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1. The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:12:24 -0400; So on a whim I'm surfing the local newspaper's auto classifieds, theoretically looking for a cheap Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla for the wife to drive. The problem is, we've got this leased minivan t; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00732.html (11,316 bytes)
2. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Carl W French <cfrench@cybertours.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:39:22 -0400; Carl French 67B 80B; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00736.html (7,489 bytes)
3. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: RobMGB@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:03:21 EDT; << And so I bought it. Got temp tags, and went to drive it home. What I neglected to notice in my trip around the block is that the brakes are like standing on the pillow. I'm hoping it's just air in; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00737.html (8,806 bytes)
4. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Enrique Claure <spanlab@ceibo.entelnet.bo>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:28:46 -0400; Chris, welcome to the MG list. Your impulse buy experience sounds all to familiar to most of us. Considering your car does not smoke and seems to have no major mechanical or electrical problems 1200$; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00739.html (7,938 bytes)
5. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:13:37 -0700; That mostly likely means that the entire brake system needs rebuilding. My guess is that there isn't enough fluid in the lines to pressureize sufficiently to activate the switch. Check the fluid lev; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00743.html (8,132 bytes)
6. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Gonaj@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:25:11 EDT; << In fact, if any car has been sitting that long, a thorough reconditioning of the brake system would be the number one project before going on the road. I strongly agree. We rebuilt the entire brak; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00749.html (7,965 bytes)
7. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:03:30 EDT; << And so I bought it. Got temp tags, and went to drive it home. What I neglected to notice in my trip around the block is that the brakes are like standing on the pillow. I'm hoping it's just air in; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00751.html (8,765 bytes)
8. RE: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:58:10 -0400; Abolutely right. I would not risk my life... I even had the master brake cyl refurbished, but still mounted a new one. The BGT brakes purrfect. New rotors, renowed calipers, new master cyl, new drum; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00753.html (8,573 bytes)
9. RE: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:11:48 -0400; Sympathy? You'll get no sympathy here. We all suffer from the same sickness.8*) What you will get is a lot of great advice and tips. Hope you have more disposable income. Congrats on your purchase,; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00754.html (8,374 bytes)
10. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:57:19 EDT; << I had no brake lights >> You can trouble shoot the most three obvious problems yourself. Check 1)Lightbulbs; 2) That little stupid ground wire bolted to either your license plate holder or trunk l; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00761.html (8,123 bytes)
11. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:20:33 -0400; Thanks to everyone for the replies, I'm seriously impressed with the quality of this list. I'm not a "car guy" with loads of experience. I want to tinker, but have decided to not mess with the brakes; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00763.html (9,175 bytes)
12. RE: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: "Phillips, Frank" <fwp@ufl.edu>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:30:39 -0400; Hey, sounds like me 68B hood latch! Let's assume it CAN be opened as the cable is not broken. On my B the spring appears to be too weak or out of adjustment to push the hood up when the cable pulls t; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00764.html (9,860 bytes)
13. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:16:48 -0700; Hey, the good news is you paid the right price. Expect to rebuld/replace everything sooner or later. That's the way it is with all of them, even when you pay two or three times what you paid. Start b; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00771.html (8,815 bytes)
14. RE: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 02:35:21 -0400; We all are entitled to receive the load of sorrow. It depends OF what you really want - investing a lot of time now and have the car straight for a long time or have your daily - weekly bunch of issu; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00781.html (9,484 bytes)
15. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:59:00 +0100; The main light clusters at the rear and the CB number plate and front turn/side lights don't have a ground wire, they ground through the fixings. The headlights, side-marker lights, reverse lights an; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00875.html (8,474 bytes)
16. Re: The Madness Begins (score: 1): Author: "The Sinclair's" <rhsinclair@uswest.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:49:04 -0700; On a related note, does anyone know what kind of bulb the liscence plate lights use on a '68 'B? The last one had rusted in the socket so bad I had to mutilate it to get it out. TIA! Rory Sinclair '6; /html/mgs/2000-09/msg01153.html (8,869 bytes)

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