- 41. RE: TR6 tires (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 15:32:18 EDT
- I'll repeat my offer of Michelin Redlines.... I bought a set for my TR250, they're originals that still have about 500 miles on them, the cars been up on blocks for a while now. I bought them for $10
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00214.html (7,662 bytes)
- 42. Re: MPG Survey (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 90 18:05:26 EDT
- Well, I have a TR250 and not a TR6, but it's close, and it's not a late model, but it's not too far off. It doesn't have the emissions stuff the later ones had so I guess it should get a bit better m
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00231.html (7,069 bytes)
- 43. re: MPG survey (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 12:58:53 EDT
- I have heard that the SUs are a better replacement for the 175CDs than the dual webers are. From someone who should know, too.
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00255.html (6,910 bytes)
- 44. Re: car names (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 02:15:08 EDT
- My TR250 with the roarty monza exhaust and quick trip header is the buzzmobile AKA the bondomobile.
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00324.html (6,948 bytes)
- 45. Re: car names (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 13:30:32 EDT
- Oh yeah, my TR250 has also been called 'the valdez' more than once recently.
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00337.html (6,912 bytes)
- 46. Re: LEAD SUBSTITUTE (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 90 13:05:28 EST
- I've been running 93 or 94 (expensive!) unleaded in my TR250, which has a TR6 engine. Everyone I've talked to, most notably The Roadster Factory, says there's no problem with running unleaded in this
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00080.html (7,191 bytes)
- 47. Mini Mania! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 90 16:04:57 EST
- I now have an 850cc mini in my garage, arrival timed with the arrival of the mini city and seven enterprises catalogs. It's a retired race car (retired after part of the suspension fell off during it
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00095.html (7,079 bytes)
- 48. Re: ? TR-6 prices (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 90 20:13:58 EST
- Does the TR6 have overdrive? Even compression across all cylinders? Any rust? Wire wheels? Usable tyres? Take a test drive. Ask yourself what it's worth. If you don't feel right offering $400 for it
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00118.html (8,142 bytes)
- 49. valve noise (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 90 20:19:28 EST
- I put an aluminium valve cover on my TR250 the other day and now I can't hear the valves with my head right next to the engine. If I didn't have a monza exhaust system I might be able to appreciate t
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00136.html (6,426 bytes)
- 50. Re: Looking at a Jaguar (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 17:37:09 EST
- I saw an XJ12 engine and transmission for sale recently for $200 and thought that if my TR250 can fit an inline 6 it should fit a V12... and I *do* have another TR250 with no engine sitting around...
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00143.html (7,214 bytes)
- 51. psycho mini! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 90 12:42:43 EST
- My roomate and I popped the head off of my new mini last night, when I got it I was told the engine was less than a hundred miles from new, I didn't really expect it but the thing is *beautiful*! The
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00170.html (7,184 bytes)
- 52. Re: TRF and MGB (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 90 17:09:32 EST
- I've run into a lot of spridget parts in my search for Mini peices, I guess some of the brake stuff is the same and I think it's the same BL A 1275 engine, or so I'm told though it doesn't make sense
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00175.html (7,013 bytes)
- 53. Re: Wanted: Information on TR-4/TR-250's (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 90 14:58:14 EST
- As an owner of a TR250 I will note that unless you really want your teeth to come loose at an early age maybe you don't want a TR250 as a 'touring' car. But I think the previous owner of mine also pu
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00242.html (8,434 bytes)
- 54. Secrets revealed! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 90 15:06:31 EST
- WHAT IS IT? And now I reveal a well kept secret - everything you always wanted to know about electricity. Forget all that nonsense about magnetic fields and the flow of electronics along a conductor
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00271.html (8,424 bytes)
- 55. Removing your engine with a sawz-all, or... (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 90 22:17:59 EST
- MG bodywork in six easy peices: So, I bought this Mini Cooper and had an MG1100 thrown in for free. I got the mini to my garage, opened it up, found the engine is an 850 and almost brand new, along w
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00272.html (10,067 bytes)
- 56. Re: Removing your engine with a sawz-all, or... (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 90 13:51:28 EST
- Watching that cute MG grill getting crushed on top of a couple of base classless dodges and oldsmobiles was soooo depressing...
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00274.html (6,930 bytes)
- 57. Sprite! (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 11:34:43 EST
- I'm going off to look at a real cheap buggered sprite this afternoon. Anyone have any sugguestions as to what to watch out for? Send mail straight to me, british-cars mail sometimes backs up for a co
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00317.html (6,794 bytes)
- 58. Sprite, *sigh* (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 20:11:30 EST
- Well, I missed the $200 restorable sprite. It really looked like there was good hope for it, a light coating of rust all over but not too much. It even came with spare rocker panels. The guy that bou
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00329.html (6,715 bytes)
- 59. Re: battery chargers (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 90 13:06:36 EST
- When caught with a dead battery and no trickle charger I find putting a 7 1/2 watt 120V bulb in series with the battery and charger and leaving it overnight gives a good trickle. No clue what the act
- /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00353.html (6,523 bytes)
- 60. Disc brakes (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason)
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 18:01:35 EST
- About 2 months ago I replaced the brake pads on my TR250. The old ones were almost compeltely worn so I had to push the pistons back into the caliper body to make room for the new pads. About 30 mile
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00013.html (7,384 bytes)
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