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81. Re: [Mgs] (no subject) (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:44:42 +0100
..."Regarding a 5 speed, try finding an overdrive transmission from a I believe the Spitfire transmission doesn't fit when an overdrive is attached. Otherwise MG would have offered that as an option
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00371.html (8,748 bytes)

82. Re: [Mgs] (no subject) (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:09:43 +0100
On MGBs at least, brand new rear brake cylinders are dirt cheap, and pretty straightforward to replace. I'd imagine it was similar for Midgets. Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT) _________________
/html/mgs/2007-07/msg00032.html (8,739 bytes)

83. [Mgs] Track Day Oil? (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:33:29 +0100
Planning an oil change soon. The only 20W50 oil Halfords sell is their own brand "Classic Motor Oil", which would appear to be appropriate as it is the right viscosity and is aimed squarely at our ca
/html/mgs/2007-07/msg00069.html (9,941 bytes)

84. Re: [Mgs] Track Day Oil? (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:14:59 +0100
Never mind - the website was misleading (well, lying). The "Track Day Oil" is 5W50 not 15W50 (I guess that's a typo), and is not in fact BOGOF but reduced in price to #22. I got the Halfords Classic.
/html/mgs/2007-07/msg00071.html (8,640 bytes)

85. Re: [Mgs] Need info on original 1968-71 MGB fog lamp switch (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:05:21 +0100
UK cars didn't have a fog light fitted at all, at least not for these years. Off the top of my head I don't know if the rubber bumper cars used them; I know it wasn't a legal requirement at least as
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00022.html (9,176 bytes)

86. Re: [Mgs] My next British car (in my dreams!) (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:13:19 +0100
Where's the engine? Yes, OK, it's behind the cockpit of course, where else would it go? But this thing is so tiny there doesn't seem room for a V8 back there. Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT) _
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00023.html (8,624 bytes)

87. Re: [Mgs] Need info on original 1968-71 MGB fog lamp switch (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:56:41 +0100
Obtaining a driving license in the UK is much like Hans described for the Netherlands. It wasn't easy when I did it 17 years ago (took me two attempts), and it's got harder since. Minimum age is 17,
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00082.html (11,232 bytes)

88. Re: [Mgs] Need info on original 1968-71 MGB fog lamp switch (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:47:36 +0100
"Heck, a very high percentage of drivers in El Paso don't even have drivers licences or insurance. If they are stopped, they get a ticket, but then are allowed to drive away" In the UK, if you drive
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00103.html (10,403 bytes)

89. Re: [Mgs] Rally of South Australia (No MG) (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:02 +0100
"I'm looking at number 72, and I can't figure out what that all is? Like a water canon shooting down on the car." Isn't that just spray coming up from the muddy puddle he's just driven through? Altho
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00154.html (9,098 bytes)

90. Re: [Mgs] LE Wheel paint (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:25:01 +0100
I just painted mine (actually Triumph Stag alloys but they look the same) with Black Hammerite Smooth. Probably not original, then... Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT) ___________________________
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00173.html (8,307 bytes)

91. [Mgs] (no subject) (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:59:32 +0100
Frank is not alone on the MG mailing list in his views on commercial postings such as yours. The mailing list exists as a forum for enthusiasts to provide advice, support and a community for each oth
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00206.html (9,795 bytes)

92. Re: [Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:33:05 +0100
I bought a pair from an on-line source in the UK a couple of years ago, #53 each. About the same price over the counter from my local car parts store. Just checked the same internet source now, they
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00338.html (9,679 bytes)

93. Re: [Mgs] MGB Clutch Problem (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:58:59 +0100
The random nature sounds to me VERY much like the master cylinder need rebuilding/replacing. Less likely to be the slave cylinder, if that had an intermittent seal you'd be losing fluid, and you say
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00399.html (10,178 bytes)

94. Re: [Mgs] MGB Clutch Problem (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:31:25 +0100
There may be different clutch slave models out there, but on the one I got both holes are near the bottom, neither would allow you to bleed all the air out. I think the one that came off was the same
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00408.html (9,380 bytes)

95. Re: [Mgs] MGB Clutch Problem (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:26:58 +0100
I just went out to my car and checked (to make sure I wasn't going mad) - both holes are at the bottom, so swapping hoses wouldn't help. Reverse filling wouldn't help either, the air in the slave cy
/html/mgs/2007-08/msg00412.html (9,221 bytes)

96. Re: [Mgs] MGB O/D (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:08 +0100
An overdrive is an entirely separate gearbox that bolts onto the back of the main gearbox. It has two ratios, when it is off the ratio is direct (speed out = speed in), when engaged the speed out is
/html/mgs/2007-09/msg00205.html (9,359 bytes)

97. Re: [Mgs] Final brake caliper question (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:53:05 +0100
Might as well replace the flex-hoses while you are at it, unless you've already done that recently. And the pads, if they are starting to get thin. Check the thickness and condition of the discs as w
/html/mgs/2007-09/msg00310.html (9,743 bytes)

98. Re: [Mgs] Final brake caliper question (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:02:23 +0100
You read my thoughts about 5 minutes behind me! But there are lock tab washers for the brake caliper - part no BTC114, item 13 on this page: http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?Plate
/html/mgs/2007-09/msg00312.html (9,228 bytes)

99. Re: [Mgs] gold sealed engine (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:27:53 +0100
AFAIK, I think a Gold Seal engine originally meant a complete engine supplied by MG as a spare part (and painted gold, not red). It also seems to be used these days by some engine rebuilders to refer
/html/mgs/2007-10/msg00096.html (7,087 bytes)

100. Re: [Mgs] Some Rockin' MG content (score: 1)
Author: "Gosling, Richard" <r.gosling@penspen.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:58:20 +0100
"I was looking around to find what music came out in '78, so I could play some appropriate music while tooling around (I'm still not sure if this is a good idea or a pathetic one)." Not a remotely pa
/html/mgs/2007-10/msg00140.html (9,219 bytes)


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