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1. Safety Fast - That includes working on them! (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Mon, 2 Dec 91 14:48:41 -0600; I just read Scott Paisley's story about his crushed foot. OUCH! And I'm sure we can all tell a tale of something we've done (or was done to us). But here's some rules I try to use when I working on m; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00012.html (9,029 bytes)
2. Torquing wire wheels (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 07:29:12 -0600; I don't have wire wheels. But since there's some convo about them I thought I'd give this hint about retorqueing the wires. And I'm not even sure it's the best way to go..... But a friend of mine was; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00065.html (6,666 bytes)
3. Rubber Bumper B's....... (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 10:54:16 -0600; Ugly? NO WAY! I think the Ambingdon designers did a real nice job of retrofitting the new 5 mph bumpers to a car that hadn't changed in 15 years. (Well, the shettmetal at least). They took a car that; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00072.html (7,044 bytes)
4. RE: Spitfire thermostat (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 13:56:44 -0600; It may not be the thermostat. Could be the sending unit from the block or the guage. Check those. Another cause could be the voltage regulator for the dash componants (I think it's called a voltage r; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00081.html (7,167 bytes)
5. Cheap B insurance. (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 4 Dec 91 14:02:42 -0600; I thought everybody had cheap insurance for their MG's. To restate: I'm paying $111/6months. That's with State Farm in Missouri (I live in St. Louis County - not the city - right next door though). F; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00082.html (7,960 bytes)
6. Batteries (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Thu, 5 Dec 91 15:59:28 -0600; Hey, Consumer Reports just a real nice article on batteries in the last couple of months. Just thought I'd mention it with all the mentioning of batteries today and the cold weather and all. Rick.; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00136.html (6,453 bytes)
7. Euro Knock-off vs. octagonal.... (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 10:17:07 -0600; Some of that may relate to the extremely high auto/part theft rate in some european countries. Our company issues travel advisories for people traveling to the various countries in the world. Apparen; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00158.html (6,819 bytes)
8. Running-on / diseling. (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Mon, 9 Dec 91 20:44:46 -0600; I've sometimes noticed it when timing was off or lower octane gas. I have my initial timing on my '76 B at 20 BTDC and once with regular gas (87 octane, mistake!) it kept running on. No knocks, thank; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00239.html (6,770 bytes)
9. re: Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 14:20:23 -0600; I think the biggest pains aren't finding an engine that will fit in the engine compartment, but rather all the stuff that gets hooked up..... like where do you mount it? If you change the HP signific; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00268.html (8,838 bytes)
10. re: Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 14:58:51 -0600; Here's another of my 2 cents, um, I mean 2 pence worth...... If you're going to swap engines, why not look into something modern with multi-point fuel injection, maybe 4 valves/cylinder, etc. Somethi; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00271.html (8,140 bytes)
11. Performance comparisons (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 09:21:23 -0600; The MG/Miata comparison was interesting. But keep in mind that a 65HP MGB is seriously hampered by the detunning performed to get emissions within U.S. limits. I'd suggest retunning the detunning. Li; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00296.html (7,040 bytes)

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