[Nobbc] Plans for next one?

Tue Feb 16 19:45:56 MST 2010

Hey ya know? This tech session thing could just work out. No points, timing, 
and valves, my car might just run like it is supposed to when were done, 
what day are we doing this? TOMORROW???????

Also, I bought my 59 bug eyed sprite when I was 18 (what, 40 years ago) then 
a whole string of british cars. I used to buy all of my parts and 
accessaries at Swenson's (?) British Cars in San Rafael. I still have my 
favorite Kangaroo skin driving gloves bought there. At any rate, tuning and 
repairing older wire wheels is a lost art, and really should be done 
properly, and there just aren't enough technicians around who really know 
how to do them. As it happens, there is an auto shop two blocks from mine, 
J&D Automotive, in Petaluma, owned by John Troup, who is not only a past 
president of the Maserati Club of America, (and he has some cool cars there) 
but when I was buying all my british parts at Swenson's, he was the service 
writer there. I would bet that if there is anyone still around that knows 
wire wheels John would know. His number is 763-2909. Long ago, he put a 
clutch in my Camaro, (OK it ain't british) but good work and     VERY 
knowledgable. I WAS going to have him tune my TR, but it kinda sounds like I 
have that one covered.

By the by, I have a pair of wire wheels, and some very old service manuals 
from one of my past XK 140s, and some knock offs for a TR4, anybody 
interested?

Michael
64 TR4
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Engelhardt" <nobbc at sonic.net>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?

> That's a great idea Mike. It's the type of simple repair everyone should 
> know how to do. We would need to time the ignition also, so two tech 
> sessions for the price of one...Pertronix install and ignition timing. 
> Might as well throw in valve timing too!
>
> Ron
> 58 MGA
>
> Mike Gianandrea wrote:
>
>> I just heard some comments about installation, reliability, and of 
>> course, it's not original. Oh well! Sounds like the Pertronics consensus 
>> is pretty positive. Thank you Ron and Randy. If we do the tech session, 
>> maybe I'll bring the part and we can install as a group. Very cool.
>>
>> Michael
>> 64 TR4
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Myers" <randysmga at gmail.com>
>> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?
>>
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> I, too, would be interested in attending a tech session involving tune 
>>> up
>>> info. My mga probably needs to have its valves adjusted and I'm a little
>>> rusty about the procedure.   Also, I have had a pertronics system in my 
>>> mga
>>> for 6 years and it has performed flawlessly during that time.
>>>
>>> Randy Myers
>>> '59 Mga
>>> Santa Rosa, CA
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mike Gianandrea <mvg1 at verizon.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here Here,
>>>>
>>>> If you want to go over tune ups, please do. My TR4 runs OK from when I
>>>> brought her to life last year, but she's not quite right. I was
>>>> contemplating taking her to a shop down the street from me very soon., 
>>>> but I
>>>> might reconsider if we did a tech session on tune ups. I've also been
>>>> thinking of installing the Pertronics replacement points, but I've 
>>>> heard too
>>>> many negative comments, a tune up session might help to quall these 
>>>> fears as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>> 64 TR4
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "andy preston" <
>>>> andypreston at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: "'North Bay British Car Club'" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:47 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Greg, I think that tech sessions are great and a wonderful way to get
>>>>
>>>>> people
>>>>> together.  You can count me in; I've rebuilt a couple of MG gearboxes
>>>>> myself
>>>>> and have a couple of spare ones that I practice on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another good tech session would be a tune up on a car.  Replace/adjust 
>>>>> the
>>>>> points, rotor, condenser.  Check the plug wires.  Set the static 
>>>>> timing
>>>>> and
>>>>> then the dynamic timing.  Adjust the carbs, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net 
>>>>> [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net]
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Greg Tatarian
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:39 AM
>>>>> To: North Bay British Car Club
>>>>> Subject: [Nobbc] Plans for next one?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like we all enjoyed ourselves last Sunday. Now would be a great
>>>>> time for another member to put together our next great drive - anyone
>>>>> want to give some thought to routes and destinations over the next few
>>>>> months?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm willing to put on another tech session, and am currently working 
>>>>> on
>>>>> an Alfa Romeo gearbox and have another Lotus/Ford gearbox that I'll be
>>>>> stripping open to inspect and rebuild. We had several members show up
>>>>> for my first gearbox tech session - are there any members who would 
>>>>> like
>>>>> a refresher, or new members who would like to attend? Though these
>>>>> aren't MG, Triumph or Jag 'boxes, the principles are similar, and I 
>>>>> know
>>>>> many of us may have worked on motors but not gearboxes, so perhaps you
>>>>> will find this of interest. As an added kick, if someone would like to
>>>>> present some useful technical information/training on another aspect
>>>>> during the same day, we could present these concurrently to appeal to 
>>>>> a
>>>>> wider cross-section of members. Robin - feel like doing some rolling
>>>>> troubleshooting?
>>>>>
>>>>> This would be held at our house in Santa Rosa, using our garage and
>>>>> driveway (sorry - we don't have a country estate like John Kenner) and
>>>>> we could combine it with a BBQ lunch if that sounds good. I'm thinking
>>>>> of sometime in April, and will firm up a date when/if I hear of enough
>>>>> interest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Greg Tatarian
>>>>> 1974 TR6
>>>>> 1971 Lotus Elan S4 DHC
>>>>> 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV2000
>>>>> Tools
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