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241. Re: SU HS2 Question (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT); Hi Mark Endicott!! Great!! You CANNOT tune the carbs properly until everything else has been attended to. Yer on the right track... Looking down the throat of the carb, you will see a flat area that; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01485.html (7,978 bytes)
242. Re: MG inlination...Another Bolshevik MG (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:49:15 -0700 (PDT); Hi Simon Bosworth/Paul Hunt!! MG had a very effective management team, as opposed to the "old guard" at the other marques. Unfortunatelly for us, they didn't have the clout in the empire building day; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01488.html (7,529 bytes)
243. Re: Prepping a B for Hell. (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 01:41:45 -0700 (PDT); Hi Michael!! Aaarrrrggggggghhhh bzzzzpptt... Somebody else with a higher tolerance to this insanity, reply please. Bob Allen, where are you... Kirk (I read the thread on thermostats) Cowen; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01509.html (8,312 bytes)
244. Re: SMOG Check II: A knife in the back (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 01:24:45 -0700 (PDT); Hi Philippe tusler!! Here in God's country (British Columbia, Canada) we have been blessed with a smog program copied from California, and administered by an outfit from Texas. They have published a; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01511.html (8,616 bytes)
245. Re: Ignition coils and SUs (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 07:49:25 -0800 (PST); Your '70 uses points, a coil, and a condenser. This SYSTEM cannot work if the condenser is either shorted, or open. I've had two condensers fail open over the years, and lost spark both times. Not a; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00390.html (8,384 bytes)
246. Re: Weber carb. (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 08:43:46 -0800 (PST); What size Weber (cfm rating), and what type of header (primary size, tri-Y or long centre, etc.). Stock cam?? This sure looks like an engine air-flow problem. If the carb cfm rating is too large, you; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00739.html (8,571 bytes)
247. Re: .....still a fine jam! (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:51:28 -0800 (PST); Hi Just plain Phil!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well now, I hate to bare my soul in public, but been there, done that! I had compression, blue-ish (remember this is a Lucas system) spark, and gas; BUT I was 180; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00751.html (7,616 bytes)
248. Re: Distibuter Problems (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 15:02:20 -0800 (PST); Hi Scott Smithers!! Scott, SOMETHING is drawing way too much amperage through those points. The coil is the only thing that I know of that will draw any amount of current, other than the tach. North; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00752.html (7,290 bytes)
249. Re: What did I learn from all this ? (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:31:11 -0800 (PST); Or anything else... Most people start to participate in a NewsGroup as a "lurker". This "lurking" enables a newby to "learn the ropes" of that NewsGroup. After lurking for awhile, the newby then post; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00855.html (8,234 bytes)
250. Re: Electric Fuel Pumps (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:39:37 -0800 (PST); Man, you bring back the memories!! I had an old pipe wrench that I kept in the cockpit of my then newish '62 mga 1600 mk II, just to enable me to lean over behind the passenger seat and whail on the; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00857.html (8,346 bytes)
251. Re: [cdfowler@atl.mindspring.com: OK, how do I do THIS???!!] (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:02:39 -0800 (PST); Honest, there are worse things waiting to be discovered... Either chain the base of the jack to the frame, or re-install the engine, or get a few fat friends to sit on the front end (legs inside the; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00860.html (10,049 bytes)
252. Re: Alaska: Mosquito repeller (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:22:42 -0800 (PST); Depending on where you are, mosquitos could be the least of your troubles. Horse/deer flies are bad enough, but the damned No-See-Ums and black flies are terrible. Black flies draw blood when they b; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00861.html (8,352 bytes)
253. Re: Cold Red Light (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 01:50:51 -0800 (PST); Be aware that the "B"'s electronics are Lucas brand; made to a price (low), and prone to intermittent failure. Not necessarily!! We ran one alternator in a "B" for years, and it always lit the red li; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00862.html (10,287 bytes)
254. Re: stuck clutch (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 04:08:49 -0800 (PST); Hi Don McLellan!! At this point, DON'T GUESS. Get under the car, and MEASURE the stroke of the actuating rod from the slave cylinder while someone presses down on the clutch pedal. You may just have; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01136.html (8,005 bytes)
255. Re: Cool concepts (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 03:48:07 -0800 (PST); Hi W. R. Gibbons!! Kinda like the old problem of: it's starting to rain, and you are caught without a rain coat. Do you a. run home, and hit MORE rain drops than you would have if you walked home, or; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01137.html (7,128 bytes)
256. Re: Is it cool (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 01:27:44 -0800 (PST); Hi Kelvin Dodd!! Noting that you've quoted from Vizard's book, as well as Birgess, and Stapelton, can you compare the books for me?? I'm looking for a book on the "B" series block that is as well wri; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01147.html (7,159 bytes)
257. Re: Tyres (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 03:19:17 -0800 (PST); Hi W. Warren Pruitt!! ) profile is identical to the 155-14's. ^^^^^^^ Clearance isn't the most important thing when you start changing tyres. The most important thing, IMHO, is not to change the susp; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01149.html (7,409 bytes)
258. Re: clutch replacement (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 02:09:11 -0800 (PST); Hi Anthony Rayner!! Some people "shave" the flywheel to let the engine rev up easier. It all depends on your car's state of tune, and the type of driving you do. The primary task of the flywheel weig; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01150.html (9,099 bytes)
259. Re: Crankshaft bolt woes (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:14:17 -0800 (PST); Hi Berrie Watson!! Well, can you get your hands on a good impact wrench? You'll need something with a lot of ft-lbs of torque, and the nut will just turn off without you having to get elaborate in ho; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01170.html (8,740 bytes)
260. Re: Windsheild Replacement? (score: 1): Author: EMILY COWEN <ecowen@cln.etc.bc.ca>; Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:43:09 -0800 (PST); Hi Rick Whitney!! Yup, successfully did a '73 "B" last January. Not by yourself it isn't!! Unless you've got four arms that drag on the ground when you go for a walk... with two people, it's manageab; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01171.html (7,735 bytes)

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