- 41. Re: batteries (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:24:04 -0500
- The simple answer is no, a car is supposed to be voltage regulated and all the loads only take what they need. In other words, you should buy a battery with a current rating sufficient to supply wha
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00537.html (7,545 bytes)
- 42. Re: V8 conversions British copper wire (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:32:01 -0500
- ^^^^^^^ First time I ever saw this was on an '82 Mitsubishi. In 89 its connectors were so corroded that if you looked at them funny they'd fall apart. I spent many a winter evening traking down soli
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00538.html (8,132 bytes)
- 43. Re: Convertible Top Installation Question (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 17:04:47 -0500
- You can probably get one at any hardware store as well. I had this problem with the TR7's new top. The rivets that came with the top were fine for where there was one layer of vinyl/metal, marginal f
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00582.html (7,415 bytes)
- 44. Re: Bugeye Grill and Manual (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 16:33:43 -0500
- Let me! Let's see. PosiDriv looks like Phillips and tastes like Phillips, but the cross is shallower. This means that you can only get the very tip of a good Phillips screwdriver into a PosiDriv scr
- /html/british-cars/1994-02/msg00734.html (7,704 bytes)
- 45. Bright taillights (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 10:13:57 -0500
- I don't know about your car, but the main problem with my TR7's taillights is the chrome coating on the reflector. Over the years it has come away from the plastic backing, either giving the reflect
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00135.html (8,571 bytes)
- 46. Halogen lights: more engergy out than in? (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 10:37:43 -0500
- Conservation of energy? Who needs it. Jody Levine --+-- jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca | |~| Toronto, Canada | |~\ 7 The Mobile Doorstop
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00179.html (6,792 bytes)
- 47. Re: help! (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 14:40:49 -0500
- I hope you mean the CV joint *boots*. As far as I know you have to replace the whole half-axle on the colt if joints are pooped. At least I did. Since I only discovered the problem *way* too late, I
- /html/british-cars/1994-01/msg00599.html (10,211 bytes)
- 48. Stripping with heat guns (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 10:19:04 -0500
- I've had success using heat guns for paint stripping, too (I already wrote to the original poster). I have the Black and Decker one that came with a multitude of scrapers and has two heat settings, 6
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00027.html (6,978 bytes)
- 49. Range Rover Escapes... (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 11:24:23 -0500
- And they didn't even get the plate number? Jody Levine --+-- jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca | |~| Toronto, Canada | |~\ 7 The Mobile Doorstop
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00132.html (6,834 bytes)
- 50. OK, so plate numbers are of no use on a stolen car (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 14:27:51 -0500
- I admit it. I wasn't paying attention. It didn't click that the Rover was stolen and not the owner's kids gone mad. I'll repent by substituting Castol 20W50 for maple syrup at breakfast. Jody
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00143.html (6,592 bytes)
- 51. TR7 convertible leaks (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 12:07:20 -0500
- How does the robbins top deal with the top edge of the quarter windows? The top that came with the car (not original) had the flaps on which the roll up window rests just get rounded off near the fr
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00251.html (8,756 bytes)
- 52. stupid charging tricks, seat belts in Can., list volume! (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@HYDRO.ON.CA>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 11:20:34 -0500
- Just make sure that the manual covers *your* carb (can't remember if it does). I'll write them a letter this week. I'll tell you what happens. OK, I don't know about TR4s, but maybe this will help. I
- /html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00423.html (10,698 bytes)
- 53. TR7 seat belts (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 09:46:49 -0500
- I don't know whether my belts have been changed, but they are really annoying. If I want to lean forward to adjust the choke or shove the turn signal blinker under the dash or scratch my foot, I must
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00004.html (6,715 bytes)
- 54. batteries, the TTC (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 14:21:11 -0500
- Christopher Ball asked whether batteries die when left on concrete floors. I'm not a chemist, but I've heard that this is true. You see, when a battery is sitting on the concrete floor of a garage fo
- /html/british-cars/1993-11/msg00514.html (7,020 bytes)
- 55. TR7 Headlamp Motor Failure (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 09:37:49 -0400
- My mother warned me about this. Or at least you guys did. TR7 headlamp motors fail. The worst thing was that it failed during a demontration of the headlamp retractors ("Watch this, it's way cool") t
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00108.html (7,731 bytes)
- 56. MG ignition dies randomly (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1993 09:45:33 -0400
- This is a typical mode of ignition module failure, but only if it's quite consistent. Cry blasphemy if you like, but I just went through this with my 82 Olds Ciera. It would start fine, run ok for a
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00222.html (8,403 bytes)
- 57. Toronto British Car Day - This Weekend (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 11:19:41 -0400
- This Sunday, in Bronte Park in Burlington, should be about 1000 LBCs! This is the Toronto Triumph Club's big event, with Britcars of all marques and years welcome. There's the olbigatory show & shine
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00240.html (6,950 bytes)
- 58. Vintage Auto Sprints near Hamilton, Ontario (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 15:08:56 -0400
- On a Sunny Saturday in August, we got up early in the morning to see the Vintage Auto Sprints at the Christie Conservation Area near Hamilton. The even was poorly publicised (the Toronto Triumph Club
- /html/british-cars/1993-09/msg00343.html (10,872 bytes)
- 59. Posidriv screws/on buying a TR6/LBC sounds (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 10:23:31 -0400
- Posidriv screws I did send a message here about posidriv screws, but I don't remember seeing it, so I'm not quite sure where I sent it, and here's the info again. The cross-head screws may all look t
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00177.html (9,166 bytes)
- 60. TR7 torque and torquing in general (score: 1)
- Author: Jody Levine <jody.p.levine@hydro.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 09:43:46 -0400
- Greg, I'll look up the spec in my Robert Bentley manual and write you About torque specs for lubricated fasteners, while I had considered the possibility that you'd actually give more turns to get to
- /html/british-cars/1993-08/msg00610.html (7,001 bytes)
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