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1. Free Piston Rings? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 22:42:53 -0400; Picked up a set of piston rings the other day at a yard sale for $2.00. All brand new, in the box, on the vague hope they might fit either the 1500 Spitfire, or the early (little engine) MGTF. But I; /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01006.html (7,046 bytes)
2. Re: @!#$*&% Weather (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 19:37:34 -0500; You MG guys are just to durn fragile. I worked on and played with my Triumph in the snow yesterday.; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00020.html (7,585 bytes)
3. Re: Trunk junk (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 19:41:02 -0500; It does have a fancy name, but durned if I can remember it right now. You can spend lots of money and buy it in pretty little containers and ropes from Eastwood and such. Or, you can spend a little; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00023.html (7,424 bytes)
4. Re: California Mis-Information (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:15:46 -0500; Not by a long shot. You get on the phone, you start making calls to your government agency and enjoy a rousing session of phone tag (ask for names, and write them down, scares the hell out of govern; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00025.html (7,521 bytes)
5. Re: @!#$*&% Weather (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:35:09 -0500; Well, no. Us Triumph folk know how to brush it off. :-^); /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00081.html (7,209 bytes)
6. Re: Whistles on Cars? Could it have been April 1? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 08:49:51 -0800; Problem with mounting them is that they require air to flow through them. Mounted on a bumper, very little air actually flows through. They are instead in a relatively static pocket of high pressure; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00097.html (9,180 bytes)
7. Re: Whistles on Cars? Could it have been April 1? (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 09:10:52 -0800; I am very much inclined to agree with you. The only caviat I have with it though is the type of folk that many of the motorcycle only magazines have used to study. As far as Bobby and Bobby Boop go,; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00125.html (9,137 bytes)
8. Want a broken 1500 head (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 21:23:12 -0500; I'd like to try my hand at some head work on my 1500 Spitfire. But first I'd like to practice a bit on a 1500 head that's no good. That way when I go to deep and hit water jackets and such, it will b; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00194.html (6,492 bytes)
9. Re: Fuel Tanks (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 15:18:29 -0700; Couple of comments about your FAQ or whatever from a motorcycle list about handling rusty fuel tanks. While chemicals such as muric acid or vineger (my favorite) are very good at disolving rust, they; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00376.html (9,079 bytes)
10. Re: Fuel Tanks (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 22:07:56 -0400; I don't recall my acid games well enough to comment precisely, but what you say rings a bell or two in my head. Both on the strength of Muriatic acid and the use of phosphoric acid as a panel prep.; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00399.html (10,965 bytes)
11. Re: Thinking in a Vacuum -- the thread lives! (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 22:35:48 -0400; Take a manifold vacuum line off at idle, and notice how high the suction in it is. Put a vacuum gauge on it if you've got one. Take the port vacuum line off at idle, and notice how low the suction in; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00400.html (8,195 bytes)
12. re: 77MGB brake problems (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 22:16:00 -0400; Good god man! You've lost your brakes, have a soft pedal and brake fluid leaking out of your master cylinder. Yet you STILL insist on thinking it must be the *booster*?! What is it going to take for; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00401.html (7,574 bytes)
13. Re: 77MGB brake problems (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:56:21 -0400; Oh. Darn, that's right. Totally forgot about that. Was thinking generic firewall mounted vacuum booster. My knowledge of remote servo systems could fit in a teacup. My experience with one could fit; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00560.html (7,878 bytes)
14. Re: 77MGB brake problems (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:03:40 -0400; I don't believe I suggested the man is an idiot. However, when it comes to things like brake failures on a vehicle, those are not something to be treated lightly or trivially. It is not in the same; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00561.html (8,496 bytes)
15. re: Screws (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 20:54:11 -0500; virtually all other materials, comes in many different grades for many different purposes. Just like there are many variations on the theme of iron (cast, forged, grey, white, etc), the same goes wi; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00054.html (6,417 bytes)
16. Re: Thrust washers et al (score: 1): Author: npenney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:20:15 -0800; Funny, I've watched and read the thrust washer thread over there. Don't know how you've been missing it. Sorry you've gotten so upset over not having a question answered. Cripes, I've had many quest; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00386.html (8,451 bytes)
17. Re: Steam Cleaning (?) (score: 1): Author: npenney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:31:29 -0800; I used to use a steam jenny to strip paint on equipment prior to painting it. I've also enjoyed repairing and occasionally replacing radiators destroyed by steam cleaners. They are also the best dev; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00388.html (8,201 bytes)
18. Re: miscellaneous musings; only slight LBC content (score: 1): Author: npenney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:24:42 -0800; TR-7 had a four banger. The TR-8 is the one with the V-8. Identifiable from the bulge on the bonnet.; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00389.html (7,714 bytes)
19. Re: Starting an engine after a rebuild (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 22:11:01 -0500; My own experiences and thoughts are that the engine is starved of oil at this point, and is very unhappy that way, even with all sorts of startup lubes gobed on the cam and such. So, I do the follow; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00419.html (8,398 bytes)
20. Re: vacuum Troubleshoot (score: 1): Author: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 20:17:19 -0500; Ah, now the weird tapping noises make sense. Pull your valve cover off and determine if you've got two bent push rods, two rockers way out of adjustment, two dropped pushrod, etc. I'd place money yo; /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00611.html (7,138 bytes)

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