[Shop-talk] Good MG midget design?!?! was: Sticky brake

[pethier at comcast.net]

Just about the best steering and gearchange (shortening the stick helps) of any car.  What's not to like?

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Miller" <markmiller at threeboysfarm.com>
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Cc: pethier at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:55:09 PM
> Subject: Good MG midget design?!?! was: Sticky brake
> <<<My MG Midget had a zerk fitting on the middle of the parking-brake
> cable.
> A shot of grease there meant no parking-brake-cable problems ever.>>>
> 
> I owned a midget for a couple of years and this is the first time I
> ever
> heard anyone say anything good about their engineering. I certainly
> never
> did.
> 
> Mark Miller
> Ducking and covering from the onslaught of (likely) flawed parts
> heaving
> their way towards my head