- 1. Re: Garage Pits (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:14:32 -0800
- Okay, so a pit in your garage is a bad idea, and illegal to boot. But a root cellar would be real cool, everyone should have one. So ya put the root cellar in the garage (cause there isn't room in yo
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00354.html (8,567 bytes)
- 2. Lucas FADEC's and SUs freezing up (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 11:27:54 -0800
- Duncan Bryan sez: If anyone cares, FADEC isn't a Lucas acronym, it's a industry one. It means Full Authority Digital Engine Controller. Full Authority means that, like the fly by wire systems, the pi
- /html/british-cars/1994-11/msg00734.html (7,434 bytes)
- 3. Re: Gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 09:46:24 PDT
- Here's my two cents worth. The _best_ gasket compound in the world IMHO is Hylomar. It was developed by Rolls-Royce (the jet engine division) and is superb. Remains flexible; if it gets into the engi
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00237.html (8,594 bytes)
- 4. Re: Dimpled Thrust Cheeks And Coil Polarity! (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 13:36:12 PDT
- Well, this is an available option in a pinch but it is not good practice. I would go on (and on and on...) , but the rest of your post indicated you don't need this. Whoa. You have measured wrong. As
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00359.html (10,123 bytes)
- 5. Re: Bearing Clearances (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 09:14:45 PDT
- Not rubbish. When I said real pro, I meant real pro. The guys that build engines for Nascar, Indy, F1--any of the professional (in that big, big bucks are involved) motorsports do not use plastigauge
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg00478.html (8,418 bytes)
- 6. The Sound of Horns (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:24:36 -0800
- This reminds me of a story. I can remember riding in a friend's TR3 through a narrow, windy gravel active logging road in southern British Columbia one summer. Now, for those of you that don't know,
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01212.html (8,645 bytes)
- 7. MGB Ign Lite Mystery, Buffing tools, Head torques. (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 09:52:58 -0800
- Frank, you are suffering from a failing voltage regulator. Generators have a "cut-out relay" in the regulator which disconnect the gen from the rest of the system when the engine isn't running. Said
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01234.html (10,088 bytes)
- 8. Picking nits and Land Rover useability and Gear oil (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 09:43:51 -0800
- So ya wanta pick nits, eh? Nit wise, a motor is any device providing movement that does not have a self-contained source of energy. Doesn't have to electric, doesn't have to go round, just needs an
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01372.html (8,991 bytes)
- 9. Re: Rover 2000 TC Wire Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 21:47:23 -0800
- Brian Willoughby askes about: Well Brian, first I gotta say I think the "ugly" wheel covers look better than the Rostyles, but that's another nit entirely. While I have no doubt that the wires themse
- /html/british-cars/1994-10/msg01461.html (10,040 bytes)
- 10. Bodge, bodge, bodge (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 94 11:00:03 PDT
- Well now that I have been royally entertained by your stories, here're a couple of mine. Number One. There we were, out 4 bying in the Rover 2000TC (which, BTW, are great off road boonie crashers) wh
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00030.html (10,967 bytes)
- 11. Final word on Plastiguage (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 09:26:23 PDT
- In the spirit of getting to the bottom of things, I phoned a friend of mine who is friends with a guy at Perfect Circle about plastiguage. It turns out that the stuff is accurate when they make it, b
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00061.html (8,335 bytes)
- 12. Re: Weber carbs (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 10:48:39 PDT
- I say: I'm no expert with Weber carbs but I have a book by John Passini, who is some kind of Weber guru from England. The book is "Weber Carburettors, 2.Tuning and Maintenance", ISBN 0 85113 060 7.
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00095.html (9,405 bytes)
- 13. Re: Crank spigot (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 94 22:56:20 PDT
- Yes Tim, this is fine as long as there is no deep pitting (over say .020") The end flange of the crank is actually (on most engines) fairly lightly stressed. I am presuming that this is not going to
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00163.html (7,682 bytes)
- 14. Re: British Cars Digest #1357 Sat Sep 10 01:15:02 MDT 1994 (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 94 01:30:26 PDT
- This is the same motor as the early TR-7s. The problem with the heads was them becoming welded to the head studs, not the block, and was due to electrolytic corrosion. The only way to take them off
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00247.html (8,567 bytes)
- 15. Rover 3500 SD1 (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 23:53:36 PDT
- A short work on the best and the worst of the Rover SD1, which is the late model Rover Jody Levine _must_ be asking about. But first, a few comments about the P6 Rovers. Andrew Templer has posted a c
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00499.html (8,181 bytes)
- 16. Re: Marks on Glass (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 09:41:06 PDT
- Hey Mike, These are called bugs, and they appear on a piece of glass to show that the glass is tempered, or laminated, to some standard. Think of it as a certification stamp, like CSA or Underwriter
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00516.html (7,573 bytes)
- 17. Unleaded Fuel and Injection, Buick V8 Cu in, CraigR3454, Tight Tonneau (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 09:34:35 PDT
- John Cunningham expresses some concern over fuel injection metering units. Well, John, rest easy. A mechanical metering unit doesn't need leaded fuel. The lead in fuel (after boosting the octane) act
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00701.html (8,280 bytes)
- 18. History of the 215 Buick V8 (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 14:35:37 PDT
- Matt Silveira says, in regard to the Rover V8 Sorry Matt, someone's told you a fib. What really happened was GM (disguised as Buick) were investigating ways to reduce the weight of the engine. At the
- /html/british-cars/1994-09/msg00771.html (8,319 bytes)
- 19. New Subscriber Tells All (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 18:51:53 PDT
- Hi! I'm a new subscriber to this list and here's a bit about me... I am a die-hard Rover P6 (2000) fan - I'm currently driving my 15th or 16th (I forget) have about two complete cars in parts and a c
- /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00077.html (7,188 bytes)
- 20. Re: Gaskets (score: 1)
- Author: vernk@carver.DataFlux.BC.CA (Vern Klukas)
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 94 09:46:24 PDT
- Here's my two cents worth. The _best_ gasket compound in the world IMHO is Hylomar. It was developed by Rolls-Royce (the jet engine division) and is superb. Remains flexible; if it gets into the engi
- /html/british-cars/1994-08/msg00502.html (8,594 bytes)
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