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41. Re: Thanks for the advice- sputtering 74 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:31:38 -0800; I don't know about easier to install, but yeah, I eventually got around to that. But not having to remove and replace the distributor at every tune-up probably preserved the distributor housing, and; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00062.html (9,885 bytes)
42. Re: Thanks for the advice- sputtering 74 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:18:43 -0800; I was going to say that I was assuming the "wobble" would be chiefly radial, but thinking about it, the type and axis of "wobble" is probaby going to be random compared to the location of the pickup.; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00084.html (9,645 bytes)
43. Re: Cooling (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:42:24 -0800; Yeah, but look at the other side -- the radiator. Is the water staying in it long enough to lose all the heat? There has to be a balance... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00148.html (7,851 bytes)
44. Re: Slow Progress on the 'B - pictures (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:23:22 -0800; I think it looks pretty spiffy, even with the sponsor graphics. Where do the numbers go? -- 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/msg00176.html (7,581 bytes)
45. Re: Mark Evans MG for sale [going OT] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:31:45 -0800; Yeah, all the "made for TV" restoration programs have the same issue -- an artificially tight deadline imposed merely to create dramatic tension. The producers don't care if the final product has som; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00208.html (10,180 bytes)
46. Re: Intermittant losses in power (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:19:29 -0800; I have had a few similar experiences. One was a "constant RPM" situation -- it only happened in one RPM range, in any gear, and when held steady for a certain length of time (not in transitory situat; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00228.html (10,647 bytes)
47. Re: Mark Evans MG for sale [way OT] (Catapults etc.) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:29:01 -0800; I saw that episode. I actually thought that crew was pretty fair and respectful of Leonardo's concept. Remember, with Leonardo you aren't usually getting a written description, and certainly not a bl; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00234.html (9,133 bytes)
48. Re: Ignition and sparks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:31:10 -0800; The concept behind twin plugs is not to achieve multiple sparks, but to avoid misfires (odds are one of the two will fire). As far as multiple sparks, well, I agree that one is enough. -- Max Heim '6; /html/mgs/2006-01/msg00243.html (8,583 bytes)
49. Re: Clutch Tear Down (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:48:42 -0800; I totally agree. I never use the studs. For one thing, hanging the engine weight vertically on just the 1/4" threads strikes me as very dubious. Secondly, it doesn't give you a very broad purchase fo; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00007.html (8,935 bytes)
50. Re: Clutch Tear Down (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:35:58 -0800; Did the manual show the starboard watch hauling the line through the blocks, under the baleful glare of the bosun? Heh heh... Rope... omigod... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00008.html (7,792 bytes)
51. Re: Clutch Tear Down (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:25:19 -0800; Actually, I'm sure a proper rope sling would be quite satisfactory. It was just the nautical image causing a moment of cognitive dissonance... I'm not sure that I would trust any old piece of rope I; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00010.html (9,836 bytes)
52. Re: Clutch Tear Down (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:35:03 -0800; Notice I didn't say "...laying around the dock..." ;-) The kind of rope most people have in their garages is probably only suitable for tying Christmas trees to the top of their BGTs... -- Max Heim '; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00014.html (8,196 bytes)
53. Racing down under (vs. US) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:29:10 -0800; B, and I have always found it interesting, but puzzling, that he races his "daily driver" B, and that he gets away with modifications that I know would be disallowed in the US (rear discs, for insta; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00023.html (8,291 bytes)
54. Re: Great Videos (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:43:52 -0800; They have probably been waiting for the HD-DVD format to come out (seeing how it was filmed in Cinerama). But that is starting to look like another VHS/Beta shambles, unfortunately... -- Max Heim '66; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00026.html (6,887 bytes)
55. Re: Ground Wires in Boot (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:03:47 -0800; It was the striker on my 66, and yes, it is a lousy place to ground it. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00030.html (7,627 bytes)
56. Re: Ground Wires in Boot (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:43:36 -0800; Make sure there isn't a nylon insert in that hole, or you won't be grounding to anything. My car has inserts, so it uses the striker bolt. I don't know if the inserts are stock -- my car has a LOT of; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00031.html (7,572 bytes)
57. Re: Racing down under (vs. US) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:15:43 -0800; That was a good explanation of the historical reasons for these different approaches. Thanks. So I guess the idea would be to find a group to fit the way your car is prepped, and hope it's not on the; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00067.html (7,232 bytes)
58. Re: Engine running too cold (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:50:06 -0800; I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the heater control valve. It could be blocked or almost entirely blocked with corrosion -- very common problem. That doesn't explain his engine temp issue, but it m; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00090.html (10,547 bytes)
59. Re: Need advice on how to move my project MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 12:55:54 -0800; I think I would go down to the hardware store and buy 4 large casters (industrial size, not office-chair size) and some lumber, and rig up some kind of crude framework bolted to the body shell to mou; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00091.html (8,802 bytes)
60. Re: MGB head identification (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:04:14 -0800; Interesting... My B engine was allegedly a "Gold Seal" engine, and its motor number is not in the Clausager motor number chart, either. Haven't looked at the head number. Mine is built as a non-smog; /html/mgs/2005-12/msg00191.html (7,995 bytes)

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