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1. Re: '70 GT - Thermostat (again) (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:51:47 -0800
I recall John Twist reporting here that 190 degrees F. was the optimum temperature for the B engine. If you run at too cool an engine temp, the oil never gets warm enough to evaporate condensed mois
/html/mgs/1998-04/msg00576.html (8,113 bytes)

2. Re: MGB Gearing for vintage racing (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:51:46 -0800
I think that it depends on where you'll be racing. You probably don't want to gear the car so low that you run out of revs in top gear before you have to start braking at the end of the longest strai
/html/mgs/1998-04/msg00577.html (7,518 bytes)

3. Re: BComing, Revolution, Seat Belts, Geo Metros (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:23:43 -0800
Jim Kearman asked: Just puttering about town in my '67 (sort of) MGB GT, I get mileage in the very, very low 20's. I haven't done any really long road trips lately, but about five years ago, I averag
/html/mgs/1998-03/msg00462.html (8,614 bytes)

4. Re: Brake Lining Question, Perhaps A Bit Stupid. (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 09:04:25 -0800
I had some success using an aerosol spray product called Brakleen, though I have no idea if this brand is available in the Netherlands. One additional caution: Do not over fill the differential with
/html/mgs/1998-03/msg01995.html (7,950 bytes)

5. Re: fuel pump? (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 09:30:40 -0800
Re Q2, it may be a temperature thing. My '67 B has an aftermarket manifold with a very large balance pipe, and HS6 carbs. Until the manifold fully heats up (long after the engine temperature is norm
/html/mgs/1998-03/msg01997.html (7,708 bytes)

6. Re: Midget gone goofy (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 20:29:53 -0800
Might be a wee speck of dirt or rust blocking one of the Grose Jets slightly open, causing an over rich mixture at lower RPMs. Pull the float chamber covers and the Grose Jets and hose the jets down
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00525.html (7,312 bytes)

7. Re: Restoring Old Seat Belts (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:29:32 -0800
If you live in the US, and if you live in the Los Angeles basin, and if you are not a lawyer, and aren't related to any lawyers, and don't know any lawyers, and promise to never even talk to a lawyer
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00777.html (8,430 bytes)

8. RE: Supercharged LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 14:54:25 -0800
Magnuson has a Web site at http://www.magnuson-products.com/ with a link to Eaton Superchargers, and a list of the vendors of kits (two for Rovers, but, alas, none for MGs). They do offer to sell the
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00320.html (9,233 bytes)

9. Re: Supercharged LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:25:50 -0800
Supercharges are positive displacement air pumps. They pump a particular quantity of air into the engine for every revolution they turn, so the effect is noticeable at every point in the engine's RP
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00352.html (8,341 bytes)

10. Re: TD engine transplant? (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:37:29 -0800
About 5 or 6 years ago, I got caught up in a very fast (70-75 mph), early morning convoy with a couple of TDs to one of the yearly Moss Motors gatherings in Southern California. They were converted b
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00490.html (8,005 bytes)

11. Re: Different Strokes (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 19:37:29 -0800
What you describe are roller-tipped rocker arms. Roller tappets have the little roller on the end of the tappet which rides on the cam lobe. I don't think I've ever seen any advertised for LBC engine
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg00491.html (7,421 bytes)

12. Re: Unleaded Fuel??? (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:16:11 -0800
Don't know, but you probably can't get it if it does. Almost. Maybe. TWM Induction (Goleta, CA - USA) pictured a dual throttlebody system in their ad in the Jan/Feb issue of GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS m
/html/mgs/1998-01/msg01901.html (6,855 bytes)

13. Re: Problems: Coil, Distributor, or??? [long] (score: 1)
Author: "Reece Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:37:10 +0800
When the ignition firing on my '67 B showed absolutely no relation to the timing marks, it was because the inner and outer halves of my crank pulley (normally bonded together with a 30 year old rubbe
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01042.html (8,144 bytes)

14. Re: Party update... (score: 1)
Author: "Reece Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:22:38 +0800
If you had prefaced the URL with http://, then you would have done the next best thing, since many mail clients will turn that into a hot link. Then all one would need do is double-click (in Win95 en
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01083.html (6,754 bytes)

15. Re: MGB Choke bracket? (score: 1)
Author: "Reece Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:16:28 +0800
The two holes should match up with the bolts that fasten the front carb to the intake manifold, if my memory is correct. The choke cable approaches the linkage from below the carbs. Regards, Jerry Ca
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01225.html (6,724 bytes)

16. Re: MGB Covers (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:24:53 +0800
My GT has a two-piece antenna. The base is permanently (more or less) mounted to the fender, and the mast screws to the base. I've seen these in a couple of styles: the short, black, flexible "rubber
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01558.html (8,127 bytes)

17. Re: MGB Covers (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:24:53 +0800
I have one of the Genesis covers from Moss for my GT, which works fairly well in the damp. I generally throw a cheap plastic tarpaulin over it when it is parked outside for extended periods, both to
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01559.html (8,459 bytes)

18. Re: Help with speedo issues (score: 1)
Author: "Reece Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:01:37 +0800
Contact one of the instrument rebuilders (I think there are a couple on both east and west coasts of the US -- see the Monster list -- http://www.dimebank.com/monster/vendors.html). They will send yo
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01739.html (7,502 bytes)

19. New LBC Fuel Injection (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 12:52:27 +0800
I know what I want for Christmas NEXT year! I finally got around to an in-depth reading of the Jan-Feb issue of GRASSROOTS MOTORSPORTS magazine last night, and spotted an available-early-'98, program
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg01824.html (6,830 bytes)

20. Re: Clikadjust Tool (score: 1)
Author: "Jerry Causey" <reecau@whidbey.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 08:31:30 +0800
I have one, and it works pretty much as advertised, except the valve springs on my 18V engine are getting weak, which throws off the setting. One or two of them compress slightly before the Clik-adj
/html/mgs/1997-11/msg01068.html (6,767 bytes)

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