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1. More PA assembly questions (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:25:46 -0700; Thanks to various list members, I have now managed to get my body tub properly attached to the chassis of my PA 2-seater. Also installed are the firewall and the radiator, enabling fitting of the bon; /html/mg-mmm/2005-09/msg00004.html (8,600 bytes)
2. Re: PA assembly questions (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:18:49 -0700; Many thanks to all listers who replied so promptly. It turned out I was missing the two angle brackets that attach to the bulkhead supports. I had purchased new supports from Barry Walker as mine wer; /html/mg-mmm/2005-09/msg00008.html (7,420 bytes)
3. Another PA question ... (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:58:03 -0700; Now I have the right-angle brackets for the side valances (correct name?) figured out, made and clamped (not yet bolted) in place so that they are parallel with the bottom edges of the bonnet side pa; /html/mg-mmm/2005-09/msg00009.html (7,502 bytes)
4. Re: Tyre tubes (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:53:36 -0700; You didn't say whether your tires were new as well but, if they are, the problem might lie in them. For a while (and it may still be happening) manufacturers were putting a small I.D. tag inside the; /html/mg-mmm/2005-07/msg00023.html (10,117 bytes)
5. Tyre tubes (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:01:18 -0700; You didn't say whether your tires were new as well but, if they are, the problem might lie in them. For a while (and it may still be happening) manufacturers were putting a small I.D. tag inside the; /html/mg-mmm/2005-07/msg00024.html (9,259 bytes)
6. Re: N type tool box (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:30:03 -0700; FWIW, the inside of my NB toolbox is lined with a coarse, black felt. No way of knowing if this was original, although the underhood area does appear never to have been restored or messed about with.; /html/mg-mmm/2005-06/msg00027.html (9,559 bytes)
7. PA assembly (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:12:37 -0700; Fellow MMM-ers, Eleven years after I brought home a basket case PA 2-seater, I have finally made the time to begin the assembly of the body to the chassis. Naturally, having not taken the car apart m; /html/mg-mmm/2005-06/msg00031.html (8,384 bytes)
8. Re: PA assembly (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:31:16 -0700; Thanks, Lew. It sounds as though the Airline body mounting is a bit different from the 2-seater tub, but your note about the purpose of the center bracket on the cross-tube looks as though it would a; /html/mg-mmm/2005-06/msg00033.html (11,037 bytes)
9. Re: PA-0531 gearbox (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:38:01 -0800; Oh, dear, Terry ... it sounds as though yours isn't as long as it should be Lawrie the DPO spare running. I shaft he You knobs were /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net; /html/mg-mmm/2005-03/msg00012.html (9,149 bytes)
10. PA oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:57:09 -0800; I've just cranked over my Mike-Allison-rebuilt PA engine for the first time, after filling the sump with Castrol HD30. My oil pressure gauge tells me I get 78 psi cranking with the plugs out. This s; /html/mg-mmm/2006-12/msg00000.html (7,623 bytes)
11. Re: PA oil pressure (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 10:39:57 -0800; Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry. The consensus seems to be that the engine would be happier with a max of 70 psi cold so I'll see if I can figure out how to make the pressure relief valve o; /html/mg-mmm/2006-12/msg00006.html (7,632 bytes)
12. PA questions (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:33:27 -0700; Having at long last managed to sort out all the various external fittings, pumps, etc. that go on my PA engine, it is now painted and ready for final complete assembly. Two questions occur to me tha; /html/mg-mmm/2006-09/msg00006.html (8,513 bytes)
13. Re: MG4473 Poriot/P type? (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:36:45 -0800; One hates to be a spell-check nazi, but the show under discussion is "Poirot" - a BBC mystery series based on Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Lawrie /// unsubscribe/change addre; /html/mg-mmm/2006-09/msg00022.html (8,457 bytes)
14. Re: Annealing copper (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:14:48 -0800; Fellow listers, Bob Rich's post on copper head gaskets reminded me I could use some advice on annealing, too. When Mike Allison returned my PA engine which he had rebuilt he included a comment that t; /html/mg-mmm/2006-08/msg00019.html (10,194 bytes)
15. Re: Annealing copper (score: 1): Author: "Britcars.com" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:32:52 -0700; Thanks for explaining the "colored smoke" that I saw, Lew (and thank you, Bob, for your reply to my note). One point that neither of you addressed (if I may be so bold as to criticize!) is whether, i; /html/mg-mmm/2006-08/msg00022.html (11,550 bytes)
16. Re: Annealing copper (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:30:09 -0800; Of course - drain pipes carry no pressure. What was I thinking? I put it down to OFS and being concerned by Mike Allison's admonition to be sure to anneal them. Thank you for setting me straight - I; /html/mg-mmm/2006-08/msg00024.html (12,565 bytes)
17. Re: Annealing copper (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:57:07 -0700; "Fire-storm of controversy" might be putting it a bit strongly (!) but I do remember the thread. I guess I have always wondered why Mike Allison was so sure the engines were red when there are so ma; /html/mg-mmm/2006-08/msg00026.html (10,519 bytes)
18. Re: Fitting of Left hand (Passenger's) Rear View Mirror on P-TypeHi All, (score: 1): Author: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:38:39 -0800; An alternative to drilling the bracket would be to buy from Moss their kit No. 407-488, which provides a stem that is threaded at one end so it can be bolted through the slot in the bracket. So long; /html/mg-mmm/2006-07/msg00019.html (9,612 bytes)
19. PA oil selection (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:59:46 -0700; If this has been discussed before, my apologies - I missed that thread. Having just completed the overhaul of my PA gearbox, my thoughts turned to the oil to be used therein. My trusty Blower's manua; /html/mg-mmm/2006-04/msg00012.html (7,976 bytes)
20. Re: PA oil selection (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:48:28 -0700; Many thanks to all who offered advice on this subject. FWIW, I've decided to go with RedLine 75-14 NS. It'll be a few months before I have the car on the road but at least I now feel reasonably optim; /html/mg-mmm/2006-04/msg00022.html (8,646 bytes)

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