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1. Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Simon Bosworth <simon@hpi50.dsddhc.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 08:58:02 -0600; Happy new year to all, I wa messing around with the carbs on my 74 GT yesterday, trying to find a fix for the problem I have accelerating when the engine is cold. I noticed that if I lift the piston; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00039.html (8,003 bytes)
2. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:04:08 -0500; Don't know any songs, but I know a group: Booker T and the MGs (don't know if it was intended as a reference to the cars or not) -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have f; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00041.html (7,922 bytes)
3. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 10:27:43 -0500 (EST); Yes it was.; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00044.html (8,349 bytes)
4. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Littlesuzn <Littlesuzn@aol.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 14:30:53 EST; <<Don't know any songs, but I know a group: Booker T and the MGs (don't know if it was intended as a reference to the cars or not)>> Nope............ MGs stand for "Memphis Group" "Midget" Susan; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00055.html (8,000 bytes)
5. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>; Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 11:42:05 +0100; I've heard Booker T. Jones himself say that MG stood for Memphis Group, because they were the house band for Stax Records in Memphis. (they have played on more records than most anyone knows, other t; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00056.html (8,476 bytes)
6. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Bob MGT <BobMGT@aol.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 01:31:21 EST; I've noticed this also. In the cold, the dash pot oil is almost solid! It's scary that the oil inside the engine must be the same way. My engine really doesn't run right until some time after the gau; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00077.html (9,085 bytes)
7. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 09:33:55 -0500; Funny thing, this carb oil business. I ran my B year round in Montana and North Dakota without any such difficulty. I always have subscribed to using the same oil in the carb as I put in the crankcas; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00088.html (10,719 bytes)
8. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 14:23:19 +0000; Engine oil. The grade of which is nominally 20W/50 but which should ultimately be governed by your local temperature range, and possibly different summer to winter. PaulH.; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00092.html (8,784 bytes)
9. Re: Dashpot oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Leckstein <bleckstein@mail.monmouth.com>; Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 00:05:49 -0500; Susan, later yes, originally came from a members MG. Mike; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00102.html (8,385 bytes)
10. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Wade Massengill <wmasseng@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 22:25:56 -0500; Simon said 8^) Always use genuine carburetor oil in your dashpots. Vicky Brit and Moss have it. Cheap. Works great. Tiny bottle does about 4 empty carbs. Wade Daisy the yellow car is a 70 MGB; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00139.html (8,672 bytes)
11. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 01:19:15 -0500; I can't see how such a simple application as a dashpot requires a dedicated and very expensive oil. Seems like Moss and VB just milking the ignorant. -- Trevor Boicey Ottawa, Canada tboicey@brit.ca h; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00150.html (8,926 bytes)
12. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 19:21:18 +1100; I just use ATF. It works fine... Mike (I find 20W/50 engine oil is too thick -- ATF gives a snappier throttle response) -- -- Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au Watsons Creek Vineyard http://www.vicnet; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00154.html (9,880 bytes)
13. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 04:00:17 +0000; Trev, Well, "Expensive" is a relative term. Sure, the cost-per-quart of the stuff Moss and VB sell would be outrageous, but you're not buying it by the quart. If, as it has been said on this list, t; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00156.html (9,744 bytes)
14. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 09:54:46 -0500; Mike, Please tell us all why you think that the speed of piston movement has anything to do with throttle response. ;>) -- *Bill Schooler *Check the MGCC Wash DC Centre Web Page *Woodbridge, VA *http; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00162.html (10,555 bytes)
15. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "Scott C. Williams" <bb@odsys.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 08:58:05 +0500; The delay of the piston rising richens the mixture, momentarily, to create an accelerator-pump-type action, without having a pump. I use 20/50 in mine, as recommended by Mr. Twist. In theory, the lo; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00163.html (8,887 bytes)
16. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 18:08:16 EST; I agree Trevor (Honest I do agree with Trevor) Every manual, handbook, or lubrication chart I've seen calls for the same oil in the dashpots as used in the crankcase. At the risk of sounding like som; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00197.html (9,257 bytes)
17. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 18:49:36 +0000; Rick, So, does that mean that the SU carb oil in the catalogs is just 20W-50 motor oil? After all, they ARE the people that made the things. Scott; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00206.html (8,909 bytes)
18. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 18:19:59 -0800; I know for a fact that the oil Moss sells as carb dashpot oil is 20wt motorcycle front fork oil Lawrie British Sportscar Center --; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00230.html (9,293 bytes)
19. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 21:24:19 -0600; My MGA manual clearly states 20W motor oil for the dashpots. David Darby; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00235.html (8,172 bytes)
20. Re: Dashpot Oil & MG songs (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 02:58:36 -0500; Depends on your carbs, really. My ZS carbs leak it rather quickly, so I find myself filling it weekly. (I know, fixing the leak is a small job but I got a lot of small jobs in the queue!) My SU carbs; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00259.html (8,545 bytes)

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