- 21. Re: Spark Plug Non-Fouler (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:30:31 -0400 (EDT)
- On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:03 -0400, Stu Keen wrote to MG: Good grief, it must be a time warp back to a JC Whitney catalog of the 1940s or 1950s. I haven't seen those things in years. They were used to p
- /html/mg-t/2003-09/msg00041.html (8,753 bytes)
- 22. Re: TF rear axle ratios/GPS/Cruising speed (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:29:07 -0400 (EDT)
- If i remember correctly, R&T's wear index was calculated using a formula based on piston speed at 60 MPH (or some road speed). In any case, the TD with standard axle ratio requires higher engine RPM
- /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00066.html (9,243 bytes)
- 23. Re: Worm infestation & MGA part number (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 02:12:10 -0400 (EDT)
- No, the person who wrote the Sobig.F Worm is still at large. The FBI caught the person who wrote one varient of the Blaster Worm (Blaster.B). That one doesn't travel by e-mail so isn't as well known
- /html/mg-t/2003-08/msg00087.html (7,794 bytes)
- 24. Re: Forward: Address (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:48:16 -0400 (EDT)
- I haven't seen nor heard from Fenton since about 1975. At the time he lived just outside Pittsburgh, but I do believe he later moved to the Southwest. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR
- /html/mg-t/2003-06/msg00006.html (7,267 bytes)
- 25. Re: 53 TD - Oil Drip from "Flywheel Drain" (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:41:48 -0400 (EDT)
- ROTFL! I can just imagine my wife's reaction to having an 80 pound gearbox set down on her chest. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT
- /html/mg-t/2003-04/msg00049.html (8,122 bytes)
- 26. Re: [mg-tabc] Water temp sensor location (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:48:52 -0500 (EST)
- Not really. The coolant picks up far more heat in the cylinder head than in the block, so is hottest as it exits the cylinder head via the water outlet elbow and thermostat. You're measuring it as it
- /html/mg-t/2003-03/msg00052.html (8,165 bytes)
- 27. Re: MG-TABC (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:47:23 -0500 (EST)
- Nobody is excluded from joining the MG-TABC list, but it was created primarily for TA/TB/TC owners because most discussion on the MG-T list is TD/TF oriented. The only major componant the TD & TF sha
- /html/mg-t/2003-02/msg00028.html (7,540 bytes)
- 28. Re: Identifying a TD (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:14:24 -0500 (EST)
- On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:59 -0500, V Pina wrote to MG-T list: T-Types are identified by the car number, which is derived from the chassis number. The full number as shown on the "maker's plate" should
- /html/mg-t/2003-02/msg00051.html (7,807 bytes)
- 29. Re: [mg-tabc] Messages with spam (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:43:03 -0500 (EST)
- <Chip slips out of MG mode and into ISP mode> It isn't that the MGS, MG-T, and MG-TABC list messages include spam or have spam hidden in them. They don't. The problem is that spam filtering mechanism
- /html/mg-t/2002-12/msg00024.html (8,483 bytes)
- 30. Re: [mg-tabc] Valve lifters (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 20:10:57 -0400 (EDT)
- On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Bullwinkle wrote to mgtabc and mgt: Many years ago that kind of setup was done using bucket tappets from a Studebaker or Packard or some other long-gone American car (I no longer
- /html/mg-t/2002-10/msg00033.html (7,382 bytes)
- 31. Re: No mail (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:58:52 -0400 (EDT)
- David, Wait a sec while I remove my MG hat and put on my ISP hat. Okay, ready. I doubt that this is a security or password issue. There are several possibilities, so let's do a test. I'm sending thre
- /html/mg-t/2002-10/msg00034.html (8,393 bytes)
- 32. Re: Fan Bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:57:28 -0400 (EDT)
- On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Gunnell, John wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net: John, I recommend against running the car with only three fan bolts. Maybe you'll be lucky and they will hold, but if they don't and t
- /html/mg-t/2002-10/msg00039.html (7,858 bytes)
- 33. Re: Cam grinder (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:44:06 -0400 (EDT)
- Good question. The TB/TC/early TD cam definitely has longer duration than the late TD/TF cam. It's the late cam that has the noticeably pointier lobes. I suspect Jarl wrote "later" when he meant "ear
- /html/mg-t/2002-09/msg00017.html (8,040 bytes)
- 34. Re: query x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:38:20 -0400 (EDT)
- On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Bob Howard wrote to streepey@sunset.net: The original timing specs for all XPAGs (including XPAG/TF and XPEG) was 0 degrees at TDC, measured statically (engine not running). On m
- /html/mg-t/2002-09/msg00041.html (7,826 bytes)
- 35. Re: Manual timing advance (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
- On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, yd3@nvc.net wrote to Bob Howard: I know the factory parts books are all we have to go on in many cases, but it's a mistake to assume they are always correct. Take for example the
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00036.html (8,474 bytes)
- 36. Re: Purchase Inspection Help Needed (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:08:25 -0400 (EDT)
- On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Nels Anderson wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net: Noticeable smoke coming out of the breather isn't normal or acceptable. If it has been years since the engine was last run, could be t
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00047.html (13,208 bytes)
- 37. Re: Purchase Inspection Help Needed (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:15:09 -0400 (EDT)
- On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Nels Anderson wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net: There's nothing inherently wrong with TDs in general. Properly maintained they are very reliable. However when buying one you have 50
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00048.html (9,111 bytes)
- 38. Re: TD Lubrication - nipples / Which Oil? (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:30:52 -0400 (EDT)
- On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Bob Howard wrote to Jonathan_Hermance@ATK.COM and...: It's okay with me, but the New England MG 'T' Register is the copyright holder and I don't know how they feel about it. -- C
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00065.html (7,805 bytes)
- 39. Re: Steering Rack Lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:03:14 -0400 (EDT)
- Anyway, you'll get lots of argument about oil versus grease in the steering rack. The advantage of oil is that it creeps into all the corners of the rack better than grease does, so is more likely to
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00074.html (8,796 bytes)
- 40. Re: Does anyone still have a ball in the steering rack grease (score: 1)
- Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
- On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Bob D. wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net: If I remember correctly (no guarantee of that) the original oil fitting didn't have a ball in it. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NE
- /html/mg-t/2002-06/msg00076.html (7,768 bytes)
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