know whether it's gasket, but based on m
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg01025.html (8,399 bytes)

137. Hood (Bonnet) release. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:15:43 -0400
Well, I've fixed one of three problems. Bought the 73 B a week and a half ago, drove it home, the brakes were only a rumor, so I pulled it in the driveway, went in to move the pile of boxes and kids
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg01174.html (8,983 bytes)

138. Re: Hood (Bonnet) release. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:31:07 -0400
"Well, I just pulled the knob". It went like this. He popped the hood. I poked and prodded the engine, he closed the hood. "This hood is so light, you have to give it a bit more distance to drop to g
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg01190.html (8,909 bytes)

139. Re: Hood (Bonnet) release. (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:43:57 -0400
Tried that, had my wife lean on it too. I did get a good description of the hood latch in private email from, I believe, James Nazarian (Thanks man.) and will try tonight. -- ________________________
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg01200.html (7,672 bytes)

140. Re: The ugliest MGA ever (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:16:22 -0400
So I steeled my nerve and went to look. Picture came up and I laughed. "Ah, it's a joke, it's a kids toy being advertised wrong". So then I read the description looking for the joke. Then back at the
/html/mgs/2000-09/msg01300.html (7,660 bytes)


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