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1. DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:28:20 -0500; Well, it happened again. The things this guy did to my car completely amaze This weekend I wanted to check and/ or adjust my valves (first try, ever). Without realizing that I could put the car in ge; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01144.html (8,655 bytes)
2. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Ray Wygonik <rwygonik@grove.iup.edu>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:07:15 -0500; When I adjusted the valves on my B I had it up on jack stands from some other work. I just kept crawling underneath and turning the drive shaft with a pipe wrench. It wasn't as cubersome as it might; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01146.html (9,549 bytes)
3. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:40:51 -0800; Valve adjusting tips: When I had a concrete driveway, I just put the car in gear and rocked it back and forth. Don't need a 2nd party for this. Now that I have a dirt patch, I just put a large socket; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01160.html (8,982 bytes)
4. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Eric Stephen <bk996@freenet.carleton.ca>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:43:09 -0500; Ah ... the beauty of the MGA. Drop the front licence plate, insert hand crank and it's all over in a matter of minutes. No crawling under the car with a wrench, pushing etc. -- ** Regards, Eric Steph; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01165.html (10,392 bytes)
5. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: H4aardvrk@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:17:46 EST; << When I adjusted the valves on my B I had it up on jack stands from some other work. I just kept crawling underneath and turning the drive shaft with a pipe wrench. It wasn't as cubersome as it mig; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01181.html (8,086 bytes)
6. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: H4aardvrk@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:25:30 EST; << h ... the beauty of the MGA. Drop the front licence plate, insert hand crank and it's all over in a matter of minutes. No crawling under the car with a wrench, pushing etc. >> ahhhh, i remember th; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01184.html (8,042 bytes)
7. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:57:32 -0600; Those guys need to buy a remote starter switch and apply the rule of 9. Rolling the car around to turn the engine over, sheesh! Lazy Charley; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01189.html (8,411 bytes)
8. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:10:34 -0400; Why buy a remote starter switch? Just pull the brown/white lead off the starter relay and touch it to any hot terminal on the fuse box. Allen ** * Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< * * Sinking Creek Home for; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01242.html (9,182 bytes)
9. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:41:04 -0800; Florrie & Allen Bachelder suggested: Ouch! You *are* kidding, aren't you? a -- Max Heim '66 MGB runs great, looks scabrous mountain View CA; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01247.html (9,814 bytes)
10. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:58:40 -0600; Some of 'em don't have a starter relay. Mine, for example. CR '69 B; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01248.html (8,472 bytes)
11. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:22:26 -0600; Ah yes Eric, but the licence plate hangs below the bumper - or it should!!!! So, one less step to take. Dave Q. As and Bs Ah ... the beauty of the MGA. Drop the front licence plate, insert hand crank; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01249.html (8,277 bytes)
12. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: John Trindle <johnt@tsquare.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:53:52 -0500 (EST); Why is this a problem? It's very easy to push in 4th gear. If it isn't you can take out some spark plugs. All my parking spaces are sloped so it is almost too easy. n.b. the remote starter switch wor; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01261.html (8,981 bytes)
13. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Eric Stephen <bk996@freenet.carleton.ca>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:30:36 -0500; Dave, call me a balance freak with a rather high lip at the end of the driveway. The plate kept hitting so ...... cut some aluminium sheet, bent, folded, drilled mounting holes and powder-coated. The; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01276.html (9,772 bytes)
14. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:32:07 -0600; I just don't get it. Why push the car around when you can "bump" the engine over with the starter by using a remote starter switch? Considering that you need to run thru all 8 valves twice, the swit; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01278.html (9,498 bytes)
15. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:11:13 -0800; See, I've been good and stayed off your case for nearly a month but, really.............."run through all 8 valves twice" ? Maybe in your part of the country that's necessary but in my shop we get i; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01288.html (10,430 bytes)
16. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> (by way of Florrie & Allen; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:01:37 -0400; Florrie & Allen Bachelder suggested: Ouch! You *are* kidding, aren't you? No - why should I be kidding? I do this all the time and have for many years on many MGBs. I restrained myself on this respon; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01292.html (9,743 bytes)
17. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:25:09 -0400; Regarding my last response, I deserve 30 lashes with a brown/white wire. " B/W" means black/white, I should have said "N/W"... Florrie & Allen Bachelder suggested: Ouch! You *are* kidding, aren't you; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01293.html (8,815 bytes)
18. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: John Trindle <johnt@tsquare.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:19:59 -0500 (EST); It must be just me, then. I'm always fretting about wearing down the starter when people do that. Moving the car isn't hard. Of course, I'm outside with plenty of room, not in a nice garage (sigh...; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01309.html (9,087 bytes)
19. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:28:29 -0600; Wise guy.....;^) Oh well, time is $$ to you. If the valve lash has been allowed to get 'way out of adjustment, settings can change between first and last adjusted, especially if the cam bearings are; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01314.html (10,951 bytes)
20. Re: DPO'd again..... (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:40:25 -0800; Oh well... you learn something new every day. I suppose that's safe enough when you don't have any "computer chips" in the circuit. My (admittedly primitive and unenlightened) instinct is "sparks =; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01317.html (9,989 bytes)

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