- 281. ignition switches and engine paint... (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 93 14:38:08 CDT
- I've figured how to get my igntion switch off...(Hacksaw), but, I get my lovely new ignition switch out of the box (original Austin Rover part!!) to check the wiring and find on the new switch there
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00206.html (7,213 bytes)
- 282. answers???? (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 13:13:51 CDT
- Now, I'm british, and I've only resided here for about a year, so the names of some of this stuff can't have changed!! I would be really interested to see what on earth the answers were that the club
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00239.html (7,087 bytes)
- 283. Re: answers???? (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 13:57:38 CDT
- Point taken, I don't know the american terminology....and I was only having fun...(humble apologies) Marcus
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00243.html (6,408 bytes)
- 284. Re: Berkshire British Motor Club; Our trivia contest (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 14:48:22 CDT
- One thing that really suprised me when I got to this country was that americans use the word coup rather than coupe (should be an accent over the e, pronounced coop-a). Mention you are driving a coup
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00248.html (8,392 bytes)
- 285. 100mph (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 93 15:01:21 CDT
- I just remembered, doing 100mph is a century AND it's a ton... I remember going down the motorway (theres another one - interstate) with my dad in his old jag to London, and he turns and asks me if w
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00250.html (6,608 bytes)
- 286. Re: engine rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 11:43:24 CDT
- Re: the P.S ...everything just needs polishing... The machinist just called me anf he diouble checked the camshaft and is suggesting a new one...any suggestions to where I can get a new one, or maybe
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00279.html (6,798 bytes)
- 287. Re: Rover V-SIX (not 8)....rally metro (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 16:47:35 CDT
- I remember drooling over these with my buddies back in England when they came out. I think there was about 200 of the rally spec ones produced so as to comply with the rule that 'anybody' could by o
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00301.html (6,669 bytes)
- 288. waterpumps (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 93 13:36:47 CDT
- How may one tell if the water pump is screwed?? When my Midge first overheated, the mechanic suggested it was probably the water pump. Anyway I remeber when I was dismantling the engine that I checke
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00326.html (6,753 bytes)
- 289. rocker assembly on 1275 Midget (1974) (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 09:23:02 CDT
- I dissasembled the rocker train yesterday to examine for wear, boy, the rocker arms had cut down about a mm into the shaft! Anyway, I cleaned and oiled and started to reasemble the parts so I would k
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00344.html (7,764 bytes)
- 290. Dings.... (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 16:26:31 CDT
- I'm sure nobody can help me on the list, but I feel the need to vent some of my anger concerning insurance companies!! The idiot who lives downstairs managed to reverse into my poor little MG (he th
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00358.html (8,008 bytes)
- 291. Re: Copper vs. Gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 09:51:18 CDT
- 'Annealing' the copper by heating and quenching works very well, but the softened condition is very easily reversed by 'working' the metal (i.e. stressing, bending,shakingetc.)*. Steel is probably th
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00465.html (6,791 bytes)
- 292. progress... (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 93 09:00:10 CDT
- Hi all, Just a quick note on my engine rebuild and general Midget progess. I finally recieved all my engine parts the other day. UPS were about to ship them back to California because they couldn't f
- /html/british-cars/1993-10/msg00576.html (7,816 bytes)
- 293. MG Midget engine rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 15:58:37 CDT
- I just bought a '74 (1275) Midget and the engine needs rebuilding. I was driving it to the shop when the temp. soared and the oil pressure dropped through the floor. Compression is low in cylinder 2
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00387.html (7,146 bytes)
- 294. MG Midget engine rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 07:43:05 CDT
- I just bought a '74 (1275) Midget and the engine needs rebuilding. I was driving it to the shop when the temp. soared and the oil pressure dropped through the floor. Compression is low in cylinder 2
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00396.html (7,109 bytes)
- 295. 1st gear in Midget (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 08:43:54 CDT
- I now have the engine out of the little blighter, and am about to start stripping it. I was wondering...first gear is a little noisy (whines) what do I need to replace ?? I might as well do it now th
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00439.html (6,842 bytes)
- 296. MG clubs (score: 1)
- Author: tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Marcus Tooze)
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 09:15:22 CDT
- Bit of a FAQ.... Is there a Illinois MG club??? I'm downstate in Champaign and therefore would prefer something that meets near me rather than Chicago. Cheers Marcus Come on you Triumph fans- how abo
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00440.html (7,493 bytes)
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