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81. Boy. i'm torqued! (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:47:18 -0500
... by the fact that the Bentley and Haynes books have very few torque values in them. After pulling the threads out of two jam nuts in the midst of a valve adjustment last night, it seems like a goo
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01355.html (6,866 bytes)

82. RE: Boy. i'm torqued! (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:57:57 -0500
Are all of these values in lb.ft ? It seems like 4 lb.ft. for rocker cover nuts would hardly compress the gasket! -- Dan --
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01396.html (9,082 bytes)

83. so SU me! (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:29:25 -0500
I've run into an interesting dilemma with the '74 CBB. It all started when I decided to make a reasonable effort to make it idle. So, I followed the accepted standard procedure of pulling both carbs,
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01455.html (8,421 bytes)

84. So SU me! - update (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 08:14:27 -0500
If you recall, yesterday I related the following tale: make it idle. So, I followed the accepted standard procedure of pulling both carbs, > adjusting the floats, setting the jets, reinstall, top up
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01519.html (9,264 bytes)

85. RE: Re. "Modern" Improvements for the MGB (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:16:54 -0500
(putting on my VW hat)You are correct, sir - there are several companies producing fuel injection kits for air-cooled VW's. A couple of them even make throttle bodies that are bolt-ons to Weber DCOE
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01559.html (7,334 bytes)

86. RE: 62 MGA H4 Carb tuning (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:29:19 -0500
No flames, just a question from one of the semi-clueless - in the terms of your excellent procedure above, what is a "flat"? Started the B last night and confirmed your suspicion - there is a large
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01599.html (10,549 bytes)

87. RE: Ignoring trouble signs (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:19:45 -0500
Boy, don't I know it. One or more DPO's on my car must have written the book on this. Among the many neglected items: 1) Distributor advance plate crimp failure - DPO fix = safety wired wide open. 2
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01608.html (7,324 bytes)

88. SU intake leak (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:24:32 -0500
Barney's comment about my intake leak being something on the order of the tip of a finger-size hole was very close - it turned out to be the size of a quarter, for the rear plug had blown out of the
/html/mgs/1998-08/msg01763.html (7,244 bytes)

89. RE: Welding a 69 MGB (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:40:48 -0500
All this talk about floor pans prompts me to mention an unusual "feature" on the '74B I bought for my son. According to the DPO I bought the car from, the original owner was in the military (proofed
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00023.html (9,833 bytes)

90. RE: Cooling System Test Findings (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:45:27 -0500
Yes - you're running 110%. Get rid of the extra 10% and all will be well. -- Dan __
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00030.html (7,349 bytes)

91. RE: Re: Body shop blues- little MG (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:24:50 -0500
What I've had pulled on me when I have complained about the quality of the work (and, if it weren't so tragic, it would be funny)is a long discourse on how much longer it would take to correct it, a
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00699.html (8,166 bytes)

92. RE: MGB on TV (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:36:52 -0500
FWIW, in the new biography of Seattle rock band Pearl Jam (Five Against One), there's a picture of Eddie Mueller (later to become Vedder) posing with his step-dad on the fender of an MGA. Dan Pockru
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00845.html (8,276 bytes)

93. RE: visiting the graveyard..... (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:38:58 -0500
I had a similar experience about three weeks ago when searching a yard for some VW parts. Among the carcasses of more Detroit iron than I care to mention was an early 60's B. It has been sitting for
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg01135.html (8,869 bytes)

94. RE: Where's George?? (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:35:00 -0500
He's been at NAMGAR all week - you should be able to reach him next week. -- Dan --
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg01291.html (6,946 bytes)

95. RE: strange noises (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:02:25 -0500
The rear U-joint is giving you two weeks notice, then it's going to retire. Replace it immediately, lest you be stranded on the side of road in a bad part of town. -- Dan --
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg01306.html (7,871 bytes)

96. Minor madness (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:01:34 -0500
All this talk of Morris Minors today reminded me of my slightly-whacked older brother, who happened upon a 1959 Morris Minor Traveller panel sitting out in the middle of a farmer's field about twenty
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg01621.html (7,025 bytes)

97. RE: Crane vs. Ignitor - any experience? (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:46:29 -0500
I've had the Ignitor installed for about a month now - no problems yet. Yes - Crane bought Allison about two years ago. -- Dan --
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg01632.html (7,014 bytes)

98. Urethane rear bushings (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 14:09:30 -0500
I have just purchased a '74 chrome-bumper MGB for my son's first car. I noticed when driving it home from where I bought it from that the rear end seemed to move from side-to-side every time I shifte
/html/mgs/1998-06/msg00354.html (7,114 bytes)

99. RE: Oil Cooler Cleaning (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 16:10:43 -0500
When I used to work on VW's, I used to thoughtlessly run some solvent through the old oil cooler and slap it back on the motor. Having had a second look at the MG cooler, I noticed that it's inlet an
/html/mgs/1998-06/msg01041.html (7,853 bytes)

100. Fuel Tank sender (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:26:52 -0500
Like many other B owners, my fuel gauge doesn't work. I tried the Moss method of checking it, but it's been so long since I've used my test light that it may be busted as well. Suppose I whip out my
/html/mgs/1998-06/msg01113.html (7,187 bytes)

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