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1. Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Gary Davis <GDAVIS@ibr6gw80.gp.usbr.gov>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:12:12 -0700
I just bought my first MGB GT, and I'm a real neophyte. I read about two ideas in the recent past that I wish to pursue. The first was cleaning the fuse box for better connections and electricals ope
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00789.html (7,462 bytes)

2. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 11:43:29 -0800
Congrats on the GT! I'm sure she's a beauty. We all would like to hear more about her someday, when list traffic is slow...Anyway, a wise man once recommended use of a scotch-brite green pad to clean
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00793.html (8,344 bytes)

3. RE: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 98 18:50:28 UT
1. Group 26 Battery (Group 26 is a battery size - go figure). K Mart usually has them for about $40, but you can get them just about anywhere. Buy the highest cold cranking amp you can afford with t
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00799.html (11,510 bytes)

4. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@khoral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:11:57 -0700 (MST)
Uh oh, here comes Bob.... Kevin Sullivan -- 1960 MGA kevins@khoral.com Khoral Research Inc. www.khoral.com/staff/kevins/mgstuff Albuquerque NM USA 1960 MGA 1957 Magnette ZB
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00820.html (7,709 bytes)

5. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 19:03:36 -0800
Also, check the grounding points for various items (including the engine ground strap!). Where lamps bolt on or where ground wires are bolted to the body, clean the area to expose some metal, then be
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00843.html (8,282 bytes)

6. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:03:23 -0800 (PST)
Dear Mike, =%Otighten the female end of the connection. That way the connection is clean and tight. =%O For splicing wires, use a simple lineman's splice as opposed to the pigtail method. =%OBe sure
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg00994.html (7,957 bytes)

7. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 12:12:41 -0800
Well, a lineman's splice is a connection between two wires that involves each section of stripped wire wrapping around one another. This forms a continuous, straight line with the two joined wires. T
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg01001.html (7,928 bytes)

8. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Eric Zambori <eaz@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 12:12:51 -0800
As far as I know, a pigtail splice is where the two wires a held together like two fingers next to each other and the bare wire ends are twisted together. A linesman's splice is one where the two wir
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg01002.html (8,617 bytes)

9. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:22:54 -0500
It's also called a Western Union Splice. Try picturing it this way: strip the from both wires for a distance of about 2 inches; form a cross with the wires at about the midpoint of the stripped area;
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg01041.html (8,705 bytes)

10. Re: Easy Questions (score: 1)
Author: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 15:12:49 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to all who explained what a linesman or Western Union splice was. I've used then without knowing what they were. "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance" John J. Pelo
/html/mgs/1998-02/msg01113.html (7,349 bytes)


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