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Re: Making my car level.

To: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Making my car level.
From: Ross Overcash <jroverca@tiac.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 07:53:34 -0500 (EST)
        At 12:24 PM 1/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, James  wrote:
>
>> I've noticed that my 77B droops a little bit on the drivers side.  Not
>> much, it's only about 3/4 inch lower than the passenger side, but it's damn
>> annoying and just glares out at me every time I look at it now.  My
>> question is...what steps do I take in order to correct this problem.  I've
>> never gotten into any suspension work before so any help would be
>> appreciated.
>
>You must not have been on the list when I explained the cause of this 
>problem.  MG's came from the factory with 3/4 inch larger tires on the 
>driver's side.  In that way, when the extra weight of the driver caused 
>the driver's side to sag, the car would be level.  Some previous owner 
>has mistakenly put the same size tires all round.
>
>   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
>                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
>                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910
>
>
>
Very Good Ray.  Now I have some swamp land in Arizona for sale, interested!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.


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