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Re: '73 B Tach and Compression Update

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Subject: Re: '73 B Tach and Compression Update
From: Tom Buchanan <buchanan@preferred.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 21:51:22 -0400
At 10:30 AM 5/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>    I had a great Saturday as well! 150 miles just driving around the
>beautiful Ky farm roads for no reason other than enjoying life.
>   1)  My tach problem is "solved". As a last act, which should have been
>first, I rapped a knuckle on the glass, like I've seen pilots do in the
>movies. Guess what? You guessed it. Seems the needle is just becoming
>obstinate. Hmmph, I think this may be an old marketing ploy to make us
>really FEEL like old WW2 pilots!
>    2) Checked my compression again at the craft shop. Mechanic on duty
>said, "Let me give you one that I know works" (Grrrrrrr.....now that I'm
>becoming a familiar face, you scoundrel!) You guessed it, I had readings of
>135-140 on all but the #2, which reads 117!!!
>    So, maybe I can live with the shabby #2 exhaust valve for a while longer
>and start working on other items like the suspension, and even cosmetics!
>Get out and tear up those country roads, folks! You're MG will thank you for
>it, mine did.
>
I did too! Ate a few rice burners while I was at it!


Tom Buchanan
buchanan@preferred.com
http://pages.preferred.com/~buchanan/mg.html
1974 MGB-GT
Kingsport, TN

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