- 61. Re: Acc. shaft Bushings/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:47:16 -0600
- If you get the TRF catalog, there used to be a section on how to get these Basically, it involves gently heating them in a small pan of water. The idea is to get them soft and pliable. I added some D
- /html/6pack/2002-02/msg00336.html (7,231 bytes)
- 62. Re: Original oil filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:37:15 -0600
- Have you examined the block where the adaptor fits? If there are ANY leftover bits of those gaskets from the 'canister' days...that adaptor will leak. I put an adaptor on the 4a, the 6 and the MGA...
- /html/6pack/2002-02/msg00383.html (7,748 bytes)
- 63. Re: 1973 transmission/reply (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 21:13:16 -0600
- I buy Valvoline 85-90 GL3 or 4. As I understand it (or maybe it's urban legend stuff,) there are additives in the GL 5-6 that are not good for the parts. Perhaps another lister can illuminate/verify,
- /html/6pack/2002-01/msg00042.html (6,937 bytes)
- 64. Re: Header Paint/Coatings/opinion (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 07:47:21 -0600
- It's Jet-hot and it is wonderful (IMHO) It is the same coating that goes on the outside of the space shuttle to prevent it from burning up on reentry. I had the choice of powder coating, original cer
- /html/6pack/2002-01/msg00052.html (8,145 bytes)
- 65. Re: Buy/rbld. brake/my 200 cents (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:14:20 -0600
- NO seriously, I"M NOT KIDDING!!! I can't speak for other communities and NAPA stores, but the guys I have here in Freeport are wonderful!!! They work with Beck Arnley (a longtime established foreign
- /html/6pack/2002-01/msg00197.html (6,915 bytes)
- 66. Re: Red Rubber Grease/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:49:44 -0600
- Check with a NAPA store... Valerie brake
- /html/6pack/2002-01/msg00270.html (6,722 bytes)
- 67. Re: Pull My Finger/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:54:25 -0600
- I believe that the finger pull was designed for the tr4s. I tried to put one on my 6 and then realized it was a lost cause. If you replace the little rubber pads inside (they go in the holes around t
- /html/6pack/2002-01/msg00331.html (8,291 bytes)
- 68. Re: chrome bezels/stripping (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:50:12 -0600
- that it IS just black paint. I believe there were some USA safety issues that included non-glare finishes on windshield wipers, instrument gauge trim, etc. The economical route for BL would have bee
- /html/6pack/2001-12/msg00215.html (8,366 bytes)
- 69. Re: Spin on Oil Filter/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:35:37 -0600
- It may be that there are the vestiges of old sealing gaskets from the original cannister system stuck up on the block somewhere. You will need a strong light and some old dental picks (my dentist was
- /html/6pack/2001-11/msg00112.html (7,467 bytes)
- 70. Re: New top installation/plastic cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:34:35 -0500
- You may want to try the Novus polish series that Roadster Factory and MOss sell. I think #1 is the final spray and it keeps that gook off pretty well. Valerie Stabenow, 1962 MGA, 1967 TR4a, 1969 XK-E
- /html/6pack/2001-10/msg00045.html (8,893 bytes)
- 71. Re: TR6 headliner install/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:20:36 -0500
- I think you can get headliner kits from The Roadster Factory. The trick to installing them is to mark the centers of each side and front and back, on both the material and the hardtop itself. Eyebal
- /html/6pack/2001-10/msg00052.html (7,924 bytes)
- 72. Re: TR6 Engine Dying/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:29:32 -0500
- Have you checked your coil? I read somewhere that if a coil was old, going around a corner caused the oil inside to "slosh" to the opposite side. A bad coil will also feel VERY hot. The other thing m
- /html/6pack/2001-10/msg00147.html (7,937 bytes)
- 73. Re: Ignition Lock/Switch/been there (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 17:30:26 -0500
- I had a similar problem...except that the inside of the lock self destructed AFTER I took the key out and so...could not get the key to go in. Hopefully you will have better luck, but the only recour
- /html/6pack/2001-09/msg00049.html (7,544 bytes)
- 74. Re: Engine bay paint and detailing (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:45:56 -0500
- I would use a good paste stripper (Bix, etc) available from home stores. Cover everything that the goo could fall on...don't track it in to the house on your shoes. Use synthetic steel wool (home cen
- /html/6pack/2001-09/msg00144.html (9,132 bytes)
- 75. Re: Servo unit tips/BTDT (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:00:31 -0500
- I'll start out and tell you what I was told...that it may not be the I had done a servo replacement on my E and other than the $$$$$$$ for the nw servo and MC for the TR6..it appeared to be a much ea
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00032.html (7,742 bytes)
- 76. Re: Manifold coatings/my vote (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:32:19 -0500
- Hi Jerry... I have Jet-Hot on two cars and can attest that it helps keep the engine temp down and does last. In 1990 I had it put on the exhaust manifolds for the XK-E. I chose the satin black as bei
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00076.html (8,017 bytes)
- 77. Re: Master Cylinder/bleeding/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 07:50:25 -0500
- It's very possible that you have a leak (pinhole, even) in one of the front rigid lines or flex hoses. Perhaps this is why the PO redid the calipers..not realizing that the brake problem is in the li
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00111.html (8,907 bytes)
- 78. Re: Glue for glass installation/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:03:49 -0500
- I would buy the 3M weatherstripping adhesive. You can get a large tube...red in red box, or a smaller tube..white I think. I get mine at a local Farm and Fleet. Valerie channels type of this
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00112.html (6,976 bytes)
- 79. Re: JET HOT/2 cents (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:21:29 -0500
- I currently have two cars with Jet-Hot. One is my 1969 XK-E. I chose the satin black and it has been on the manifolds since 1990. No problems and it looks the same as the day I put them back on. Seco
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00230.html (7,425 bytes)
- 80. Re: Alternator, Ignition/sugg (score: 1)
- Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:37:52 -0500
- You may have charged the battery... but did you check the water level? Even if it's a maintenance free battery, you can pry up the caps and check the water....use distilled to top up. Then charge...i
- /html/6pack/2001-08/msg00284.html (7,781 bytes)
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