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21. Re: Brake Bleeding Tools (score: 1)
Author: Steve West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:23:14 -0400
Mine is a B, and I just use an Easybleed. However, an old airplane trick is to bleed from the wheel cylinder up. In other words, start pushing brake fluid in the bleeder until you see it in the resev
/html/mgs/2003-09/msg00196.html (7,665 bytes)

22. Re: How to best clean twin SU carbs? (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:02:28 -0400
That sounds like you only looked at the suction chamber and piston. I cannot speak to anything but the HIF, the float chamber is on the very bottom of the carb, you would need to remove it from the c
/html/mgs/2003-09/msg00372.html (8,848 bytes)

23. Re: How to best clean twin SU carbs? (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:55:45 -0400
Sounds very much like the little wire in the distributer is broken internally. As the point plate moves in the distributer, the circut will be made and then broken. I've never had this problem in an
/html/mgs/2003-09/msg00412.html (9,881 bytes)

24. Re: MGB Brakes - Dual System, Non- Boosted Master Cylinder (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:21:41 -0400
I'm currently going through a complete brake overhaul, just finished the front yesterday evening. I'd recommend getting the overhaul kit for the proportioning valve and overhauling it. After I do the
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00222.html (7,560 bytes)

25. [Fwd: Re: MGB Brakes - Dual System, Non- Boosted Master (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:27:23 -0400
Hmmm, this bounced! -- Original Message -- Correct, pressure failure switch. It looks like a proportioning valve, so if you don't mind, I'll just keep calling it that. According to my Moss catalogue,
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00224.html (7,590 bytes)

26. Re: Gave up trying to remove calipers (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:48:30 -0400
Imagine a box end wrench with a slot cut out so it can be placed around a brake line. That is a flare nut wrench. The nut on the brake line is called a flare nut. You can pick them up at about any pl
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00251.html (8,135 bytes)

27. Re: LEERT quick 1st draft design (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:50:36 -0400
Nope, that's white. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/ /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/ar
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00505.html (8,143 bytes)

28. Re: Towing a B - Any suggestions? (score: 1)
Author: Steve West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:58:17 -0400
Back them on the dolly, leave the drive shaft in place. Well, if you don't have wires :-) Steve West-Fisher /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archiv
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00584.html (8,273 bytes)

29. Re: Weber DGV (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 09:02:37 -0400
Not that preticularly, but when groups of electronics start doing strange things in unison, get out your wiring diagram and find the ground for those items, it probably needs cleaned. If that doesn't
/html/mgs/2003-07/msg00178.html (8,195 bytes)

30. Re: Master Cylinder (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 07:29:20 -0400
Interestingly enough, I got two recommendations to do this. Unfortunately, this is a '73 MGB, LHD. The access plug would get me to the left side of the brake master cylinder, but not the right, which
/html/mgs/2003-06/msg00020.html (7,266 bytes)

31. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:41:57 -0400
There is more than the finish, they tend to also be thinner. So a socket has a thinner wall. I've not found where this is an advantage on an MG, but aircraft occasionally have nuts/bolts which a Craf
/html/mgs/2003-06/msg00234.html (8,265 bytes)

32. Master Cylinder Rebuild (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 09:03:49 -0400
Now that I've gotten rid of an old Pontiac, I have room to work on the MGB again. There were some posts in the past of problems with purchasing new master cylinders, and folks recommended getting the
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00036.html (6,958 bytes)

33. Re: MGB V6 Upgrade (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 15:49:03 -0400
Even from a Land Rover Series IIa? -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/ /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00192.html (8,377 bytes)

34. Re: tr6 points (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 15:40:34 -0400
Spark at the coil and spark at the plugs are two different things. Check for spark at the plugs. If none, and the TR6s have points, place them on a place where they are closed and use a screwdriver t
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00512.html (8,175 bytes)

35. HIF-4 Overhaul Parts (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 10:22:06 -0400
Recently purchased an SU overhaul kit from Moss thinking I'd overhaul the carbs this weekend and get the old girl running, if not on the road. Low and behold, the overhaul kits don't include any fibe
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00678.html (7,304 bytes)

36. Re: HIF-4 Overhaul Parts (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 19:17:50 -0400
After sending the email, I dropped the bowl off the other SU. Pulled the needle valve and noticed that it didn't have a gasket. I had disassembled the other several days before and didn't remember. S
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00727.html (7,533 bytes)

37. Master Cylinder (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 17:27:54 -0400
Keep in mind this is a '73 MGB LHD. Just spent two hours putting in the master cylinder. Before I started, I looked at the rear adapter and thought I'd be smart and not tighten it up until I got it m
/html/mgs/2003-05/msg00886.html (6,990 bytes)

38. Re: ? about MGB (1978) books & de-smogging (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:37:02 -0500
"Discussions" in this case should not have occurred. Had you made the change, they would not have noticed, now you have brought it to their attention. NC passed my '72 B for years without an air pump
/html/mgs/2003-04/msg00052.html (8,468 bytes)

39. Re: what car was it? (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 14:06:34 -0400
I seem to recall Fiat also sold that body here as one of theirs, an upscale 124 I think. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/ /// or try http://
/html/mgs/2003-04/msg00200.html (8,303 bytes)

40. Re: what car was it? (score: 1)
Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:10:55 -0400
Fiat called a lot of cars Spyders, I had an 850 Spyder back in the '70s. You are probably thinking of the 124 Spyder, I believe it was the most common. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727
/html/mgs/2003-04/msg00206.html (8,310 bytes)

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