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281. Re: Electrical MGA (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:45:08 -0700; Uh, that would work for lighting cigars, but it would toast any electronics you plugged into it. Think about it. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red o; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00651.html (9,426 bytes)
282. Re: Electrical MGA [getting OT] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:29:32 -0700; Heh heh, pretty funny description, Albert. Not that anyone who smokes in a car ever uses the ashtray that I've seen. They generally flick it out the window or the sunroof so the hot ashes can fly int; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00656.html (9,619 bytes)
283. Re: clutch went straight to the floor (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 08:50:26 -0700; I notice he doesn't mention inspecting the slave cylinder. I imagine it is neither full inside nor dry outside... Either that or the flex hose. I suppose it's possible he actually sheared the pedal p; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00061.html (9,250 bytes)
284. Re: Rolling fender lips (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 08:48:18 -0700; The classic tool is the Louisville Slugger -- as you suggested with the pipe, but using a wood baseball bat. You can do it again and again using slightly thicker sections of the bat handle to slowly; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00080.html (7,873 bytes)
285. Re: Chassis No. Plate (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:43:38 -0700; Mine has two rusty screws. Not exactly kosher by today's standards, but that's how they seem to have done it (rust is optional). -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00089.html (7,339 bytes)
286. Re: Chassis No. Plate (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 13:13:19 -0700; Probably a legal requirement in the US by 71 (it was 69 when they standardized VIN tags behind the windshield). But we were talking about 66s. There is a good photo on page 121 of Clausager, BTW. --; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00094.html (7,815 bytes)
287. Re: Chassis No. Plate (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:21:09 -0700; It clearly changed over time, and also from country to country according to regulations. But, there is no reason to doubt that the factory used screws at least through 1967. See Clausager for details; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00095.html (7,596 bytes)
288. Re: Crank Problem (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 09:30:34 -0700; I believe that is just the natural point of greatest resistance -- where the paired pistons change direction from "up" to "down" as you turn the crank, and your leverage at the pulley is the weakest.; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00123.html (8,258 bytes)
289. Re: SCCA Solo II in a "B" or a Midget? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:29:18 -0700; The problem is, the Moss hold-downs don't fit over a 12V battery. I had to use a heavy rubber bungee around my battery. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the prime; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00204.html (7,602 bytes)
290. Re: Steering Column Help (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:22:36 -0700; I replaced the steering column bushing in my 66 B with the newer plastic variety. It wasn't really difficult, just some disassembly. Getting the steering wheel off is frequently be the major impedime; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00212.html (8,463 bytes)
291. Re: engine compartment painting (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 10:38:27 -0700; A friend of mine did just that, for a quickie rattle-can job. It should work. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00262.html (7,159 bytes)
292. Re: Quick top cover question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 08:49:10 -0700; Header rail is the same, AFAIK. The zipout rear window was not available in the stowaway top originally, but I thought I saw it advertised recently. A good shop could make one up for you, otherwise.; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00275.html (8,817 bytes)
293. Re: Quick top cover question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:49:25 -0700; You can fit a lot more than that on the rear shelf. But then, you are losing the space in the trunk, unless you leave the top at home (which I do, for most of the summer). Also, if you use a hardtop; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00313.html (8,581 bytes)
294. Re: Door Mirrors for 1966 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:36:57 -0700; I think the bullet mirror is what one might term a "popular period accessory", not original equipment. Mine is almost completely useless, as from my seating position it is directly behind the vent wi; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00325.html (10,506 bytes)
295. Re: Door Mirrors for 1966 MGB (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:52:59 -0700; To clarify, all passenger side mirrors were "optional" in the 60s, so you are free to use whatever arrangement you like. But it seems to be true that the "period" installations used the forward wing; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00331.html (10,506 bytes)
296. Re: British DVDs [OT] (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:52:16 -0700; Yeah, PAL vs. NTSC is not an issue of recordable media format (tape, DVD), it's an issue of how the video is encoded for broadcast and displayed on the television monitor. So it will always be with u; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00349.html (7,211 bytes)
297. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:17:58 -0700; That is the normal setup, I'm afraid. When the DVD standard was being negotiated, the content creators insisted on this "feature". Otherwise the whole concept of regions would be meaningless. We're a; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00362.html (8,631 bytes)
298. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:30:50 -0700; No, it's in the "content" formatting. PAL is a different broadcast standard (frame width in pixels, line count, frame rate). It's like, say, I copied a Mac program onto a PC floppy disk (remember tho; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00371.html (9,049 bytes)
299. Re: British DVDs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:23:56 -0700; Yes, they are. But that's like saying they're Mac or PC. The disc is the same, it's the content that's different. The PAL content won't play on your US TV, even if your DVD player is PAL-compatible,; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00372.html (9,278 bytes)
300. Re: MGB Slave cylinder - HELP. (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:26:03 -0700; How did you determine it was the slave cylinder in the first place? IME, both cylinders often go simultaneously, anyway... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the pr; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00373.html (10,270 bytes)

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