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161. Re: torque setting on manifolds (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 17:11:11 -0700; 15 doesn't surprise me at all -- those studs are incredibly easy to strip. Be careful to work it down in very small increments. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's t; /html/mgs/2006-05/msg00260.html (7,096 bytes)
162. Re: Old Speckled Hen (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 14:14:34 -0700; You don't seem to realize that there was a time when hops were a controversial innovation in English beer... ;-) -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red o; /html/mgs/2006-05/msg00266.html (9,203 bytes)
163. Re: Switch Q (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:31:36 -0700; One knob operates a valve to control coolant flow from the engine block to the heater core. The other redirects air flow from the footwell vents to the windscreen. Since the later seems to have some; /html/mgs/2006-05/msg00305.html (7,519 bytes)
164. Re: high compression pistons (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:37:02 -0700; That's a pretty tiny increment to achieve via new pistons. I would think a thinner steel head gasket could get you that much, or a light skim off the deck. I'd look out -- just the normal head surfac; /html/mgs/2006-05/msg00308.html (7,298 bytes)
165. Re: LH Overdrive help needed (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:30:33 -0700; Two points: 1) until 1967 or thereabouts there was no reverse lamp circuit; 2) the transmission switch for the reverse lamps is the exact same switch as the OD lockout -- check out the part numbers.; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00003.html (9,427 bytes)
166. Re: identifying transmission? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:18:51 -0700; I believe one clue is whether the label (serial number tag) is black or blue. Of course, if you can read the tag, that should answer your question. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mount; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00022.html (7,197 bytes)
167. Re: identifying transmission? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:20:32 -0700; That's right -- the very late ones are side fill. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00023.html (7,562 bytes)
168. Re: Hi torque starters (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:55:52 -0700; My question would be, how's your flywheel ring gear? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00044.html (7,908 bytes)
169. Re: Hi torque starters (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:55:47 -0700; I asked because my early style "ram-and-jam" starter chewed my ring gear up so badly in both positions (I say "both" because the engine invariably comes to rest at one of two crank positions), that i; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00046.html (8,176 bytes)
170. Re: New List Member (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:34:32 -0700; Actually, that is a "feature"... water-cooled ignition... ;-) Welcome to the world of MG-dom. With a little sorting out, there is no reason your B can't be a reasonably reliable commuter. -- Max Heim; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00054.html (7,537 bytes)
171. Re: New Video of first test drive! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:57:39 -0700; Is that 5 degrees BEFORE TDC, or AFTER? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00077.html (7,681 bytes)
172. Re: New Video of first test drive! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:06:12 -0700; Well, I thought that was something you would want to clear up, since one of the possible causes for dieseling is that the timing is off. Another is low-octane fuel, as mentioned; another would be run; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00085.html (7,901 bytes)
173. Re: Hi Torque Starter follow-up (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:57:59 -0700; Sounds good. I have to admit I'm one of those who questioned the need for a "high torque" starter, though. The early, high compression B engine scarcely seems to require any starter action whatsoever; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00104.html (8,491 bytes)
174. Telescopic shock specs - ?? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:54:35 -0700; Without getting into a controversy about the utility of this modification, I was wondering if anyone had any information on the specifications of the tube shocks that were provided with the Wheelwrig; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00116.html (7,365 bytes)
175. Re: Telescopic shock specs - ?? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:01:57 -0700; That's good to know. We'll see if they trust me with it <g>. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00118.html (7,803 bytes)
176. Re: Bench Bleeding (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:55:06 -0700; You run a pipe from the exit looping up back into the reservoir, so you a have a closed circuit. You do this until the bubbles dissipate (it helps to use a clear hose). -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00129.html (7,405 bytes)
177. Re: New tires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:01:24 -0700; Factory size would be 165R-14. I wonder if Kumhos are available in that size -- not much is. I am running 175R-14 Vredesteins. No fit problems, a hair more ground clearance. A lot of folks run the 18; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00130.html (7,214 bytes)
178. Midget tire help (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:19:09 -0700; A friend of mine was asking for help getting new tires for her bone-stock 67 Midget. It has 165R13s on 13 x 4 wire wheels. She lives in the wilds of Greenwich Village (far from the suburban world of; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00150.html (7,123 bytes)
179. Re: Midget tire help (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:58:59 -0700; I looked at Tire Rack first, but she doesn't want to have to deal with ordering online and finding an installer. Nobody in NYC seems to be carrying Kumhos, so far, though I specifically suggested tha; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00153.html (9,053 bytes)
180. Re: Midget tire help (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:10:26 -0700; My problem, I suppose, was that off the cuff I didn't know what the standard tire size would be for a Midget (I don't even fit in a Midget, so have never developed an interest). And she certainly di; /html/mgs/2006-06/msg00155.html (10,223 bytes)

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