- 1. Valuing an MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:45:26 +0000
- Can anyone help me value an MGB? I am looking at an MGB being sold by the father of one of my daughter's friends. The car is a '74 -- chrome bumpers with the oversized rubber-coated overriders. It is
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00294.html (8,898 bytes)
- 2. MGA Master cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:19:09 +0000
- Before putting in a cap seal, I found that the level would drop very slowly, until it reached a certain point and then would come out of the top. There must be a certain point at which a lot more sp
- /html/mgs/2004-03/msg00390.html (7,551 bytes)
- 3. OT: Mini-cooper conversion! (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:16:10 +0000
- http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/ _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available.
- /html/mgs/2004-03/msg00391.html (6,430 bytes)
- 4. Bench testing regulator (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:29:52 +0000
- Does anyone have any instructions on bench testing an electro-mechanical regulator ("control unit")? I got some wierd results when testing on the car, so I've taken it out and plan to take it into th
- /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00240.html (7,634 bytes)
- 5. Re: Bench testing regulator (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:19:13 +0000
- I checked the generator already using that procedure -- it seemed to be OK. Simon _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software opt
- /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00253.html (9,230 bytes)
- 6. Re: Bench testing regulator (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:17:35 +0000
- Thanks for the link. Simon _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentr
- /html/mgs/2004-01/msg00271.html (8,801 bytes)
- 7. Any reason to keep old water pumps? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:24:07 +0000
- After swapping out a water pump, I now have 3 old water pump bodies (2 came as part of a job lot of parts). None of these pumps are immediately useful (bad bearings, leaking). Is there any point in k
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00227.html (6,955 bytes)
- 8. Water Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:09:51 +0000
- Paul, I just went through this. I replaced a leaking water pump with what appeared to be a perfectly good re-built unit. It turned smoothly, the shaft felt firm (no sideways movement). It leaked! Wa
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00332.html (7,050 bytes)
- 9. Exhaust manifold studs -- supplier? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:51:45 +0000
- Does anyone know of a supplier (anywhere that will accept a CC and ship to California) of the long exhaust manifold studs for a 57 MGA? Moss told me that the ones they ahve in stock are faulty and ne
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00095.html (6,943 bytes)
- 10. Best Coffee Table (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:16:26 +0000
- Lew, are you talking about the old schoolhouse in Addison, TX (also known as the Magic Time Machine)? Sim _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive larger at
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00378.html (7,700 bytes)
- 11. Removing head studs -- advice needed. (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:59:58 +0000
- I have jsut removed my 57 MGA's head because of a significant water leak. Now, to remove the studs. They appear to be stuck in position. Before I start applying force and break them off, can someone
- /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00392.html (7,711 bytes)
- 12. RE: Virus from list member? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:12:11 +0000
- Maybe it had a virus, or maybe not. Were the people who sent it back qualified enough to tell? Imagine the phone call to the UK: Theatre staff: "Our console has got a virus" Strand (or whoever): "Des
- /html/mgs/2003-08/msg00598.html (10,348 bytes)
- 13. Re: Engine Rebuilding in Lubbock TX (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:40:45 +0000
- Had a similar problem here in the SF Bay area (Fremont). A radiator shop would not look at my MGA radiator. Never mind that I was going to take it out of the car and bring it to the shop. What the he
- /html/mgs/2003-07/msg00715.html (8,875 bytes)
- 14. CA smog testing changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 06:45:27 +0000
- /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2003-03/msg00134.html (6,360 bytes)
- 15. Non-LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:21:03 -0800
- << STUFF ABOUT US SERVICE PAY DELETED >> Please tell me, exactly what this has to do with MGs? There are many different newsgroups, forums, etc for discussing such issues. This is not one of them! Si
- /html/mgs/2003-02/msg00276.html (6,638 bytes)
- 16. Re: RHD, no thanks (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 17:05:30 -0700
- no I went through a period during which I was driving a RHD car on the right hand side of the road during the week and, at weekends, I was driving a LHD car on the left hand side of the road. It was
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00305.html (7,389 bytes)
- 17. Eezibleed (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:53:42 +0000
- In my experience, Eezibleeds (sp?) can work very well. The problem is getting a good seal onto the master cylinder. The trick is to recognize that the eezibleel will work quite well with 5 pounds of
- /html/mgs/2002-04/msg00731.html (7,101 bytes)
- 18. Got a result/Body shop in SFBA? (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:42:35 +0000
- Yesterday my green MGA sustained a dent while parked in the car park at Today, I noticed a vehicle with green paint marks at the correct height to match the dent and scrapes on my car. While inspecti
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00389.html (8,613 bytes)
- 19. was Weeping MGB caliper (now bleeding) (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:14:55 -0800
- fluid out I own both a Mityvac and a Eezibleed kit. I have used both to bleed brakes and I will tell anyone who asks (and others who don't ask) that the Eezibleed is the way to go: it is far easier t
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00563.html (7,246 bytes)
- 20. MGs as daily drivers (score: 1)
- Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:50:02 +0000
- I use my MGA as a daily driver when it is not wet -- which is most of the year here in the SF Bay area. Only once has it let me down and then it was a relatively new part. I had fitted a heater contr
- /html/mgs/2002-02/msg00822.html (6,991 bytes)
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