- 1. spark plug heat range (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 13:34:50 pdt
- Don't know about these brands because I've always managed to get the correct replacement when buying them but I do know that for Autolites the lower the number the hotter the plug. Roland
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00023.html (7,030 bytes)
- 2. T-handles (was: Jaguar Spotter's Guide) (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 91 14:38:54 pdt
- Does anyone know what the dimensions of the business end of one of these T-handles is (I mean the ones for TR-2 & 3s). My snake came with one but it disappeared shortly after I bought the car and I'
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00044.html (7,622 bytes)
- 3. Snake City & 6V Batteries (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 91 15:37:03 pdt
- I was browsing through the latest Snakebite Bulletin and came across an appeal for a rear fender for a '64 Cobra. No big deal except the address to respond to was only a block away. I could hardly be
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00131.html (7,164 bytes)
- 4. Re: COMMENT on Puzzle... (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 13:42:59 pdt
- Continuing along the line of Jerry Kaidor's stereo trouble shooting strategy, try swapping bulbs to see if the problem moves. Perhaps it's even possible to swap connections at the flasher unit itself
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00177.html (6,991 bytes)
- 5. current owner mods (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 16:22:25 pdt
- Once while I was doing some work on the front brakes of a Healey, I managed to break a fitting by over tightening it. It was Friday evening and everything was closed. The Healey was my only means of
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00223.html (7,757 bytes)
- 6. Re: current owner mods (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 16:31:20 pdt
- I forgot about the time I "repaired" the broken spring on my '47 Crosley by wedging a piece of 4" pipe between the axle and the frame. I dove it that way for about a year.
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00224.html (6,707 bytes)
- 7. painful pun (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 16:40:04 pdt
- Geez, Scott does Mercury News actually pay you for stuff you write for them?
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00225.html (6,329 bytes)
- 8. Brake Dancing (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 10:18:51 pdt
- As mentioned previously, I once owned a 1947 Crosley. Crosleys were probably the ultimate in the cheap car category of the period. I'm told that one of the more serious short comings these cars had o
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00240.html (7,617 bytes)
- 9. Healey Tales (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 11:59:58 pdt
- Robb, If you don't already have a copy, get the current issue (Oct '91) of Road & Track. There's a good Healey article in there by Peter Egan. Brought back a lot of old memories of Healey trials and
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00244.html (6,906 bytes)
- 10. More Crosley (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 15:37:17 pdt
- A casual attitude was about all we could afford, hey Dick. Another Crosley story: One day I was driving home from school and the Crosley stalled at a stop light. When I tried the restart the car, I d
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00254.html (8,226 bytes)
- 11. one of the good ones (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 91 17:10:27 pdt
- I had one of the "good" ones, i.e. with the cast iron block. Roland
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00256.html (6,586 bytes)
- 12. Desperately Seeking Grommets (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 91 16:43:10 pdt
- The clutch and brake pedals on my snake are made of aluminum. To slightly retard wear and to provide friction, 1/2" holes are drilled in both pedals near their tops and bottoms where a drivers foot t
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00278.html (7,231 bytes)
- 13. cheap Whitworth wrench set (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 91 10:10:25 pdt
- While digging around in some of the more remote recesses of my snake I've come across a number of Whitworth fasteners. I already had 1/4 W for brake work but there were still a few nuts and bolts tha
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00303.html (7,077 bytes)
- 14. dumb squared (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 91 12:35:21 pdt
- This incident was so incredibly stupid that I must have been repressing the memory because it only came back after reading some the accounts of other peoples dumbness. Guess it's something like being
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00314.html (8,601 bytes)
- 15. cleaning plastic (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 91 11:25:24 pdt
- Simichrome works well on decorative plastic bits and pieces too. I used it to polish the plastic AC emblem in the center of my steering wheel. I also used it to polish the aluminum spokes on the stee
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00345.html (7,324 bytes)
- 16. long stemmed roses (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 15:46:03 pdt
- I have. I think a paint job would be cheaper.
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00441.html (6,749 bytes)
- 17. California taxes (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 09:38:29 pdt
- The purpose of these bills is to help reduce CA's $16 billion deficit. Presumably that's why they're both in the tax and revenue code. I don't have any more information beyond what was originally pos
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00032.html (7,620 bytes)
- 18. MGB Model (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 91 08:25:23 pdt
- The latest MG newsletter from TRF has an ad for an MGB model but don't recall whether or not it's a GT. Roland
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00039.html (6,644 bytes)
- 19. Re: London Double Decker (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 91 15:14:13 pdt
- This is only marginally related to the above posting but it reminded me of something I haven't seen mentioned on the list before, to my surprise. Brit car enthusiasts who have visited the University
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00194.html (7,623 bytes)
- 20. Re: Thinking ahead (score: 1)
- Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@dtc.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 91 08:30:58 pdt
- Dale, If your interested I can send you a copy of a couple of articles I transcribed from the Shelby American (Shelby Club mag) on preparing your car for storage. BTW, you should change the oil befor
- /html/british-cars/1991-08/msg00206.html (7,432 bytes)
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