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1. Re: MGB Engine Rebuild (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 1991 14:14:33 PST
There's a place called "Bristish tools" or somesuch that advertises in the back of British Cars. Hmm, I might have their address on line ... yup British Tool Company 891 Houseman NE Grand Rapids, MI
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00029.html (7,336 bytes)

2. Re: Reassembly, etc. (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1991 18:19:51 PST
Years ago a friend of mine claimed he put Loctite on all of the while assembling the engine in the car he raced, even the bearing cap and connecting rod bolts. Have any of you do this? Does this seem
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00057.html (7,261 bytes)

3. Aluminum heads and electrolysis (was Mouse, the Jag that will roar) (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1991 18:33:25 PST
In another, secret, life, I'm an Alfisto. A good friend is the original owner of a 1974 ALFA GTV (very similar to mine, it turns out), and has recently discovered that using distilled or deionized wa
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00058.html (7,540 bytes)

4. Re: MGB Engine Rebuild (2) (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 1991 21:53:03 PST
Orchard Supply Hardware will happily sell you most of the fasteners you need, including Grade 8, for a much more reasonable price than mail order from Moss. Buy the 1/2" washers, nuts and nylocs by t
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00061.html (7,467 bytes)

5. Re: Engine Rebuilding (score: 1)
Author: kent.parc@xerox.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 1991 09:42:47 PST
While we're listing nice things to have when doing engine rebuilding, let me add to Scott's and Roger's lists one thing: bore cleaners. That is, bottle brushes, made of steel instead of nylon, in var
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00075.html (6,639 bytes)

6. Re: What spare parts are carried (score: 1)
Author: kent.parc@xerox.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 1991 14:56:31 PST
Didn't we do this a while back? Mark, did you by chance save the responses? For running around town, I have a canvas tool roll, salvaged from my gone-but-not-forgotten Mercedes. It contains Philips/S
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00090.html (7,833 bytes)

7. Re: Repair reference (score: 1)
Author: kent.parc@xerox.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 18:26:18 PST
And while you're, take a gander and the TR-4A with the bonnet with no paint on it. That's Sarah. (Hopefully by the time you get there, she won't have paint on the other parts, either.)
/html/british-cars/1991-01/msg00153.html (6,732 bytes)

8. Re: Alumin(i)um valve covers (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 10:48:42 PST
Send it back with a letter of complaint. They'll get the message.
/html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00058.html (6,618 bytes)

9. Re: TR4a Parts Required (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 10:11:11 PST
I'm looking for a bonnet and a grille for a Triumph TR4a... Any ideas ? Good luck! I just went through this exercise in trying to find parts for my 4A. I'm not sure which of the two parts is harder t
/html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00072.html (7,008 bytes)

10. getting TRF on line (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 11:50:40 PST
What I remember reading implied that they were thinking of setting up a BBS. That's fine, and probably useful to a lot of folks. But someone who has a good relationship with them might try to convinc
/html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00096.html (6,604 bytes)

11. Re: copper brake lines (score: 1)
Author: Chris_Kent.PARC@xerox.com
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 19:17:29 PST
Hmm. Do copper lines really have the required burst strength (i.e., are the lines you used designed for brake use, or did you just get stock copper line)? If you're just using stock line, I'd be a li
/html/british-cars/1990-12/msg00100.html (6,655 bytes)


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