- 1. Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: John.Hed@faa.gov
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:20:45 -0700
- Hi all. First, thanks to those of you who helped me with finding a replacement handbrake lever. I got several offers through the group. I have another little problem. In the parts crate that came wit
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00060.html (8,021 bytes)
- 2. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Brown" <mgrick@mgcars.org.uk>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:15:36 -0400
- Have you tried Monroe's website - most companies have pdf files of instructions/manuals etc for their products. Worth a shot.
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00062.html (8,375 bytes)
- 3. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:05:56 -0700
- I have scans of the instructions for the Wheelwright tube shock conversion kit. I don't know if it is the same, but I can't see how it could be too different. If you want, I could send them directly.
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00067.html (9,023 bytes)
- 4. RE: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Bonacker" <lister@bonackers.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:35:01 -0600
- Or, it could be like the new hood-in-a-box that came with the car when I bought it. When I called the manufacture about replacing the 'lost' instructions and miscellaneous parts they said that they d
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00069.html (8,208 bytes)
- 5. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Just Brits" <justbrits@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:58:26 -0500
- Hi John!! <<Is this tube shock conversion worth the effort?>> N O P E ! << I had a previous MG that had the SPAX front shocks and it rode great.>><< IMHO, dumb luck<G>! <<Or should I just rebuild the
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00074.html (8,045 bytes)
- 6. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Aaron Whiteman <awhitema@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:04:32 -0700
- When did this happen? I thought WWAP had lifetime warranties? It doesn't matter, they really ARE "better than new" and damned affordable too! -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people norm
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00077.html (8,027 bytes)
- 7. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <ptroot@iaces.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:39:12 -0500
- http://www.mailbag.com/users/nosimport/
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00079.html (8,572 bytes)
- 8. Re: Shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Just Brits" <justbrits@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:43:03 -0500
- << http://www.mailbag.com/users/nosimport/ >> Or Peter C. E-mail Address(es): nosimport@mailbag.com Ed
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00080.html (7,810 bytes)
- 9. Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Otis15@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:03:28 EDT
- Speaking as someone who has given a thought about installing front tube shocks, after all the information you guys have given I think I'll give it another thought or two. Thannks to all. Steve N. E.
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00091.html (8,030 bytes)
- 10. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:08:28 EDT
- Speaking as someone who has given a thought about installing front tube shocks, after all the information you guys have given I think I'll give it another thought or two. Thannks to all. I think that
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00092.html (8,140 bytes)
- 11. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:10:31 -0500
- some had enquired as to how these are installed. i've put up some pictures for the curious http://www.sumton.com/daves/temp/
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00094.html (7,810 bytes)
- 12. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
- Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:54:02 +0200
- Thanks Oliver, Looks quite simple. Where is the top of this rear shock mounted to? Are these like the conversions Jay wrote about? Cheers, Hans Expecting next year a shocking project on '71 BGT -- Or
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00099.html (8,296 bytes)
- 13. Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: John.Hed@faa.gov
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:35:32 -0700
- WOW! I didn't expect to start such a heated debate on the topic. I agree with one responder that the rear kit (I'm looking at) bolts on to the same mounts as the existing, after you remove the origin
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00113.html (8,748 bytes)
- 14. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:11:23 -0500
- I did my own front conversion in addition to the rear, I will send you pics if you are interested. I was almost sent to hell for mentioning it before but I did it anyway and I love them. Chad Cooper
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00124.html (9,295 bytes)
- 15. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:22:21 EDT
- If I were the type that put only a few hundred miles on my car every year, the refurbished Armstrongs would probably do me for life, but I use mine as an (almost) daily driver. I have heard stories o
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00134.html (8,255 bytes)
- 16. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:41:14 +0100
- I have to disagree with this too. Lever-arms shouldn't need topping-up, if they do they are leaking, and if they are leaking they are shot. I've never topped mine up (60k on a Morris Marina over 6 ye
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00137.html (7,958 bytes)
- 17. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:20:57 EDT
- I have to disagree with this too. Lever-arms shouldn't need topping-up, if they do they are leaking, and if they are leaking they are shot. ____________________________________ Paul, the seals used i
- /html/mgs/2005-09/msg00138.html (8,100 bytes)
- 18. Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:13:22 -0800
- Wait! I'm the guy who thought that the brackets with the Spax shocks were a rip-off at about $100 for the pair...the 40 dollar mark came in somewhere else, I'm still trying to find it in my mail arch
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00546.html (7,951 bytes)
- 19. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:15:31 -0800 (PST)
- "I SAID THAT!!!" ........suddenly the place goes silent I said that you can buy the rear Spax kit from Faspec for $243. By your calculation of ~$100 per Spax, the brackets only cost you $40, not $100
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00548.html (8,728 bytes)
- 20. Re: Shock Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 00:41:35 -0500
- rear spax kit is $225 from Proper MG or Brit-Tek, or hell, I can't remember. I like the spax kit, and it's already ready to install; no fabrication of brackets either. I must admit, though, that I ha
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00553.html (8,492 bytes)
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