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Well Happy Birthday Max! At least you got to drive your car on your birthda=
y, mine is Jan 30... And with the winter we've had, looks like it will be w=
ellinto this month before I can even think about driving my '76....
Dan D'76B, '65BCentral NJ USA From: Max Heim via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.ne=
t>
To: mgs@autox.team.net=20
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 10:02 PM
Subject: [Mgs] Today's adventure
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Since it was (almost) my birthday, my wife asked me what I wanted to do tod=
ay. I said I wanted to drive the MG up to Alice=E2=80=99s Restaurant in Woo=
dside for brunch. It was a beautiful day for a top-down drive. Had a great =
brunch, chatting briefly with a gentleman I know from vintage events =E2=80=
=94 his XK120 was parked out front. Back in town, we stopped at the farmers=
=E2=80=99 market and the bookstore. When we got home I took in the purchase=
s then went back out to button up the tonneau=E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9Cuh-oh, what=
=E2=80=99s that puddle under the car?=E2=80=9D
Rather than crawl under the car in my =E2=80=9Cgood jeans=E2=80=9D I though=
t I=E2=80=99d back it up to to check what kind of fluid it was (I suspected=
fuel since I changed the gas filter yesterday). Oops =E2=80=94 no clutch p=
edal. The clutch slave had blown out. It seems unbelievably fortunate that =
it had waited until safely parked in the carport, instead of blowing out on=
the mountain roads I had just been driving.
So I immediately started tearing it apart. The slave was a gloppy mess, and=
the flex hose looked pretty shabby, also. Then I twisted the end off the h=
ard line trying to undo it (a 7/16 flare nut wrench apparently couldn=E2=80=
=99t hold the fitting, and what=E2=80=99s with that 15/16 nut? Who the hell=
has a stubby 15/16 open end wrench? I sure don=E2=80=99t =E2=80=94 my 15/1=
6 combo wrench is over 16 inches long).
Moss is getting a lot of business from me lately, over and above my =E2=80=
=9Cproject=E2=80=9D car. Oh well...
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
And now GHN3U137949G
Old English White =E2=80=9867
Both currently out of service
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lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:13px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5954">Well Happy Birthd=
ay Max! At least you got to drive your car on your birthday, mine is Jan 30=
... And with the winter we've had, looks like it will be well</div><div id=
=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5955" dir=3D"ltr">into this month before I c=
an even think about driving my '76....</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297=
810381_5956" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_59=
57" dir=3D"ltr">Dan D</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5958" dir=
=3D"ltr">'76B, '65B</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5959" dir=3D=
"ltr">Central NJ USA</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5962" style=
=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Gr=
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5297810381_5960" dir=3D"ltr"> <hr size=3D"1"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D=
"2"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Max Heim via Mgs=
<mgs@autox.team.net><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</=
span></b> mgs@autox.team.net <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sen=
t:</span></b> Sunday, March 1, 2015 10:02 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-wei=
ght: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Mgs] Today's adventure<br> </font> </div> =
<div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1425297810381_5963" class=3D"y_msg_container"><br>S=
ince it was (almost) my birthday, my wife asked me what I wanted to do toda=
y. I said I wanted to drive the MG up to Alice=E2=80=99s Restaurant in Wood=
side for brunch. It was a beautiful day for a top-down drive. Had a great b=
runch, chatting briefly with a gentleman I know from vintage events =E2=80=
=94 his XK120 was parked out front. Back in town, we stopped at the farmers=
=E2=80=99 market and the bookstore. When we got home I took in the purchase=
s then went back out to button up the tonneau=E2=80=A6 =E2=80=9Cuh-oh, what=
=E2=80=99s that puddle under the car?=E2=80=9D<br><br>Rather than crawl und=
er the car in my =E2=80=9Cgood jeans=E2=80=9D I thought I=E2=80=99d back it=
up to to check what kind of fluid it was (I suspected fuel since I changed=
the gas filter yesterday). Oops =E2=80=94 no clutch pedal. The clutch slav=
e had blown out. It seems unbelievably fortunate that it had waited until s=
afely parked in the carport, instead of blowing out on the mountain roads I=
had just been driving.<br><br>So I immediately started tearing it apart. T=
he slave was a gloppy mess, and the flex hose looked pretty shabby, also. T=
hen I twisted the end off the hard line trying to undo it (a 7/16 flare nut=
wrench apparently couldn=E2=80=99t hold the fitting, and what=E2=80=99s wi=
th that 15/16 nut? Who the hell has a stubby 15/16 open end wrench? I sure =
don=E2=80=99t =E2=80=94 my 15/16 combo wrench is over 16 inches long).<br><=
br>Moss is getting a lot of business from me lately, over and above my =E2=
=80=9Cproject=E2=80=9D car. Oh well...<br><br>--<br>Max Heim<br>'66 MGB GHN=
3L76149<br>If you're near Menlo Park, CA,<br>it's the primer red one with c=
hrome wires<br>And now GHN3U137949G<br>Old English White =E2=80=9867<br>Bot=
h currently out of service<br><br>_________________________________________=
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