- 1. MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: RobertS355@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:52:47 EST
- Just a month ago I got my '63 B back from the body shop with all the bodywork and paint completed. It looks great and after 15 years of no progress I can finally see the possibility of driving it. My
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00388.html (8,246 bytes)
- 2. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:18:07 -0800
- Well, I don't mean to sound facetious, but have you considered buying a complete car just to park next to it for reference? A non-runner, even a shell with no drivetrain or interior, would be immense
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00391.html (9,492 bytes)
- 3. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:55:10 -0800
- Yeah, buy a rusted out old parts car to use as a model. If you don't know how things go together, go out and look at it. I'm only half joking on this. Do you know anybody with a car that they aren't
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00392.html (8,711 bytes)
- 4. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:56:55 -0800 (PST)
- My suggestion right off the top is to find another 3 Main car that is in very good shape and take as many picutres and notes as you can. Failing that you may find some people out here with some pics.
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00393.html (8,818 bytes)
- 5. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:15:50 -0800
- It's funny how everyone comes up with the same answer. The brute force solution is often the most elegant. -- Girling is not a verb. lrc@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00394.html (8,194 bytes)
- 6. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:17:58 -0800
- I would like to suggest that if you use a digital camera and take a pictorial record of your reassembly, you will create immensely useful record for future generations. How much would you pay, right
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00395.html (8,462 bytes)
- 7. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:05:09 -0500
- I've always been surprised at the lack of a "Parts Catalogue" for the MGB as most other British vehicles have available. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldat
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00400.html (9,580 bytes)
- 8. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:51:00 -0800 (PST)
- I guess I do not know what you mean by "parts catalogue" That to me means catalogues like Moss and VB etc which have various exploded diagrams. I am just waking up here and need to be educated. Carl
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00402.html (8,905 bytes)
- 9. RE: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:01:03 -0700
- Maybe I don't understand the question? Try www.mossmotors.com Larry Hoy
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00403.html (8,759 bytes)
- 10. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:44:06 -0800 (PST)
- Nuts, I deleted the original message... Whomever was looking for detailed photots, I have some from various early cars that I downloaded from eBay and other sources for my own reference on my '65 B,
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00405.html (9,326 bytes)
- 11. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:59:06 -0500
- The factory Parts Catalogue will list all the parts on the car and has exploded views of how they go together. It was put together so that a dealer could quickly look up the part number of any part.
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00406.html (9,987 bytes)
- 12. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:07:45 -0800 (PST)
- Ed, (and Steve) do you mean what is now the Bentley Manual or another book I have yet seen? Carl Actrual Service Parts Manual, Carl. I can provide re-prints! Ed -- Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00407.html (9,072 bytes)
- 13. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:16:52 -0500
- Factory Parts Catalogue. Listing every part, nut, screw, washer, etc. and showing exploded views of how they go together. And they do exist I've been informed, just out of print. -- Stephen West-Fish
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00408.html (9,346 bytes)
- 14. Fw: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt \(T\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:13:31 -0000
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/094820706X/thepagofbeeandve/202-050 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0948207442/thepagofbeeandve/202-050 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/18709
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00409.html (9,631 bytes)
- 15. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Shoyer" <Steve@shoyer.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:14:05 -0500
- Two thoughts: Britbooks shows two parts catalogs, http://www.britbooks.com/coofmgma3.html for Sept. 1966 on, and http://www.britbooks.com/coofmgma2.html for cars up to Sept. 1966. They're published
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00411.html (9,365 bytes)
- 16. RE: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:42:12 -0800
- I would recomend getting copies of the original MGB parts books just because I am a library geek. But on the whole there is not much more information to the un-educated eye available compared to the
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00412.html (10,216 bytes)
- 17. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Sanchez <slsanchez79@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:26:35 -0800 (PST)
- I have in my possesion an MG-Austin Collision Guide (2nd ed.) that covers from 1970-1980. It is part no. JAG 304083 and was printed August 1983. It covers the Austin America and Marina, and MGB and
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00413.html (8,975 bytes)
- 18. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:07:52 -0500
- The titles are the same, so I bet they are it. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/
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- 19. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:16:40 -0500
- It's a separate manual, just shows exploded views with all parts with descriptions and part numbers. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00416.html (8,425 bytes)
- 20. Re: MGB - How to put it back together (score: 1)
- Author: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:01:18 -0700
- The Roadster Factory has a very detailed parts catalogue, using factory
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00418.html (8,422 bytes)
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