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141. Re: Headlight Adjustment (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:22:24 -0500 (EST); SNIP so for a 15 degree angle they should Skye, Do you have another car (yours or a friends) with headlights you are happy with? How about putting them side by side in a parking lot and eyeballing t; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01064.html (7,331 bytes)
142. Odd Weber Question? (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 04:34:13 -0500 (EST); The message below pretty much indicates the nature of my question (don't worry Ed, I still want to rebuild the Zenith-Stromberg, never know when I might move to an emissions-nazi state, or need a spa; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01069.html (7,198 bytes)
143. Re: Lawyer humor (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:07:35 -0500 (EST); Carl, Another lawyer's epitaph: A man was walking in the cemetery and saw a tombstone which read: Here lies Paddy O'Brien, a lawyer and an honest man. What do you know, the man thought, they buried; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01107.html (6,724 bytes)
144. RTFM... (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:56:00 GMT; Hi All, Well, I feel a bit foolish; I headed out to the garage space to do some work on the B today, and had another lesson on the value of reading the manual before starting...Ed at JustBrits had tr; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01163.html (7,634 bytes)
145. Re: RTFM... (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:51:02 GMT; SNIP Well, all you asked when I said I planned on removing the intake was whether I planned on removing the exhaust manifold as well...now that's subtle in my book, in fact, dare I say, almost lawye; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01184.html (7,195 bytes)
146. Speaking of titles... (was: Changing VIN) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:02:17 -0500 (EST); Speaking of titles, the guy who sold me my B came by tonight with all the paperwork (I hope!) that I will need to get my title, and I wrote him a check for the balance of the purchase price. So that'; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01311.html (7,361 bytes)
147. Re: Racecar (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:18:31 -0500 (EST); You think that's something? Flee to me remote elf... Nevin; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01321.html (7,455 bytes)
148. Bought SU stuff... (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 11:47:46 -0500 (EST); Hello all, The SU v. Weber thread got me thinking, and searching, and although I had initially pledged to wait and buy rebuilt units, I found a good price on two SU HS4 carbs with both manifolds and; /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01629.html (7,159 bytes)
149. Re: MGB engine on the rise (was Re: MGB dead engine report.) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 06:13:18 GMT; Trevor, How long it will take depends on the coarseness of the hone; if it's brand new and quite rough it shouldn't take more than a few passes. Make one pass at low rpm, feeding it in so that it wo; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00000.html (9,800 bytes)
150. Re: (OT) Q: What does ACME mean? (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:14:07 GMT; I thought that was APEX....There actually was an ACME machine tool company once, I used to work in a shop with a lot of really old tools, and though I can't remember for the life of me what they wer; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00053.html (7,602 bytes)
151. Re: what to look for (And a bit of a rant) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:52:26 -0400 (EDT); Are you shopping for a parts car or another driver (maybe leaving your first as a parts car?)? Look for RUST, especially on the lower firewall, door sills and rockers, and on the insides of the quar; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00093.html (9,110 bytes)
152. Re: True or False (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 20:25:50 -0400 (EDT); Eddie, Some people have found them to be quite reliable, others have found them not to be so good. If you're mechanically inclined and "in tune" with what a car is doing it probably isn't so bad. I; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00136.html (8,434 bytes)
153. Re: Hehe revisited (wordy, usual for me...) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:27:04 -0400 (EDT); To save wear and tear on my jewels, and to save the life of my You bought it for him!? Well, I think we're all making the hasty assumption that Eddie actually isn't paying for it himself...the "price; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00191.html (8,823 bytes)
154. Re: True or False (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 03:33:21 GMT; Allen, That's not really what I was saying. I also learned to drive on RWD, a '73 Dodge Coronet, an '80 Pinto (mom's) and a '79 Dodge Aspen. It's not that he shouldn't drive any RWD cars in the snow; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00252.html (8,557 bytes)
155. B home! (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 23:56:31 -0400 (EDT); Hey all, Went out and got it today. It started right up with a boost and drove onto the trailer, it was a pretty uneventful trip, other than frantic unloading in order to get it off the trailer at th; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00254.html (6,656 bytes)
156. Re: True or False (and Barney's web site) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 18:01:52 -0400 (EDT); And even I agree with that one...I bought my first Japanese car about 2 years ago, thinking it would be worth paying a bit more for it as "reliable transportation." After a new starter and alternato; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00287.html (9,523 bytes)
157. Re: reliability (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 19:38:06 -0400 (EDT); Cars are not practical. They break. They leak oil. Absolutely! Bicycles are more practical if your health is good and you don't need to carry a big load. Trains are more practical,if you live near th; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00371.html (7,839 bytes)
158. Re: Colour: go original or different? (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:52:34 GMT; Agreed, mine is Brooklands, which I've thought of leaving because it's original, and some people say they like it...but I must have the worst taste in colors, because there are some "hideous" BL col; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00372.html (8,602 bytes)
159. Re: wipers (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 22:15:20 -0400 (EDT); Could you be more specific than gizmo, please?; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00384.html (6,607 bytes)
160. Re: what tools (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 23:32:23 -0400 (EDT); Add to that: Ridge Reamer (Borrow Trevor's!) Ring expander and ring compressor Inside and outside mics (if you won't be using a machine shop for all of the inspection steps), or outside mics and sna; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00487.html (7,403 bytes)

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