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21. Re: First SOL experience (was Re: minimaniahotwaterandice) (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 01:37:00 PST
Rover comments? Have we got Rover comments! and That's funny I always liked my 2000 TC. My only recurring problem on the car was a choke cable that somehow got electrified and melted it's jacket (hap
/html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00044.html (9,140 bytes)

22. Re: Brakes and Silicone (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 02:04:23 PST
Brad Martinson asks: "If FWD is so wonderful, why aren't there any mid-engined FWD cars?" The Citroen SM was a mid-engined FWD car. That's why the hood is SO long. The handling was excellent; even wi
/html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00197.html (6,991 bytes)

23. The Prisoner/Lotus (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 04:02:51 PST
For those that aren't aware of it, Alt.prisoner now exists on USENET. What does this have to do with brit.cars? Why, KAR123 of course! That is, the Lotus 7 that Patrick McGoohan drives in the opening
/html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00198.html (7,441 bytes)

24. Re: The Prisoner/Lotus (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 05:16:02 PST
Well, I sort of blew it in my last post. The group name was changed to Alt.tv.prisoner, and the licence plate appears to be KAR120C, not KAR123. (I still remember it this way...) In any event, someth
/html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00199.html (8,740 bytes)

25. Re: Appreciating Car Values Again (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 90 01:07:36 PST
Mike Tobin Sez: The wrinkle is the "Dark Ages" the period between 73 (when the smog rules got really tuff) and ~'84 (when computer controlled FI made fun cars possible again). NOthing of real interes
/html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00333.html (8,926 bytes)

26. Re: carbon canisters (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 08:31:28 PST
What I do, if the canister isn't hopelessly mucked up, is pump on it with a good vacuum pump until it bases to around 100 microns. With hopelessly mucked up ones, I drill a roughly 1" hole in the sid
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00123.html (7,502 bytes)

27. Re: Wintery topic (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 08:56:48 PST
Sez he: Terry, my ever-practical S.O., has an easy solution: hot water. And it works too! But, being basically a weenie at heart, I've always avoided it for fear of cracking a window. What do the SOL
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00133.html (7,474 bytes)

28. Re: Let's get together (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 90 00:45:37 PST
Bay area get-together? Sounds good. How about a rendezvous at Lawrence Hall of Science? Picnic in Tilden park. The roads are lovely around here. And the dinosaurs are back at Lawrence. That seems som
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00149.html (6,847 bytes)

29. Funny suspensions (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 90 00:44:10 PST
George Emory sez: Hydrolastic-type suspensions were also used on a few French cars (Citroen?), but never gained any popularity. The Citroen suspension most often encountered is not Hydroelastic, but
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00151.html (7,631 bytes)

30. Re: TR4A question time (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 00:29:36 PST
Chris sez: The harder question: I've been hearing a sharp tapping from the valve train, so I set about to check the gaps. (This is a longish story...) I pull the plugs, and get my first surprise: 3 a
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00158.html (8,961 bytes)

31. Re: engine swaps (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 08:19:25 PST
He sez: Another swap which I CAN'T understand, but always see in old car ads are Offy-Midgets! Even if you could squeeze that engine into a space which is too small for the Triumph 1500 engine, I wou
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00160.html (7,987 bytes)

32. Re: First SOL experience (was Re: minimaniahotwaterandice) (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 01:04:17 PST
mr Ethier sez: Sometime when you are really bored, ask me about my former Rover 2000TC phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov - I am also available for voluminous, vociferous and libelous comments on Rover 2000's. My
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00207.html (7,597 bytes)

33. Re: engine swaps (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 02:04:59 PST
Bob's comment on my comment: They are definitly not british, but they can turn right if provoked. One keeps winning the vintage races at Lime Rock, seems like every year. And there are usually a few
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00209.html (8,576 bytes)

34. Re: need address (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 00:51:34 PST
Mr. Ed Burns Again, sorry for the group bother, but: guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov or Aran Guy B71, Rm. 101 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Rd. Berkeley, Ca. 94720
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00227.html (6,514 bytes)

35. Re: Bay Area gathering (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 00:59:58 PST
Can't make it that weekend, sorry. (Most weekend events for me are off until I become independantly wealthy, not real soon now!) Aran Guy guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov LBL Knobtwister and Buttonpusher And m
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00228.html (6,906 bytes)

36. Re: very strange and scary - sheared wheel stud (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 03:07:44 PST
The post: Pull over, shut off, pop the cover. Sure enough, there's a lug nut with a piece of stud in it. Sheared clean off. I drive home very carefully, especially when turning left. Any conjectures
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00230.html (8,142 bytes)

37. Re: more '77 MGB questions (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 04:05:18 PST
And I want to check out a rumor. I was told that late model B's, with the catalytic converter located conveniently below the carburetor, are prone to engine fires. The theory is that the heat shield
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00246.html (8,732 bytes)

38. Re: catalyst fires (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 08:56:00 PST
And I say: Jim's right; I finally figured out what happened, with the help of a smog tech. I didn't say what it was, so as not to detract from the discussion. The EGR valve was intermittantly hanging
/html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00248.html (7,453 bytes)

39. Re: Tops - what do you do? (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 90 01:19:34 PST
Thinking about the possible return of spring and the also possible return of my roadster, I'm curious about what you all do about tops when you park the car. In my Spit I generally leave the tonneau
/html/british-cars/1990-01/msg00021.html (7,870 bytes)

40. Re: Oil pressure (score: 1)
Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 90 01:09:50 PST
HE SEZ: Thank you for all the advice and suggestions. I took the center bearing cap off this weekend and sure enough, the bearing is down to the copper. So now that I know the bearings need to be rep
/html/british-cars/1990-01/msg00027.html (7,225 bytes)


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