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221. Tool / Toy (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:57:03 -0800; As an aside, when I went to take the voltage readings off the O2 sensor, it turned out that my DMM had died, and I needed to replace it. Radio shack has a rather nifty DMM on sale for $60 (down from; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00329.html (7,218 bytes)
222. Re: Miata seats in MGs (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:24:25 -0800; As it turns out, the guy that was helping me get the air/fuel readings on the car Sunday has a (92?) Miata. The seats would have been just fine, for someone about half as wide across their back as I; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00338.html (7,270 bytes)
223. Tuning goals (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:32:54 -0800; I've been trying to get the fuel/air and timing dialed in on my supercharged MGB. I'm getting it closer, but have some questions for those that have more experience tuning (in both the British and Am; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00348.html (7,888 bytes)
224. HIFs: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:46:33 -0800; The jet on my HIF 44 is about .132" below the bridge. No matter how I turn the adjusting screw, it does not change appreciably. Is it possible that at one point I screwed past some magical point and; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00349.html (6,987 bytes)
225. Re: HIFun and Tuning goals. (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:08:28 -0800; I'll address all of the responses in one mail. Charlie: 1.35" is a typo. I meant .135". I've done almost nothing on my dial calipers lately over .1" (I've been measuring needle profiles) so the numbe; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00357.html (8,973 bytes)
226. Re: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:11:36 -0800; Oops, one I missed. Yes the screw is going in and out. It goes in enough that I actually get some fuel seeping past it and out far enough that the head extends out beyond the body of the carb, with p; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00358.html (8,707 bytes)
227. Re: Adding OD to 3-synchro tranny? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:33:52 -0800; Where are you located? I have an OK 4 synchro tranny with a thrashola OD in my basement. It's probably not worth shipping, but may be worth picking up. Dave at British Motorsports 408-370-7174 usual; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00360.html (8,150 bytes)
228. Headliner etc. (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:12:21 -0800; I need to get some welding done on my BGT's rollcage. There appears to be a piece about 1 inch by 2 that spans the top front edge of the interior, right behind the windscreen. It is covered in vinyl; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00369.html (7,507 bytes)
229. Reusing manifold gasket? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:11:03 -0800; One of the first things I learned about working on cars is that you never reuse a gasket. Over the years I found out that you can occasionally reuse certain gaskets, for example the ones between the; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00371.html (7,711 bytes)
230. Re: did I do something bad? (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 02:03:29 -0800; Derwerken vas derspringensproingen. What a glorious pain in the butt!. With the heatshield for the carb, it was nearly impossible to remove the cover to the float with the carb in place, and only pos; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00373.html (9,571 bytes)
231. Re: Headliner etc. (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:29:29 -0800; That was sure an obnoxious pain. Note: Removing the headliner would be a lot easier to do before installing a roll cage. That was probably the most obnoxious glassfibre I've ever dealt with. I did ge; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00393.html (7,701 bytes)
232. Front wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:21:13 -0800; While my front wheel bearings are not to the point of qualifying as _bad_, the ideal adjustment seems to be between two settings. If I set them with the cotter pin through the horizontal hole, it see; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00398.html (8,397 bytes)
233. Re: Front wheel bearings (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:48:04 -0800; Thanks folks. I had to run over the hill to get some shims from British Motorsports (to my surprise Putney and Perry didn't have any, what is the world coming to?). The wheel isn't dialed in perfectl; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00408.html (8,687 bytes)
234. Power is good (short version) (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:42:49 -0800; I don't have the energy at the moment for a full write up of my weekend. The weekend started out with my getting the car "ready" and my gear packed at about 11 on Friday night rather than Thursday (a; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00470.html (10,200 bytes)
235. Power is good (short version) (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:43:58 -0800; I don't have the energy at the moment for a full write up of my weekend. The weekend started out with my getting the car "ready" and my gear packed at about 11 on Friday night rather than Thursday (a; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00471.html (10,209 bytes)
236. Anti reversion flappers (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:32:56 -0800; One side effect, for me anyways, of doing lots of modification and tuning on a car is that I get ideas that I can't tell whether they are brilliant, stupid, or just plain weird. I was reading about p; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00579.html (7,843 bytes)
237. Another lesson learned (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:58:30 -0800; I managed to pop the lever that moves the jet off the controlling screw on my HIF 44 carb. I went through a big thrash last week to fix it. It's a glorious pain in the butt with the blower, because y; /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00611.html (8,197 bytes)
238. Auto Art 1:18 MGBGT (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:03:46 -0800; My new MGBGT just arrived in the mail. It's BRG, right hand drive and has wire wheels. It's the auto art 1:18 scale model. The detailing is quite impressive, though the distributor is not attached to; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00048.html (7,578 bytes)
239. Valve guide in south bay / peninsula (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 10:19:07 -0800; It turns out that my ported head was cracked, not just warped, so the leak may have been the crack rather than a blown gasket. Anyways, my old, stock, head needs new valve guides. I missed finding ou; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00123.html (8,056 bytes)
240. Those new minis are starting to look mighty good (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:46:41 -0800; I'm not quite to the point that if someone showed up in my driveway with a trailer and told me that they wouldn't charge me to haul my MG away, that I'd take them up on the offer. After spending a co; /html/mgs/2003-01/msg00233.html (7,496 bytes)

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