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1. MGB top (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 06:52:43 -0500
Can anyone advise me to the best convertible top alternatives. Also repairs. I have a vinyl on cloth top which is not too old but has split in the side panel. Foggy Corners (web page) http://www.brig
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00310.html (6,189 bytes)

2. !978 MGB For sale (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:27:49 -0500
If you know anyone with spring fever that might want an MG that should not spend all its time in the shop this summer, I have a 1978 MGB in Akron Ohio they might be interested in. Current mileage 668
/html/mgs/1998-04/msg00460.html (7,398 bytes)

3. Slow start (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:13:58 -0500
My 1978 MGB is slow to start if it has been setting for a while. I have tried to check and have checked for gas or carb leaks; none observed. Is there a check valve in the fuel pump that may be leaki
/html/mgs/1998-04/msg01211.html (6,373 bytes)

4. Plug fouling (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:57:04 -0600
A year ago I wrote about problems with plug fouling and got some helpful answers, the most important was that I was probably runnning rich. I've lost that correspondence, but one of you said to keep
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg01220.html (7,658 bytes)

5. Re: Plug fouling (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:06:42 -0600
A number of people asked. Fischer's Foreign Cars, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Akron Suburb) did it. I called them and the young lady there thinks they got it from Solex, if that means anything to anyone. She
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg01286.html (6,797 bytes)

6. !978 MGB (for sale?) (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 21:12:16 -0500
I have a 1987 MGB in Akron, OH and I think I should sell it because someone younger would use and appreciate it more. I bought it about two years ago and have put about 1000 miles on it. I have also
/html/mgs/1997-08/msg00134.html (7,376 bytes)

7. Motto for home mechanics (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:21:15 GMT
Never wrench your back or over-tighten your nuts. Merry Christmas to all and to all a Bud lite. pyle@bright.net Web Page: "Foggy Corners" http://www.bright.net/~pyle.htm
/html/mgs/1996-12/msg01379.html (6,314 bytes)

8. plug fouling (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:40:25 -0500 (EST)
78B, rebuilt engine, Weber carb. Plugs foul in less than 100 miles. No.1 is worst, then no.4. Has been back to shop twice now. They don't charge for rework; but unhappily, they don't seem to cure the
/html/mgs/1996-11/msg00043.html (6,233 bytes)

9. Re: Need rust remedy! (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:36:43 -0400 (EDT)
Don't know this one, but it sounds much like Extend which is a Locktite product and is sold at NAPA and other places. It turns the oxide to ferrous phosphate. Does not require a pristene surface. Ten
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00050.html (7,368 bytes)

10. Re: Need rust remedy! (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 22:23:16 -0400 (EDT)
Don't want to start some kind of contest, but Extend has worked fine for me. I have seen it convert the rust and stay without prime or other treatment for over two years in a car I sold and which was
/html/mgs/1996-08/msg00095.html (8,586 bytes)

11. Re: The Naming of Cars (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:53:44 -0500 (EST)
'39 chrome ring nose Studebaker (p38)- had all the pep of a mortally wounded turtle. Plymouth Valient (The Prince). Chevy Caprice wagon (Cleopatras Barge) -huge.Ranger pickup (The Gray Grunt). MGB (T
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00035.html (6,748 bytes)

12. Battery discharge (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:16:33 -0500 (EST)
I think I have a small electrical drain. Had to jump my battery to start after car setting for some time. May have something on, but don't think so. I have the notion that a small drain might be hard
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00278.html (7,063 bytes)

13. Mileage (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07:22:21 -0500
I have had a 78B for 7months. Have only used it for local driving. Before and after engine rebuild get about 15 mpg. Is this reasonable? --Never wrench your back or overtighten your nuts--
/html/mgs/1996-01/msg00497.html (6,552 bytes)

14. Thumps (score: 1)
Author: Bruce pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:48:07 -0500
My 79B has loud thumps on bumps in the rear. Sounds like something is bottoming out.Anybody have a strong feeling as to the cause and cure? Thanks -- Never wrench your back or overtighten your nuts.
/html/mgs/1996-01/msg00750.html (6,286 bytes)

15. change (score: 1)
Author: Bruce Pyle <pyle@bright.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 05:49:19 -0500
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00370.html (5,945 bytes)


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