From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Sat Jan 16 10:03:13 2010 From: Barrie Robinson To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net,mgs@autox.team.net Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:02:13 -0500 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Evapo-rust Anyone tried Evapo Rust? I need something for my rusty car parts !! Regards Barrie Robinson 705-721-9060 (Canada) MGB GT V8 Aston Martin DB 2/4 MkII in the wings http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm TRY www.britcot.com - a unique web site for car goodies _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Sat Jan 16 10:29:53 2010 From: Bill Zenkus To: Barrie Robinson Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:29:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Evapo-rust I've had excellent results with POR-15 Never heard of Evapo Rust... Sent from Bill's iPhone! On Jan 16, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Barrie Robinson wrote: Anyone tried Evapo Rust? I need something for my rusty car parts !! Regards Barrie Robinson 705-721-9060 (Canada) MGB GT V8 Aston Martin DB 2/4 MkII in the wings http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm TRY www.britcot.com - a unique web site for car goodies Mgb-v8 mailing list You are subscribed as mgb_zenkus@yahoo.com Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Sun Jan 17 13:18:21 2010 From: Barrie Robinson To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net,mgs@autox.team.net Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:00:19 -0500 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Rust stuff My many thanks for that welter of excellent responses o my question regarding rust stuff. There seems to be two types of product. One which covers over and neutralises rust and thus being an end in itself (but you can paint over it). This is products like POR 15, which I have used before and found good) and SEM rust-mort. The other which removes all the rust and then requires to be painted, like Evapo Rust. I am going for the Evapo stuff. Incidentally, I used to have my parts sandblasted (oh that hurts) and then powder coated. I have found a local fellow who will come to wherever and sandblast using aluminium oxide or walnut shells on delicate things.....and then electrostatic paint them. (He puts up a tent on ones drive !!) I was quite convinced by his chat on electrostatic painting particularly when he said he applied a polywhatsit-etching primer first. The nice thing he avoids me having to lug parts around which is especially great with the chassis & body. Price he quoted was lower than I have been used to with previous efforts. Regards Barrie barrie@look.ca (705) 721-9060 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Mon Jan 18 13:54:13 2010 From: Barrie Robinson To: don ,Mgs@autox.team.net,mgb-v8@autox.team.net Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:21:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] [Mgs] Bad parts / Brake Master Cylinder Don, You made me think that perhaps I could put a list up on my British Car Cottage Industries web site! (www.britcot.com). However, despite a lot of compliments about its philosophy and purpose I have great difficulty in getting "cottagers" to list. It is as if there was some huge fee and the info was used to persecute, pillage and ply. So I am wondering if it is worth the effort. I also wonder how many on the list have visited the site - I certainly have had very little input from list members. That includes the other marque lists too. At 12:37 PM 1/18/2010, don wrote: >Too bad with all the Brit car websites there isn't a Bad Parts >Warning Site where bad parts experiences could be entered by the >unlucky enthusiast. Some way to help us when purchasing so that we >don't make the same mistake our brethren have already made. There's >bound to be individual rare bad parts issues, but there are other >parts that are consistently bad and such a site might show that part >from a particular supplier has a poor track record. > >Don Scott >Calistoga >1962 MGA Mk II >1991 Miata BRG >1973 MGB GT (selling) >1963-65 MGB (seeking) > > >At 09:18 AM 01/18/2010, Craig Straub wrote: >>Thought I would update everyone on the brake master cylinder situation. >> >>After 2 weekends of extremely cold weather finally got back into >>the garage. The PROBLEM was that the brand new brake master >>cylinder had a warped resevior. Took off the brand new resevior >>and put on the old one. Luckily I had a brake master cylinder >>rebuild kit here that had new seals for the resevior. >> >>Craig >> >>________________________ > >_______________________________________________ > >Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > >Mgs@autox.team.net >http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs > >http://www.team.net/archive > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.149/2631 - Release Date: >01/18/10 16:56:00 Regards Barrie (705) 721-9060 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Mon Jan 18 14:23:05 2010 From: "Dodd, Kelvin" To: "Barrie Robinson" , "don" , Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:05:08 -0800 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] [Mgs] Bad parts / Brake Master Cylinder Barrie. The other problem with lists of this type is that part sourcing is not a steady state situation. Manufacturers and suppliers are constantly changing products to resolve fitment and quality issues, so any problems may have been resolved by the time it is posted to a site. The best thing to do is report the problem to the supplier, so that it can be communicated to the manufacturer/vendor, and/or be resourced. 1st rule of thumb in this business: No one wants to sell bad parts! The headaches involved with customer disatisfaction are not worth the price. The British car parts market relies on repeat business, so no supplier is going to sell junk on purpose. Kelvin Dodd > -----Original Message----- > From: mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net > [mailto:mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Barrie Robinson > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:22 PM > To: don; Mgs@autox.team.net; mgb-v8@autox.team.net > Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] [Mgs] Bad parts / Brake Master Cylinder > > Don, > > You made me think that perhaps I could put a list up on my > British Car Cottage Industries web site! (www.britcot.com). > However, despite a lot of compliments about its philosophy > and purpose I have great difficulty in getting "cottagers" to > list. It is as if there was some huge fee and the info was > used to persecute, pillage and > ply. So I am wondering if it is worth the effort. I also wonder > how many on the list have visited the site - I certainly have > had very little input from list members. That includes the > other marque lists too. > > > At 12:37 PM 1/18/2010, don wrote: > >Too bad with all the Brit car websites there isn't a Bad > Parts Warning > >Site where bad parts experiences could be entered by the unlucky > >enthusiast. Some way to help us when purchasing so that we > don't make > >the same mistake our brethren have already made. There's > bound to be > >individual rare bad parts issues, but there are other parts that are > >consistently bad and such a site might show that part from a > particular > >supplier has a poor track record. > > > >Don Scott > >Calistoga > >1962 MGA Mk II > >1991 Miata BRG > >1973 MGB GT (selling) > >1963-65 MGB (seeking) > > > > > >At 09:18 AM 01/18/2010, Craig Straub wrote: > >>Thought I would update everyone on the brake master > cylinder situation. > >> > >>After 2 weekends of extremely cold weather finally got back > into the > >>garage. The PROBLEM was that the brand new brake master > cylinder had a > >>warped resevior. Took off the brand new resevior and put > on the old > >>one. Luckily I had a brake master cylinder rebuild kit > here that had > >>new seals for the resevior. > >> > >>Craig > >> > >>________________________ > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > > >Mgs@autox.team.net > >http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs > > > >http://www.team.net/archive > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.149/2631 - Release Date: > >01/18/10 16:56:00 > > Regards > > Barrie > (705) 721-9060 > _______________________________________________ > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > Mgb-v8 mailing list > > You are subscribed as doddk@mossmotors.com > > Mgb-v8@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Tue Jan 19 16:09:09 2010 From: "The Rays" To: "MG-V8 List" Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:08:19 -0500 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Alternator question Can anyone suggest an alternator for my MGB V8 with an engine from a Rover P3500? I would like to use the original mounting bracket that came on the engine and would also like to use a "one wire" type. Thanks in advance for your advice. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Wed Jan 20 03:13:45 2010 From: "Paul Hunt" To: "The Rays" , "MG-V8 List" Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:37:35 -0000 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Alternator question Won't an original type fit somehow? Aren't most alternators of a similar size? If it's a packaging problem isn't it the mounting position that has to change? And what do you mean by a 'one wire'? I've seen at least two definitions of this - really only one wire, the output wire, which means you lose the diagnostics of the warning light (and how is the alternator excited?) and "No I mean one wire plus the indicator wire"! PaulH. ----- Original Message ----- > Can anyone suggest an alternator for my MGB V8 with an engine from a Rover > P3500? I would like to use the original mounting bracket that came on the > engine and would also like to use a "one wire" type. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Thu Jan 21 09:30:37 2010 From: Barrie Robinson To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net,mgs@autox.team.net Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:25:39 -0500 Subject: [Mgb-v8] Polyurethane bushes Old Brit cars used SilentBloc bushings for suspension, steering and, in my case, body to chassis. I need new ones and I can only find very expensive replacements. Does anyone have experience of making their own bushings or know of an outfit that could make a small quantity? They do not seem very hard to make requiring a simple mould and pouring in polyurethane liquid Regards Barrie Robinson 705-721-9060 (Canada) MGB GT V8 Aston Martin DB 2/4 MkII in the wings http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm TRY www.britcot.com - a unique web site for car goodies _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Fri Jan 22 02:02:05 2010 From: "Paul Hunt" To: , , "Barrie Robinson" Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:59:55 -0000 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Polyurethane bushes MGOC has the Silentbloc bushes for the MGB rear springs at a paltry #2.95. This site http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/pf-allparts.phtml?Category=/andre+hartford+shock+absorber/ has other sizes for 10-12 quid. ----- Original Message ----- > Old Brit cars used SilentBloc bushings for suspension, steering and, in my > case, body to chassis. I need new ones and I can only find very expensive > replacements. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Fri Jan 22 05:48:12 2010 From: Paul Root To: "Paul Hunt" Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:21:49 -0600 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Polyurethane bushes I think Barrie is working on his Aston Martin Db2/4. On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: > MGOC has the Silentbloc bushes for the MGB rear springs at a paltry #2.95. This site http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/pf-allparts.phtml?Category=/andre+hartford+s hock+absorber/ has other sizes for 10-12 quid. > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Old Brit cars used SilentBloc bushings for suspension, steering and, in my case, body to chassis. I need new ones and I can only find very expensive replacements. > _______________________________________________ > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > Mgb-v8 mailing list > > You are subscribed as ptrmgb@gmail.com > > Mgb-v8@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Fri Jan 22 08:34:36 2010 From: "Paul Hunt" To: "Paul Root" Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:01:00 -0000 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Polyurethane bushes I realised it probably wasn't an MGB, but he may have been able to do something with the sizes, and they didn't seem that expensive to me. ----- Original Message ----- I think Barrie is working on his Aston Martin Db2/4. > MGOC has the Silentbloc bushes for the MGB rear springs at a paltry #2.95. > This site > http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/pf-allparts.phtml?Category=/andre+hartford+shock+absorber/ > has other sizes for 10-12 quid. > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Old Brit cars used SilentBloc bushings for suspension, steering and, in >> my case, body to chassis. I need new ones and I can only find very >> expensive replacements. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8 From mgb-v8-bounces@autox.team.net Fri Jan 22 10:07:22 2010 From: Paul Root To: "Paul Hunt" Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:36:43 -0600 Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] Polyurethane bushes True. On Jan 22, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: > I realised it probably wasn't an MGB, but he may have been able to do something with the sizes, and they didn't seem that expensive to me. > > ----- Original Message ----- I think Barrie is working on his Aston Martin Db2/4. > >> MGOC has the Silentbloc bushes for the MGB rear springs at a paltry #2.95. This site http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/pf-allparts.phtml?Category=/andre+hartford+s hock+absorber/ has other sizes for 10-12 quid. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> Old Brit cars used SilentBloc bushings for suspension, steering and, in my case, body to chassis. I need new ones and I can only find very expensive replacements. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Mgb-v8 mailing list Mgb-v8@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgb-v8