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21. Re: Brake Master rebuild (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:00:14 -0800; Hmmmm... I have a suggestion. Make sure you bench bleed and pressure check that MC before you put it in that freshly repainted shell. It is extremely maddening to have it gush all over the fresh pain; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00125.html (8,297 bytes)
22. Re: Heater Box - early 74 B (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:08:46 -0800; Nah, you'd need one of those remote control surgeon's 'scopes with the tiny lens and fiber optic video... Come to think of it, one of those would be handy for hooking up the cables... they manage to; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00174.html (7,435 bytes)
23. Re: EBay # 4612989869 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:25:08 -0800; Yeah, this is an example of someone buying a "last of marque" car and storing it, hoping to sell it for big $$$ later. Unfortunately, a lot of people had the same idea with 1980 MGBs, so it didn't re; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00192.html (7,766 bytes)
24. Re: Car Alarm (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:13:51 -0800; Sounds like Rube Goldberg's design for a Cat-Operated Door Bell... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00238.html (7,432 bytes)
25. Re: spring fever approaches (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:02:18 -0800; If you're referring to the one labeled "modified front including spoiler", that looks pretty slick. Though it leaves you with the world's most vulnerable turn signal lenses (better carry spares). Doe; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00276.html (9,577 bytes)
26. Re: 68 MGC Convertible - $6000 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:46:13 -0800; Well, that description would have almost perfectly fit my 66 B at the time I bought it in 1988. Almost 20 years later, what has become clear is that the entire rear body aft of the cockpit is almost; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00280.html (10,076 bytes)
27. Re: 68 MGC Convertible - $6000 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:49:00 -0800; I think you misread the subject line -- it says "68". -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00282.html (7,408 bytes)
28. Re: spring fever approaches - now lotus [OT] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:23:55 -0800; I almost think I'd pay to delete electric window lifts on new cars. Weight, unreliability, and the annoyance of having to restart the engine when you've left one down... Not that I'm any threat to bu; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00286.html (8,070 bytes)
29. Re: Y I K E S ! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:19:09 -0800; At least he's still alive... There is an oft-told story here in Silicon Valley about the entrepeneur who cashed in his IPO and went straight from the celebration to Ferrari of Los Gatos, bought a new; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00289.html (8,253 bytes)
30. Re: spring fever approaches - now lotus [OT] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:46:29 -0800; I have noticed they have started to do that, yes, but back in the 90s they didn't, and I don't get a chance to drive many brand-new cars. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View,; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00293.html (7,694 bytes)
31. Re: Y I K E S ! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:33:57 -0800; Ah. So the way people tell it has evolved somewhat, in typical urban legend fashion. It is simpler, and makes a more obvious parable, to leave out the yacht business, and have him buy the Ferrari rig; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00297.html (9,063 bytes)
32. Re: 68 MGC Convertible - $6000 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:24:21 -0800; To be fair, I think a lot of people use the term loosely to refer to the structural members including the points of attachment of the springs and suspension, as opposed to exterior sheetmetal, and ar; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00306.html (8,272 bytes)
33. Re: Moment of Truth (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:05:02 -0800; Alright... Fingers crossed for you .... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-02/msg00330.html (8,509 bytes)
34. Re: MGB head identification (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:53:31 -0800; That's what I thought. Funny it's not in the Clausager list, though. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00004.html (6,838 bytes)
35. Re: Looks like alternator failure--opinions solicited (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:05:18 -0800; Thanks, that is what I will do, as soon as I get to Sears and buy a multimeter (mine seems to be defunct). I actually have an LH OD in this car. It has always worked flawlessly, and while of course i; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00005.html (9,039 bytes)
36. Alternator follow-up (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:04:45 -0800; In case anyone was wondering, I found out the application for the Bosch alternator I was using, by researching it on the MGB Experience website. 1978-80 Ford Fiesta, 1.6 liter 4cyl., 55 amps with int; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00017.html (6,954 bytes)
37. Re: MGB Exhaust Sound (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:44:44 -0800; I don't know if they changed anything by 1972, but in my opinion the sound of the pre-smog B exhaust note is just about as good as it gets (for four-bangers, at least), with a fabulous ripping sound; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00040.html (8,101 bytes)
38. Re: MGB Exhaust Sound (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:27:22 -0800; At the prices they charge for these setups, the economics look pretty terrifying -- 3 or 4 years? Ack. Good argument for a stainless system, I suppose. My 66 B seems to be on the original headpipe an; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00051.html (8,680 bytes)
39. Re: Thanks for the advice- sputtering 74 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:06:17 -0800; Maybe it doesn't work with the Pertronix system, but the optically-triggered systems like Allison or Crane seem to be very tolerant of distributor wobble. It makes sense, since they are sensing a slo; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00058.html (9,451 bytes)
40. Re: Thanks for the advice- sputtering 74 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:26:33 -0800; Makes me glad I bought an Allison, then. My 25D was severely worn at the time, and wouldn't maintain a decent point gap. The optical system has been absolutely trouble-free for what must be 15 years; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00060.html (10,859 bytes)

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