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21. Differential plug tools (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Sat Nov 21 00:54:57 PST 1992; I have a leyland special tool DP$%#!-4, for pulling the diff filler plug in my sprite. We took a short section of 1/2" square rod and welded it to an old lug nut. Put the square end in the plug, put; /html/british-cars/1992-11/msg00386.html (6,437 bytes)
22. Visiting with Kirk at the W.C. (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Sun Oct 04 22:18:26 PDT 1992; The current plan is to meet at the white cockade on wednesday, 7ish. Food, good beer, darts, benchracing and of course visiting with Kirk. This message is being cc'd to both the SCARE and the british; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00049.html (6,920 bytes)
23. Gt-6's for sale (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Sat Oct 24 01:25:20 PDT 1992; A friend (who is not on the net) asked me to pass this info on. All I know about the cars follows. I have not even seen them, although I do have a couple of photos and in the photos, the cars look in; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00339.html (6,529 bytes)
24. gt-6 for sale, area code etc. (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Tue Oct 27 07:52:18 PST 1992; Sorry folks, Iguess I forgot to mention, the GT-6's my friend is selling are in Felton California, near Santa Cruz (30 miles west of San Jose, 60 miles south of San Francisco). the phone number with; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00386.html (6,436 bytes)
25. MGB saga (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Tue Oct 27 08:00:25 PST 1992; It doesn't sound like you checked your block for straightness. Yes it is possible for the block to warp, or maybe some important metal got rusted away. One very cheap test that is very usefull is th; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00387.html (6,811 bytes)
26. You know you've owned a british car too long... (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Sat Oct 31 14:54:28 PST 1992; When you go to look for parts in the back yard and you need to get out leather gloves and a machete to get to them.; /html/british-cars/1992-10/msg00452.html (6,456 bytes)
27. stripping paint (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Tue Sep 01 23:49:53 PDT 1992; The best stuff I have found for stripping paint is Tal-strip. Smear it on, wait a while and it'll bubble the paint up then scrape everything off. Warning: This has got to be the most caustic substanc; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00023.html (6,487 bytes)
28. This Yes All British Day on the Green (Palo Alto) (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Wed Sep 02 22:05:12 PDT 1992; Last february when I found out where the Nyquists live, I half jokingly told Dick that there would be a party at his house the night before this years british car show. I recently got mail from him s; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00054.html (8,628 bytes)
29. Re: This Yes All British Day on the Green (Palo Alto) (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Thu Sep 03 07:52:42 PDT 1992; The all british car meet is on September 13th, the party is on the night of the 12th.; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00061.html (6,693 bytes)
30. Flippin' spridgets (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Wed Sep 09 23:52:25 PDT 1992; The first car I ever inverted, was my sprite. I spun, hit an embankment and ended up in a ditch, with the windshield against one wall of the ditch, the back of the roll bar on the other, the hoop on; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00134.html (6,880 bytes)
31. Palo Alto Show (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Fri Sep 11 07:53:09 PDT 1992; If anybody makes it to the Palo Alto show, that doesn't make it to my Birthday Party at Dicks the night before, I expect to be wearing black baggie pants with pink skulls and crossbones on them and,; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00153.html (6,493 bytes)
32. understeering healey (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Thu Sep 17 23:41:11 PDT 1992; What you are describing is (probably) not understeer. What it sounds like to me is poor suspension adjustment (maybe caster). Understeer and oversteer only really come into play at the limits of adhe; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00300.html (6,577 bytes)
33. tech questions (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Tue Sep 29 00:33:21 PDT 1992; First one: My ITC cortina race car seems to eat differentials. This has happened with both open and welded up rear ends. The initial symptom is howling under deceleration. The howling gets progressiv; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00537.html (7,183 bytes)
34. MGB cost/value (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Wed Aug 05 21:45:24 PDT 1992; A friend just got a job offer in Belgium. His race car is a '74 MGB built to IT specs (mostly stock). 1) Is there a class he could run it in europe 2) What could he sell it for when his job contract; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00110.html (6,489 bytes)
35. misc. stuff (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Thu Aug 06 09:46:09 PDT 1992; I will assume that the Ford Consul Cortina is basically the same as a Mk 1 cortina here in the states. For the rear, Take your leaf springs apart, turn the largest leaf that doesn't have "eyes" on it; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00123.html (7,315 bytes)
36. Downdraught Weber on a spridget (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Wed Jul 22 10:11:42 PDT 1992; Advice? My advice is to put on a good set of SU's. I run the DGV on my racecar, because I HAVE too and don't particularly like it. The mixture is not as tunable as the SU's where you can buy (or make; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00418.html (7,148 bytes)
37. stuck pistons, kroil (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Thu Jul 23 10:52:49 PDT 1992; There is a thread unlocker called kroil. I had received several ads for it at work but never tried it. I was recently talking to someone who swears by the stuff. says it works wonders. I don't know h; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00447.html (7,246 bytes)
38. keys (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Thu Jul 23 11:01:02 PDT 1992; I wouldn't be surprised if the hardware store has key blanks. If you have the standard lucas keys (pre about '74), they were used on almost all british cars and pretty much interchangable. Interchang; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00449.html (6,487 bytes)
39. Team engineering (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Fri Jul 24 10:51:49 PDT 1992; I wasn't sure if bottle jacks would work upside down. If they don't my original assembly could simply be turned upside down, assuming the motor is out of the car. Actually it could anyways, but turni; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00473.html (8,049 bytes)
40. another roadtrip??? (score: 1): Author: lrc@red4est.felton.ca.us; Date: Mon Jul 27 20:01:02 PDT 1992; It looks like I will be helping a friend drive his stuff from Santa Cruz California to Austin Texas. We will be leaving Santa Cruz sometime Tuesday afternoon or evening, driving south to hwy 10 and h; /html/british-cars/1992-07/msg00498.html (7,221 bytes)

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