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141. Re: Stiff clutch (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:07:23 -0800; So long as it is actually working, it is hard to see how it could be due to the hydraulic system. I would be thinking pressure plate -- are you sure you don't have the heavy-duty clutch in your B? --; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00078.html (7,368 bytes)
142. Re: MGB Tire size and source (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:00:59 -0800; Hmmm... This concept of running 195/60 tires on an MGB is new to me. I am not sure that it is a good idea on stock rims. You are basically running an almost 7-3/4" wide tire on a 4-1/2" wide rim. I d; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00144.html (8,628 bytes)
143. Re: Tube shocks on MGC (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:14:38 -0800; Well, are the plates identical, or merely symmetrical (mirror images)? The difference being with the former it doesn't matter, but with the latter it certainly would. I wouldn't expect them to be mar; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00165.html (8,085 bytes)
144. Re: Tube shocks on MGC (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:26:24 -0800; Does that give the bolt enough support? I think the idea of a plate is to spread the forces around more. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00166.html (8,063 bytes)
145. Re: Tube shocks on MGC (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:23:36 -0800; Larry, you just reminded me that the instructions for my tube shock kit specifically said to do just that. I wonder if Jim forgot this step. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain Vie; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00168.html (7,981 bytes)
146. Re: Tube shocks on MGC (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:08:19 -0800; Yeah, but it's not usually just a through bolt. Generally it's some kind of stud set into the subframe, on a unibody. I wasn't worried about it loosening up, particularly, but of it stressing the pan; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00171.html (8,867 bytes)
147. Re: '63 vs. '68 (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:46:10 -0800; Interesting quandary. Taking the engine and tranny as a unit would certainly work, with the usual futzing about with electrics and plumbing connections. Mixing and matching Mk. I and Mk. II engines a; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00185.html (9,391 bytes)
148. Re: Bonnet locking MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:12:43 -0800; Interesting -- I already knew that correct bonnet alignment is critical in keeping the latch from popping open at speed -- now we know that it is important in proper operation of the release cable. I; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00254.html (7,831 bytes)
149. Re: Battery Tenders (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:17:25 -0800; Good -- but the volt isn't named after Voltaire the author, but after Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electric battery. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the pri; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00255.html (7,011 bytes)
150. Re: Speedo reads low after overdrive conversion (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:30:23 -0800; ...by reusing the original speedo cable instead of the longer OD cable, it now has tight bends which cause friction... ... Or the cable is worn and needs replacing... ... Or the right-angle adapter; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00256.html (9,721 bytes)
151. Re: Non-LBC - automatic diesel car question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:07:19 -0800; I would estimate "life of the car" to be no more than 100,000 miles -- it certainly doesn't mean "infinity". I think his suggestion is a good place to start. The condition of the fluid and the filter; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00285.html (8,810 bytes)
152. Re: I about burned up two MGs today! (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:25:50 -0800; I'm glad you escaped that scary situation with no harm done. But one other piece of advice -- I wouldn't even start the engine of a car in a garage that was "trapped" behind another vehicle. If you h; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00312.html (7,537 bytes)
153. Re: Mastercylinder (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:12:27 -0800; Smaller bore would also give you less pedal effort, i.e. a "lighter" pedal. I don't know that travel is really an issue -- in Chryslers of the '60s, for instance, they swapped MCs of different bores; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00350.html (7,742 bytes)
154. Re: Turn Signals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:17:26 -0800; What you really want, I should think, is theatrical lighting "gel", which is a tough plastic sheet, available in every color imaginable. But Dan is right -- those tinted report covers at the statione; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00351.html (7,827 bytes)
155. Re: Turn Signals (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:41:19 -0800; Really? I always thought the name was because they "used to" be made of gelatin (as in, prior to, say, 1960). One tends to keep stage lighting as far away from water as possible, on principle, so I n; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00366.html (7,839 bytes)
156. Re: Fiat 124 question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:37:56 -0800; I assume you mean a Spider (not the coupe). My roommate had one for several years. Great car to drive, if you have short legs (and/or really long arms). Seats three in a pinch. Free-revving motor, pr; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00377.html (8,231 bytes)
157. Re: Signs of Serious Dementia (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:31:02 -0800; Not even close... 1967 Dodge Dart GT (defunct) 1967 Plymouth Barracuda fastback (still own) 1976 VW Rabbit (temporary project that I took off my dad's hands, not really one of "my" cars) 1966 MGB roa; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00378.html (8,104 bytes)
158. Re: Signs of Serious Dementia (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:53:10 -0800; Uh, Henry, so far it looks like you're responsible for two "kills" and one "long-term off-the-road"... maybe you need to think about contributing to the species... Just kidding! At least you do have; /html/mgs/2004-11/msg00388.html (9,224 bytes)
159. Re: Which mirror is best? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:01:27 -0700; This is a tougher question than it appears. My 66 has the 4" chrome bullet mounted just forward of the windscreen. This is an almost useless location for this mirror -- it doesn't stick out far enoug; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00095.html (8,324 bytes)
160. Re: factory hard top (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:13:47 -0700; Did you remove the folding top from the 79B? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://ww; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00246.html (8,132 bytes)

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