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121. Re: Stuck in the '50s Again (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:20:56 -0400; It sounds chaotic, but this sort of thing can be worked through. Think of it as a bonding experience with the TF. Since the battery has been switched around, we don't know now how the system is set; /html/mg-t/2003-09/msg00001.html (9,501 bytes)
122. Re: TD gear change (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:48:35 -0400; Stock TD rear gearing was 5.125 running on Dunlop 5.50x15 tires. Today's tires that properly fit the TD's narrow wheels, both radial and bias-ply, have smaller circumference. That makes the revs per; /html/mg-t/2003-09/msg00014.html (8,224 bytes)
123. Re: TD gear change (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:53:15 -0400; My memory is that you live in the wide open spaces of western USA. Along the east coast there are places where even the byways have become fast roads. Posted limits of 50 mean 'drive at 60+'. Roads; /html/mg-t/2003-09/msg00018.html (8,865 bytes)
124. Re: Watz Wrong With Wipers? (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:39:23 -0400; TD wipers that don't wipe? Sounds pretty normal to me. No, just kidding. They are pretty reliable things that run for years. Slowly, so you might not think they are running, but they are. Two causes; /html/mg-t/2003-09/msg00037.html (8,798 bytes)
125. Re: MGTD Toolbox (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 06:03:04 -0400; There is a small divider piece in the bottom. Mine is as-built, original felt and most original tools, so come on over Sunday for the club picnic and measure all you want. Pete Leonardo has recently; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00016.html (8,678 bytes)
126. TD Sidescreen stowage for Three-Bow top (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:36:21 -0400; Some months ago Blake Urban posted his method of side curtain stowage, which is different from that in the workshop manual. Two-bow sidecurtain stowage is described in the drivers handbook; three-bow; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00038.html (7,496 bytes)
127. Re: TD Sidescreen stowage for Three-Bow top (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:28:21 -0400; I don't have the ability to attach Blake's text and illustrations, but here is the synopsis I typed on a 3x5 card to keep in my TD: 1) Right rear - pin bracket down, clamp bracket to rear, stow to n; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00042.html (7,813 bytes)
128. Re: TF rear axle ratios (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:56:52 -0400; There are several factors that are likely to be involved in your finding that the speedo and odo are reading high. Road & Track's 1953 test report for the MkII TD noted that the MG speedo read 60 whi; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00044.html (8,578 bytes)
129. Re: TF rear axle ratios/GPS/Cruising speed (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:26:36 -0400; Bob D., I try to cruise at 3300-3500 rpm. The engine seems to run smoothly and happily there and, until recently, it was fast enough with my gearing to unduly avoid obstructing overtaking traffic. No; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00049.html (10,409 bytes)
130. Re: TF rear axle ratios/GPS/Cruising speed (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:23:32 -0400; Thanks for the exact RPM for 2550 ft/min. 4130 seems a small % different from 4000 though. Carl Cedarstrand, in his booklet about gear exchanges, that some XPAG engines driven at high RPM over long; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00059.html (9,176 bytes)
131. Re: TF rear axle ratios/GPS/Cruising speed (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:20:31 -0400; Wow--that is a lot of wear. What would you suppose was the reasoning that caused the piston maker to use two oil-control rings? Doing an engine rebuild because of two oil control rings to save a few; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00062.html (9,487 bytes)
132. Re: TF rear axle ratios/GPS/Cruising speed (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:48:28 -0400; Thanks for looking up their table. Has anyone an idea why the wear index for TD was so much greater than for TC and TF (101 vs 88.2, 87.0)? How was wear index calculated? Bob On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00065.html (9,146 bytes)
133. Re: Stuck in the '50s (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:15:10 -0400; If your TF has left-hand drive, there should be nothing electrical in the way of the clutch operating levers and pedals. All the starter wiring, with the exception of the ground strap from gearbox t; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00075.html (10,311 bytes)
134. Re: Not Stuck in the '50s Anymore (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:14:28 -0400; You can disregard much of my earlier reply, since you found the cause. Last month's TSO had a tech article about distributor orientation. Its illustration, the same as in the workshop manual, shows; /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00076.html (7,760 bytes)
135. Re: Additional Lighting (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:14:11 -0400; Dim bulbs (in MGs) are often caused by poor electrical connections in the supply and ground systems. If you have cleaned all the connections and the bulbs are still dim, there still might be an alte; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00010.html (9,108 bytes)
136. Re: Windshield (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:12:37 -0400; The TD's windshield assembly makes sense when you see all the pieces laid out flat and in position. There is a corner bracket piece in each corner, but you can't see what you have in there until it'; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00017.html (8,007 bytes)
137. Re: Selling a TD (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:04:46 -0400; Advertising the car in TSO, your club newsletter, and putting out the word as you did here seem good ways to me. Send me two lines of copy and I will see if there is space in our CT MG Club mag. Bob; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00018.html (7,379 bytes)
138. Re: Brake/Stop Light Switch (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:18:46 -0400; Hi Stu, There's not much to see when you look at the switch. The pressure-sensitive area is crimped into the switch, so it would not seem likely that it could be inspected internally w/o destroying i; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00029.html (8,132 bytes)
139. Re: Brake/Stop Light Switch (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:31:25 -0400; As one who is using LBCarCo's halogen brake/tail lights and whose TD has a fairly new brake light switch, I would like to see your drawing for installing a relay. Thanks in advance, Bob you will not; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00030.html (7,621 bytes)
140. Re: Electrical Systems Problem (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:12:04 -0400; Check the brushes in the dynamo too. They can stick in the guides when they get worn and short. Are you coming on Sunday's Durham to U-Conn drive with the CT MG Club? Bob On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:12:1; /html/mg-t/2003-07/msg00040.html (8,274 bytes)

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