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121. Re: New distributor (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:50:32 -0700; [this never showed up either] I would just add that the "trial and error" method is more appropriate for someone who has a solid grasp of the principles involved, and of what he is trying to achieve; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00431.html (9,197 bytes)
122. Re: New distributor (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:05:14 -0700; I recall hearing something like that, also. I may have counted the clicks to get the total range. But then, it would have been some time ago, and maybe I misremembered. 50-some clicks seems a lot...; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00436.html (8,272 bytes)
123. Re: New distributor (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:19:16 -0700; Oh yeah. I have had to do that, too, on a couple of cars. Definitely some kind of sadist. For a routine maintenance item it is diabolically difficult to access. I have found that a 7/16" box wrench f; /html/mgs/2005-07/msg00437.html (8,690 bytes)
124. Re: Grill Question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:58:35 -0700; ...UNLESS you (or the PO) have had a lot of body work done to the front I bought a Mk. I grill to replace the 73-style one that the PO had put in my 66 B. When I went to fit it, no go. The early shel; /html/mgs/2005-04/msg00304.html (7,910 bytes)
125. Re: For Sale (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:06:05 -0800; Hmm, that's only since 1980. It had plenty of time to rust before then <g>. -- 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/msg00129.html (6,671 bytes)
126. Re: Name that car with 7 pictures (posibly an MGA) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:32:49 -0800; I don't know what it is, but it has to have the biggest rear-quarter blind spot I have ever seen. The backlight is particularly grotesque -- I swear they just grabbed the windshield off some other ca; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00156.html (8,910 bytes)
127. Re: MGB battery size (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:40:43 -0800; -- 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/msg00161.html (7,248 bytes)
128. Re: Name that car with 7 pictures (posibly an MGA) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:13:51 -0800; Good point, but at least that tank slit in the Europa was about at the height of the inside mirror. On this thing it looks like the mirror would just show you the headliner (if there is one). -- Max; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00163.html (9,819 bytes)
129. Re: MGB battery size (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:12:50 -0800; Make sure you get one with a handle, or you'll be hurting... <g> I find the snugness handy since the factory hold-downs won't fit around the Group 26. I have a heavy rubber strap securing it now. --; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00166.html (7,663 bytes)
130. Re: MGB battery size (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:47:30 -0800; The purpose of the hold-down is not to keep the battery from falling out (no danger of that), it's to keep the battery from bouncing up and shorting out the terminals on the underside of the metal co; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00169.html (7,533 bytes)
131. Re: Name that car with 7 pictures (posibly an MGA) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:13:25 -0800; I see what he means... Some Abarths had Kamm tails like that... But personally, I think that thing is too ugly to have been made in Italy. The guess that it is a Devin is probably closer, though I do; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00176.html (10,100 bytes)
132. Re: Name that car with 7 pictures (posibly an MGA) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:24:17 -0800; All steel??? That's a whole different kettle of fish. That either implies factory production in some kind of significant numbers, or the work of a coachbuilder, implying limited production or a one-o; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00186.html (9,824 bytes)
133. Re: MGB center of gravity? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:25:04 -0800; Wow. So, subtract the weight of the steel roof, and all that glass up high, and you can see a roadster has a heck of a low center of gravity. Even this GT's is below the top of the wheel rim. And a r; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00191.html (8,827 bytes)
134. Re: West Coast MG'ers please help (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:36:15 -0800; Oh boy, that is going to be a long shot. But I'll keep it in mind. Would you consider other mid-century Bay Area dealer frames? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 Mountain View, CA (just down the road a; /html/mgs/2006-03/msg00210.html (7,474 bytes)
135. Re: MGCGT (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:44:27 -0700; La Carra makes traditional wood-rimmed wheels in several diameters. I recall helping a Midget owner specify a 14" model (for similar reasons). The 1969 steering wheel hub has an unusual spline, howev; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00032.html (8,814 bytes)
136. Re: replacing rear shocks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:40:40 -0700; I don't see how the spring has anything to do with it. It has been awhile since I had to do this, but on cars in general one simply replaces shocks without messing with the springs (except in the cas; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00046.html (7,636 bytes)
137. Re: horns (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:18:04 -0700; First, what is the matter with them? If they aren't working, usually a sharp whack with a blunt object will free them up (seriously -- aim for the mounting stud area, not the bell). If they need pain; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00121.html (7,056 bytes)
138. Re: Voltswagen parts (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:14:14 -0700; I found this: http://www.jbugs.com/ Google: classic volkswagen parts -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00145.html (6,817 bytes)
139. Re: Fuel Prices (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:47:35 -0700; Yeah...my other car is a muscle car. The MG had been parked during our unprecedentedly-rainy winter, but I had to start driving it because the fuel costs were killing me. I can't believe it costs ove; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00166.html (8,842 bytes)
140. Re: Fuel Prices (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:11:27 -0700; One difference, of course, is that in the UK people don't commute 60-90 miles one-way to work; by car, that is (maybe by train). Not that I think that that is a remotely sane thing to do, but tens of; /html/mgs/2006-04/msg00167.html (10,058 bytes)

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