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341. Re: Bumber support paint color (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:59:31 -0700; My impression (warning: not an established fact) is that they have no paint on them at all (like a lot of the undercarriage). If you're concerned about rust, I've seen a "bare metal" paint sold by re; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00141.html (7,343 bytes)
342. Re: zerks (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 15:10:47 -0700; You got it! -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00142.html (6,539 bytes)
343. Re: MG RV8 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:10:02 -0700; Ummm, the Rover V8 IS the Buick V8, and it fits a lot better than the Chevy or Ford small blocks that some people shoehorn in... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00173.html (7,281 bytes)
344. Re: Early OD internal problems (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 15:31:00 -0700; Um, why are you engaging OD at 40 mph? In 4th gear that would drop your RPM down to what, 1500? No wonder it bucks. I don't engage OD until I am going over 60 mph. Remember, in OD the engine has very; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00214.html (8,463 bytes)
345. Re: Overdrive tranny vs non-overdrive question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:57:37 -0700; It is not impossible, but you have to replace the output shaft of the transmission (and possibly take other steps). There is a brief statement to this effect in the Moss catalog, I believe. It is tru; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00272.html (8,370 bytes)
346. Re: Positive Ground cars (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:40:50 -0700; Frankly, when I converted mine, the color was indistinguishable, as a result of having been exposed to road grime for 25 years. I assume you need to know for the purpose of accurate restoration? -- M; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00327.html (7,551 bytes)
347. Re: More air in interior (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 10:40:50 -0700; Hmm, I'm not sure if that will make much difference. The intake is located in a high-pressure area already (at the base of the windscreen). Although a scoop may look like it would direct more air int; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00328.html (8,139 bytes)
348. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:11:19 -0700; Oh boy, we beat this thread to death earlier this year... <g> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00330.html (9,020 bytes)
349. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:45:52 -0700; It may have to do with side intrusion crash standards... Anyway, the doors on the B are already too high for comfortable "elbow hanging", at least for many people. I'm 6'1" and I find it uncomfortabl; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00399.html (9,401 bytes)
350. Re: West Coast (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:32:25 -0700; They were all in Palo Alto for the British Car Meet... <g> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cg; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00442.html (7,217 bytes)
351. Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:00:51 -0700; I guess we have our cranky pants on today? <bg> For actual race cars, I suppose a smaller diameter wheel might be justified; but most of these cars are involved in vintage racing now, and to my mind; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00448.html (9,740 bytes)
352. Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:58:11 -0700; Well, it's hard to beat the classics. Also, the long hood/swoopy fender look of the MGA, which we associate with sporting automobiles ("we" meaning those of us who came of age before the mid-engine r; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00449.html (10,028 bytes)
353. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:11:01 -0700; That's pretty darn paranoid, I would say. Where do you live that you think that someone armed with a 2-pound hammer and a malevolent attitude is likely to wander by, and moreover, is likely to go unn; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00461.html (10,152 bytes)
354. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:31:58 -0700; That's a thoughtful perspective. BTW, what's a 1968 Ericofon? I think I know what the other items are...<g> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one wi; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00518.html (9,820 bytes)
355. Re: Am I crazy or what? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 16:40:32 -0700; Eight of them? Well, at least you don't have a PDP-11... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00531.html (8,483 bytes)
356. Re: Wow, thanks list, and thanks Larry! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:27:13 -0700; I'm glad that worked out, but I would suggest that the apparent major improvement is due chiefly to the difference between new and correctly-fitted hubs, and worn and incorrectly-fitted hubs; and bet; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00560.html (8,767 bytes)
357. Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:10:37 -0700; Cobras are generally blue and/or white, since they were campaigned as American cars, not British cars. The original AC Ace is often seen in BRG, although the two at the Palo Alto meet were Italian Ra; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00561.html (9,570 bytes)
358. Re: Rheostat and the burned wires (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:40:42 -0700; I have a used rheostat for a 66 B (worked when removed, just a little wobbly; discovered new one was exactly the same). Offhand I don't know if it is the same. From your description I doubt it -- a P; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00565.html (9,643 bytes)
359. Re: Quandry (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:40:42 -0700; As for the issue of manufacturing replacement parts, on another list we had a similar discussion. In this case the part in question was a simple nylon glide/pulley thingie, now unavailable. An engine; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00566.html (9,206 bytes)
360. Re: Quandry (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:40:56 -0700; That's an understatement...<g>... for instance, how do you "remove" the complex 3-dimensional object from the tightly packed sand without disturbing it? I know what you're thinking of, but you seem t; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00572.html (9,409 bytes)

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