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1. B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:22:57 -0400 (EDT); Hello list, Just spent a few hours working on the B. Did a lot of grinding and sanding of surface rust, removed the ashtray, shifter trim ring, and sun visors (here we go again) which were all quite; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01054.html (10,426 bytes)
2. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net; Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:13:46 -0700; Here's everything I know about B keys. The trunk lock didn't change over the course of the 18 years B's were made. The door locks were the same '65-'80. The glove box lock changed, but the key didn't; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01069.html (11,437 bytes)
3. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:32:09 -0700; Original MGB by Clausager has something to say about the key situation. Highly recommend it. Too tired to look it up tonight (exhausted by wrenching on a friend's 69 roadster which hasn't run since 7; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01072.html (11,672 bytes)
4. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:58:50 -0400; Does anyone have any ill-feelings about the factory jack? I heard a rumor that they can actually slip out from the pipe while the car is lifted. I'd imagine this would only be a problem if you had t; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01129.html (8,248 bytes)
5. RE: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:31:15 -0700; I have never heard of one slipping out. But I have heard many tales and have one personal instance of the gear teeth stripping and the car coming down hard. Good used MGB jacks for a long time were; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01134.html (9,152 bytes)
6. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:22:00 -0700; I can help some on the keys: The doors and trunk (boot) should use the same key. The glovebox uses one that is cut on both edges, maybe your twisted one. I had great luck dealing with Pete Groh for; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01141.html (9,488 bytes)
7. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:40:38 -0700; Hmmm, I can't see the lifting rod slipping out, because as soon as you start to raise the car, it's "cocked" in the tube; that is to say, it's under pressure on the top at one end, and the bottom at; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01204.html (9,157 bytes)
8. RE: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:41:04 -0600; I've never heard of one slipping out. But I did have a B come down hard after the bracket separated from the car. The car was pretty well rusted though. I still remember it well even though it was ma; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01233.html (9,049 bytes)
9. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:43:32 EDT; I think at one time or another just about everybody that has worked on cars much has either slid under a car on a jack or thought "Hey it's OK I'll only be there for a second, what could go wrong?" I; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01240.html (8,902 bytes)
10. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: wizardz@maxinter.net; Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:29:13 -0400; DON'T DO THIS AT HOME! STUPID BUT LUCKY! short story... from experience.. only jack stands or 4x4 or 6x6 wood blocks are safe. Don't use cinder blocks! in the seventies... after spending 3-5 hours un; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01260.html (10,727 bytes)
11. Re: B update and questions (long for most, usual for me) (score: 1): Author: john peloquin <peloquin@galaxy.ucr.edu>; Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:57:39 -0700 (PDT); Dear Netters, As I've never had such a bad thing happen to me I'm not quite as cautious as Paul, but I ALWAY leave my extended floor jack underneath the car when it is up on jackstands- just in case.; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01271.html (11,852 bytes)

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