- 101. Re: Paint Systems (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 08:21:57 +0000 (GMT)
- ** There's a _turbine_ in there?!? My question: how easy are is it to clean those things? One of the nice things about a siphon gun, is that there's really very little in it that the paint actually p
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00529.html (7,344 bytes)
- 102. Re: Sworking accessory (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 09:03:42 +0000 (GMT)
- ** Something like that is described in ``How to Restore Your Collector Car'' by Tom Brownell. His jig uses a set wheels fittin the car in question. You take a wheel and cut it in half, leaving two s
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00587.html (9,074 bytes)
- 103. Acid-free RTV (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 18:26:30 +0000 (GMT)
- Acid-free silicone RTV can also be gotten at aquarium supply stores. It's what fishtanks are made of. - Jerry -- ** * Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2.com, jkaidor@synoptics.com * * KF6VB * **
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00025.html (6,520 bytes)
- 104. Car Wax (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 07:57:23 +0000 (GMT)
- ** I'm the one who asked the car wax question. Yesterday, I happened by the ``auto parts club'', a local car-stuff discounter. They had the ``California Gold'' past wax, which BTW is made by ``Mother
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00031.html (8,035 bytes)
- 105. MGA Wax (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 08:06:18 +0000 (GMT)
- ** The paint should be completely and utterly cured. The respray happened at least eight months ago. The car's been sitting in my garage ever since. I couldn't get to it because of my house addition
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00032.html (7,095 bytes)
- 106. MGA Cylinder heads (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 07:13:53 +0000 (GMT)
- The HRG crossflow head is being remanufactured by B&G. The cost is around 950 pounds sterling... ** I wonder if anybody's making repro MGA cylinder heads? The head is supposed to be the car's weak sp
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00046.html (7,438 bytes)
- 107. Swap Meet? (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 19:25:00 +0000 (GMT)
- Greetings fellow SOLs, This is a SF Bay area question, all others can hit <delete> now... Does anybody know when & if the Chabot college britcar swap meet is going to happen this year? - Jerry -- **
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00058.html (6,625 bytes)
- 108. Girling Master Cylinders (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 21:17:15 +0000 (GMT)
- Recently the brakes on my TR-3A (a low mileage, original car) began to show the following symtoms[...] I used girling rebuild kit GISP1995, and replaced all rubber parts plus the little circular spri
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00130.html (7,199 bytes)
- 109. MGA Gas Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 21:36:30 +0000 (GMT)
- ** George, you have my utmost respect. I messed with the gauge in my `A, and was unable to get it calibrated. Care to share the secret with an admiring public? That gauge is an interesting piece, BTW
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00131.html (7,743 bytes)
- 110. Silicone Brake Fluid (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 08:42:49 +0000 (GMT)
- mburdick@unmc.edu (Mike Burdick): In this month's Skinned Knuckles (Sept 1993, vol 18, no 2), there is an article about silicone brake fluid. [ Deleted article about Silicone Brake Fluid ] ** Just a
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00142.html (7,167 bytes)
- 111. GM 326 Engine (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 08:55:19 +0000 (GMT)
- timp@key.amdahl.com (Tim Pettenati) wrote: by 1964, GM decided that the cars needed more cubic inches, and as other considerations presupposed retooling (new bellhousing pattern), the General decided
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00144.html (7,204 bytes)
- 112. Re: TR2 and early TR3 starter (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 18:45:40 +0000 (GMT)
- ** I think they're gone. In fact, I needed to do some work on mine, and Moss didn't even have the ``miscellaneous little parts'' kit for the drive section. I wound up fabricating my own cup washer t
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00192.html (7,561 bytes)
- 113. WANTED:TR3 Handbrake Lever (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 21:39:42 +0000 (GMT)
- ...Because mine just broke! It happened when I had the car towed. When I got up on the flatbed to set the parking brake, it wouldn't *click*. It _had_ to be because of the tow ( Post Hoc Ergo Proctor
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00257.html (7,186 bytes)
- 114. Re: Problem solved! (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 07:55:59 +0000 (GMT)
- [........] ** This happened to me once, too. Back when I was young and out of work, I tried for a job down at Fast Eddie's Gas-Station & Garage. Fast Eddie says ``Ok, you're a mechanic? There's a car
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00327.html (8,341 bytes)
- 115. Re: MGA Diff nedded. (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 23:08:57 +0000 (GMT)
- ** Why do they call it a *banjo* axle? -- ** * Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2.com, jkaidor@synoptics.com * * KF6VB * **
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00360.html (6,820 bytes)
- 116. Hi! (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 22:54:59 +0000 (GMT)
- Hello again, everybody! It seems like an age and a half ago that I turned off my british-cars subscription before going on vacation to Moscow. Well, I came back from Moscow safe and sound, but withou
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00794.html (10,438 bytes)
- 117. MGA Rail Leather covers (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 21:27:18 +0000 (GMT)
- The secret to this is simple: Use _Leather_, not vinyl. Leather stretches, vinyl tears. I know, I just did it on mine. The door rails are supposed to be covered in leather, the front and rear rails i
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00884.html (6,879 bytes)
- 118. MGA maiden voyage (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 22:31:18 +0000 (GMT)
- Today, for the first time in three years, I took my MGA for a Long Ride. Well, actually, I took it to work last Friday, but we'll pretend that doesn't count, OK? The interior isn't quite yet finished
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00885.html (8,916 bytes)
- 119. Car Wax (score: 1)
- Author: jerry@tr2.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 23:14:02 +0000 (GMT)
- It's time for Baby's first wax after the repaint... What should I wax my MGA with? I hear that the miracle silicon stuff soaks into the paint so that you can never really get it off or touch it up. S
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00916.html (6,718 bytes)
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