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1. Re: Time estimates to complete various MGB tasks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:05:27 -0800; I think you can safely assume that any one of these tasks is going to pretty much blow your whole day, by the time you get set up, clean things off, figure out the wrong way to do it, then stumble ac; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00021.html (9,554 bytes)
2. Re: V.B. Power Door Locks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:55:36 -0800; Um, what is the purpose of remote power door locks if you have to hold the remote against the driver's window? Might as well put the key in the lock... For the life of me I can't imagine the impulse; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00044.html (9,233 bytes)
3. Re: V.B. Power Door Locks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:54:47 -0800; I wasn't disparaging "mod cons" on current autos -- I just don't see why one would feel the need for such on a 30-year-old vehicle. Especially one with a marginal electrical system already. And in th; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00054.html (9,314 bytes)
4. Re: V.B. Power Door Locks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:47:55 -0800; My B was parked for a few weeks in my in-law's carport. Someone pried the MG badge off the walnut gear knob! I am trying to come up with something plausible-looking to flll the hole... -- Max Heim '6; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00079.html (8,527 bytes)
5. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:20:44 -0800; Sounds a lot like my 66. The difference is mine is running, and so long as it continues to do so I can avoid facing your dilemma. Installing a 4-synchro gearbox on the original 18GB motor would have; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00090.html (10,251 bytes)
6. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:22:10 -0800; Starter isn't affected. Fuel pump needs to be switched. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00091.html (9,239 bytes)
7. Re: Truing wire wheels and mounting, balancing tires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:51:48 -0800; If you price it out, I think you will find that a set of new wheels is cheaper than having 4 wheels stripped, trued and painted. That is, if you can even find someone in your part of the country to d; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00107.html (8,521 bytes)
8. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:05:50 -0800; Yeah, if you can find one. I have an automated eBay search for chrome bumper MGB body shells, and only one has come up in the last year. I don't think it was a Mk. I either. My impression is that the; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00116.html (9,919 bytes)
9. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:02:46 -0800; Man, that sounds like just what I need. My problem is I have no place to put it. Hmm, perhaps some scheme wil present itself... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's t; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00119.html (9,968 bytes)
10. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:11:09 -0800; Good point. I might add that the Mk. 1 cars account for only about a fifth of the total production run, and that due to their age, they have doubtless already suffered a higher rate of attrition than; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00122.html (10,288 bytes)
11. Re: rebuild or part out? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:32:08 -0800; I think pull handles ended mid-year 1965... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00123.html (8,878 bytes)
12. Re: TD tach died (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:05:36 -0800; Sounds just like the one my buddy sold 2 years ago, for around $2000, I think. It ran, just not well -- had some kind of timing foulup which he wasn't able to get sorted before he had to sell it. It; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00016.html (8,081 bytes)
13. Re: LBC News (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:19:52 -0800; Hmm, they obviously should have hired marksmen (perhaps off-duty police officers) and provided SuperSoakers, instead... To put this in perspective, if a similar rally were held in, say, Yosemite, the; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00024.html (8,457 bytes)
14. Re: MGB EFI system from Moss [MGA vs MGB] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:09:12 -0800; On this issue, I have always felt that the MGB has been hurt by the perception of ubiquity (half-a-million sold), as well as the fact that it continued in production well past the point of obsolesenc; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00029.html (8,962 bytes)
15. Re: Now [MGA vs MGB] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:02:52 -0800; Hmm, I would want one with Figoni et Falaschi bodywork, which would not have "floppy fenders", not at all... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one w; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00036.html (6,799 bytes)
16. Re: Seat color (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:13:25 -0800; I don't think anything is going to look good so long as you have navy door panels. You ought to spray them with black vinyl dye while you're at it. The current trend with BRG cars is the all-biscuit; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00072.html (7,268 bytes)
17. Re: I've got brakes!!! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:09:26 -0800; The big question is, why does it need a servo in the first place? The old non-boosted single MC stops a B just fine. I don't see why a light car like that would need power brakes at all. My other car; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00094.html (7,771 bytes)
18. Re: MGB overdrive (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:21:13 -0800; On the subject of this alleged metal-bashing: I installed a late 4-synchro tranny with LH overdrive into my 66 B, and I did not find a need for any "metal bashing". It seemed to fit the tunnel just f; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00108.html (9,373 bytes)
19. Re: MGB overdrive (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:45:33 -0800; Ah, I always remove them together, so I never ran into that issue. Once I helped someone else try to line up the clutch once with the transmission in the car, and it was such a PITA I resolved to nev; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00110.html (10,731 bytes)
20. Re: Two issues solved (at little expense) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:28:34 -0800; Good luck in the rally. I recall once having the good fortune to not only win the novice class, but to win the "Best MG" award, due to there only being two MGs entered. This in a rally sponsored by t; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00112.html (7,516 bytes)

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