- 1. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Etherington" <detherin@gold.interlog.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 02:00:02 +0000
- Boy, do I know about that! Twenty years ago, when I had my first 'B (a '66), I arranged a first date with a gorgeous young lady for a Saturday night. We and two other couples were going out for dinne
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00023.html (7,842 bytes)
- 2. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Nov 95 08:19:00 PST
- Similar story: My wife always claimed the J2 hated her. After numerous tries, every time she got in the car something failed - brakes, generator, lights, fuel pump, etc. Something ALWAYS failed. So o
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00029.html (8,824 bytes)
- 3. wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: woodcomp@vt.edu (chris lenth)
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 15:52:14 +0600
- I'm getting ready to run up to Pittsburgh from Southwest-VA this weekend and I'm am trying to head off some anticipated problems being that rain is forecasted. My '73B is in great shape and I have pu
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00465.html (7,377 bytes)
- 4. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:22:41 -0900 (PDT)
- Years ago, the Kingsbourne (sp?) Company sold distributor waterproofing kits, which consisted of some sort of boot that went over the cap/wires. Perhaps this or a similar kit is still available? * *
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00468.html (8,502 bytes)
- 5. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 14:29:13 PDT
- chris asked: I first bought an MG 1100 to be the backup car to my B for rainy weather, but it wouldn't go ten feet in the rain. The sideways engine positions the distributor right behind that grill t
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00473.html (7,981 bytes)
- 6. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:39:28 -0700 (MST)
- There used to be a "waterproofing kit" available from BMC dealers (There! You now know my age! :-)) It included a boot for the distributor and others for the sparkplugs, IMS. Don't know _where_ one w
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00479.html (7,494 bytes)
- 7. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 18:42:12 -0400 (EDT)
- I thought the B of that vintage came stock with a boot over the distributor. Am I mistaken? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00480.html (7,778 bytes)
- 8. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: wise@db.erau.edu (John A. Wise)
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 07:58 EDT
- ________On Thu, 26 Oct 1995, chris lenth wrote:_____________ I used to drive an MGA in Pittsbugh (during my grad school days) & often had the same problem. A good rubber glove - the kind they sell to
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00491.html (7,890 bytes)
- 9. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1)
- Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 09:47:25 -0500 (CDT)
- Yeah, I think you are. I drive a '74 in a fairly rainy climate, and have never - uh, never mind. -- "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
- /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00500.html (7,381 bytes)
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