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Re: Problem solved for the moment? and a Towing question (Was An Introdu

To: "MGB" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Problem solved for the moment? and a Towing question (Was An Introduction)
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:41:17 -0700
Hmmm, since I put new rear springs in my B I have no problem with speed 
bumps at all. It seems to treat them like small hills, going up and then 
down, even when I hit them going a little quicker than I had planned. 
This is with 175R14 tires, low profiles will of course hurt in this case. 
Also the rear sits a little high on the new springs, with about 3-5 
degrees of forward rake, so that probably helps. Stock exhaust system, 
too.

Maybe you should examine whether the rear is sagging a little, and check 
your shocks, and the muffler hangers to see if it can be pulled up a 
little for more clearance.


Dave Wood had this to say:

>Does anyone besides me hate those damn speed bumps.  I crawl over them and
>still drag most of the time.  Perhaps there is some really rough sandpaper
>that we could put on the bottom of our B at the low spots and gradually sand
>down the bumps as be scrape over them.  Any suggestions?
>
>Dave 72 B
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wcameyer <wcameyer@email.msn.com>
>To: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; Dodd, Kelvin <doddk@mossmotors.com>
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:00 AM
>Subject: Re: Problem solved for the moment? and a Towing question (Was An
>Introduction)
>
>
>>At our local hospital, and at the apartments my mother lives in, they have
>>installed manufactured speed bumps, one for each lane instead of just
>>pouring an asphalt ridge across the drives.  There must be a standard
>>spacing suggested by the manufacturer, beacuse my B fits between them all!
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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