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1. Crosleys (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 12:44:08 -0600 (CST); Back in the early 50's Crosley advertised a farm vehicle called the "FarmORoad" which DID look like a jeep, and not at all like the Crosley station wagon or the Hot Shot. Is it possible that one of; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00325.html (6,915 bytes)
2. MGB jack (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:44:29 -0600 (CST); Nigel cudgel, my MGB needs a jack rebuild or a replacement jack. The gears are stripped. A friend supplied me with a VW Transporter jack with a round peg substituted for the square peg used in VWs.; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00764.html (7,769 bytes)
3. Re: MGB jack (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 13:12:47 -0600 (CST); Thanks to all who replied. I still don't have a lead on a jack unless Marcus' midget jack is the same as the MGB; I will have to follow that up. By the way Marcus, didn't I meet you at the British Ca; /html/british-cars/1995-01/msg00845.html (8,697 bytes)
4. batteries/viruses (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 09:20:49 -0600 (CST); I use a dumb terminal at home so that I don't have to worry about viruses. You can get one for nothing to 50 bucks and there is no disk or hard drive to worry about corrupting. I log on for the cost; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00088.html (7,704 bytes)
5. lbcreference (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 19:33:39 -0600 (CST); You asked about reference books on british cars. Every time I hear about some unfamiliar make on the net I rush to a book I picked up at a book sale years ago. It doesn't have color photos but it li; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00481.html (7,017 bytes)
6. diode conversions (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 19:49:33 -0600 (CST); Fellow SOL's, I am very interested in the discussion on SU pumps and the diode conversion. Putting a diode in parallel with the contact points to suppress pitting instead of a condensor (capacitor) n; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00483.html (7,027 bytes)
7. vacuum wipers (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 09:56:32 -0600 (CST); Yes, I have had a lot of experience with vacuum wipers too. It is interesting that back in the 20's when the first Model A Fords came out, the vacuum wipers were considered more desirable than the el; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00692.html (7,480 bytes)
8. naomi,points and diodes (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 19:56:51 -0600 (CST); I never claimed to know anything about SU pumps and I just proved it. Glad to hear about Naomi. The last I heard she was sacked with the BMC corporate downsizing and that ended a promising career as; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00782.html (6,647 bytes)
9. vacuum wipers (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 14:25:11 -0600 (CST); I also remember the double, or dual action fuel pumps of the late 40's, 50's and possibly early 60's. GM was very fond of them. They certainly were better than manifold vacuum directly. As I recall; /html/british-cars/1994-12/msg00803.html (7,574 bytes)
10. Addco swaybars (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 15:18:42 -0600 (CST); I'm sorry I lost your E-mail address. I ordered an Addco swaybar from J.C. Whitney for Nigel cudgel, my '65 MGB. My car wasn't fitted with a swaybar, but the threaded holes were there for one. I jus; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00392.html (7,005 bytes)
11. low compression (Scotty Paisley) (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 09:02:50 -0600 (CST); IMHO, your low compression readings show that the rings have not seated properly. I have always heard that you check compression before and after adding oil to the cylinders so that you can tell the; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00551.html (8,370 bytes)
12. low compression (Scotty Paisley) (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 11:34:46 -0600 (CST); I agree with your analysis., but I would also like to add one more possibility. Perhaps the engine was eith assembled using one of those magical teflon or molybdenum-based additives or one of these; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00558.html (7,460 bytes)
13. miscellaneous media (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 08:38:25 -0600 (CST); I have seen "trouble in the glen". It's one of those family-type movies in which a bedridden girl sees the world though one window and a friendly American (Forest Tucker) gets involved in a local di; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00667.html (7,224 bytes)
14. nirvana (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 10:39:09 -0600 (CST); I certainly agree with what you say about older LBC's. I am also in the process of rewiring my MGB. Problems on these cars tend to be simple ones, in fact simpler than I had realized. After the usua; /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00761.html (7,055 bytes)
15. miscellaneous (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 15:04:01 -0500 (CDT); Hi again: I have a few unrelated but important (to me) tidbits to relay: 1. Any SOLs going to the Heartland British Autofest in East Davenport, IA this weekend? How about it Gregory; can you and your; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00358.html (8,292 bytes)
16. stereotypes (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:57:33 -0500 (CDT); Well, let's see -- Too much grey to be what you guys would consider "middle age". I turn 60 on Saturday and plan to bail out of the "ed Biz" soon, maybe next year. Macho? With a last name like mine?; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00619.html (9,848 bytes)
17. terms and addresses (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 12:24:15 -0500 (CDT); If memory serves: spanner = open end wrench adjustable spanner = "monkey wrench" and perhaps adjustable crescent wrench types dickey seat = rumble seat On other matters: The American MGB Association; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01010.html (6,905 bytes)
18. NAMGBR (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:07:42 -0500 (CDT); I put an address for the American MGB Association a few days ago: TNWB52A@prodigy.com This is the address published in the AMGBA magazine "Octagon" this month. At least one person is having trouble; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01174.html (6,901 bytes)
19. porridge (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 10:42:09 -0500 (CDT); OK SOL's, just what is that puke that comes out when you probe the engine block drain with a stick? In the bad old days of Model A and T Fords, people used to use oatmeal (porridge) in the radiator t; /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01464.html (7,529 bytes)
20. "hardened" cranks (score: 1): Author: Lewis Dunbar Dove <mfldd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 17:58:56 -0500 (CDT); The discussion of nitriding XPAG cranks took me back 44 years to an MGTF I owned. The car broke a crankshaft while waiting for a stoplight to change. The shop assured me that it had been "specially; /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00639.html (6,568 bytes)

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