Hi Dave, hi everyone...
Dave's reply made me think of something... More than anything I just wanted
to say thank you to everyone who asks questions and everyone who writes in
with their answers. This atmosphere on this list is fantastic, and the
advice that is provided is indespensible to people like me. I've learnt an
awful lot in the last month... I rather stupidly assumed that looking after
an MGB would be like looking after my old landrover back in the UK. But they
are such a hugely different kettle of fish. My experiences doing basic
service and maintence on the landrover have provided me with just that:
experience. I'm a good enough mechanic to follow shop manual instructions,
and i'm a good enough mechanic to know when to stop and ask for advice. (and
as you have probably gathered, there's hardly been a job where i haven't had
to stop and ask!) It's the wealth and depth of advice on this list that
makes the experience enjoyable: in fact my main motivation for maintaining
my own car is to slowly learn, bit by bit, how these beautiful machines work
(I was one of those kids who would alwyas take things apart to the dismay
and horror of my parents).
So thank you everyone, gurus, tinkerers and question askers... you are all
fantastic
cheers
Joe.
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Dr. Joseph Garner
Department of Animal Science,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue,
Davis,
CA 95616
USA
tel: + 530 754 5291
fax: + 530 752 0175
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Wood [mailto:djw69@idt.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 10:37 PM
> To: MGB
> Subject: Re: more idiot questions
>
>
> Joe,
>
> I only take my air cleaners off when I need to see something
> behind them or
> change them. I see no reason to take them off when topping
> up the oil in
> the carbs. I have a fair amount of resistance when I put the
> plungers back
> in the carbs. I'm not sure what the 1/4" is about, maybe the
> last 1/4"
> before the plungers are seated. I have a 72 with stock HIF4
> carbs. I've
> been spending a great deal of time under my dash trying to
> get my heater fan
> switch out, a deep socket is a big help taking the temp.
> control off. We
> are in complete agreement over instructions, I am a firm
> believer in using
> them as a last resort. However I do take advise from people
> on the list who
> know easier ways to do things.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garner, Joseph P. <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
> To: MG list (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 10:10 PM
> Subject: more idiot questions
>
>
> >Hi everyone
> >
> >I had an interesting, but unsatisfying evening tinkering
> today. First on
> the
> >list was reconneting/taping up a loose wire (door alarm
> switch) to the
> >buzzer. After unscreewing the gear shift knob and taking off
> the arm rest
> >panel, and unscrewing the lower instrument panel, and taking
> off the heater
> >control knobs i discover (to my annoyance) that my socket
> set wasn't deep
> >enough to undo the retaining nuts on the heater controls, so
> i wound up
> >fishing the offending wire out from behind the instrument
> panel with a pair
> >of tweezers and taping it up... talk about wasted effort.
> anyway, I my
> peace
> >of mind is better now that i don't have a loose wire
> floating around back
> >there.
> >
> >So i'm doing my monthly checks, and i'm onto checking the
> carb. oil. (one
> of
> >the answers to my previous post about poor fuel efficincy
> was to check the
> >carb oil level). Well the Haynes manual says you should
> have about 1/4" of
> >resistance when you drop the piston back in... hmmm.... mine
> seems to slide
> >in without any resistance at all. eeek. So here's my idiot
> question. The
> >mechanic who checked the car over for me before i bought it
> told me i could
> >top up the oil just by taking the piston out and pouring the
> oil straight
> >in. The Haynes manual says to take off the air filter
> assembly first. There
> >must be rhyme and reason to this so i was wondering (idiot
> second question
> >coming up) why this is recommended. I'm one of these
> annoying people who
> >isn't simply happy to follow instructions... I like to know
> why i'm doing
> >what I'm doing...
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >_________________
> >
> >Dr. Joseph Garner
> >Department of Animal Science,
> >University of California,
> >One Shields Avenue,
> >Davis,
> >CA 95616
> >USA
> >
> >tel: + 530 754 5291
> >fax: + 530 752 0175
> >_________________
> >
> >
> >
>
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