- 201. Re: Transmission problems, Rib Case... HELP! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:29:32 -0400 (EDT)
- In the meantime, I suggest you remove the metal cover the lever comes through, unbolt the shift lever, and check the little O-ring at the bottom of the lever. It may not be the problem, but it is che
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00875.html (8,575 bytes)
- 202. Re: MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:13:34 -0400 (EDT)
- My best guess is that this means the heater core leaks, and the Wonderful Previous Owner wants a little time to pass before you discover that. My suspicion is stengthened because I can think of no si
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00896.html (7,872 bytes)
- 203. Re: To strip or not to strip... that is the ? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:22:16 -0400 (EDT)
- stuff deleted Depends. If you are talking about stripping the car to the last nut and bolt, the advantage is that the car should be more reliable and probably better finished than if you try a rollin
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00897.html (9,783 bytes)
- 204. Re: MG TF Tragedy! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 10:33:06 -0400 (EDT)
- This is very sad. I would say that it can be salvaged if you hurry, but if you let it sit for very long it will be fit only for parts. I think the first thing I would do is rent a high pressure spray
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00943.html (8,432 bytes)
- 205. Re: LBC parts: Australian Import Duty and Sales Tax (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:27:51 -0400 (EDT)
- It's been curious. I ordered a lot of parts for Kermit the frogeye directly from England. They always came with a sticker indicating that duty was due. However, the duty was very small, and the post
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01003.html (8,547 bytes)
- 206. Re: your mail (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:16:05 -0400 (EDT)
- My car had been a race car, and one of the holes was torn. I carefully cut out the damaged part, cut a repair section, beveled the edges of both, and butt welded the repair in with a mig welder. In r
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01051.html (7,422 bytes)
- 207. re: core plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:38:54 -0500 (EST)
- Model A Fords don't have fuel pumps. WRG Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01245.html (6,733 bytes)
- 208. Re: Parking on the Lawn (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:26:29 -0500 (EST)
- Yes. WRG Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01246.html (7,410 bytes)
- 209. Re: A little radiator lead - what to do? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:35:42 -0500 (EST)
- Regarding radiator leaks: I took a chance and cleaned my best looking radiator and painted it. Put it on my bugeye Sprite, and there were a couple of leaks from pinholes, with water shooting a foot o
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01247.html (7,892 bytes)
- 210. RE: Ottawa GOF TF mystery (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 11:59:50 -0400 (EDT)
- Fuel starvation sounds plausible to me. You might have gotten a bad replacement fuel pump. Alternatively, you might not be getting enough air into the tank to replace the fuel that is being pumped ou
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00070.html (8,967 bytes)
- 211. Advice on buying a 70 BGT (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <mkii@pobox.micro.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 09:07:48 -0500
- I've posted this to other places but this is my first time asking the on-line gurus of MG'ness so please forgive me if you've seen this before. Right, here we go. I'm 'bout thiiiis close to buying a
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00127.html (9,629 bytes)
- 212. Buying a GT long distance (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <wlvick@pobox.micro.ti.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 08:34:51 -0500
- Many thanks for all of the advice thus far (in the list and sent personally to me) in regards to my (probably) buying an MG BGT that's currently in Sacramento whilst I'm in Houston. I'd like to add
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00153.html (8,272 bytes)
- 213. CA BGT for TX fool (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <wlvick@pobox.micro.ti.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 12:55:53 -0500
- OK, I promise this will be my last post asking for advice about buying this '70 BGT from CA and driving it back to TX. I spoke with the owner last night for about 45 minutes (a seemingly very nice c
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00249.html (10,889 bytes)
- 214. Re: nobody@nowhere.nil address explanation (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:41:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Um, I'm not an MG specialist, but I think the display engine is a testarossa. You probably have a testablacka. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medic
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00447.html (7,747 bytes)
- 215. Re: 65/66 B's (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:35:44 -0400 (EDT)
- I think I see the possibility of a home-based business with low overhead and high profits that I might pursue for (the rest of) my declining years. VT (which is a wretched place to live, you would al
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00453.html (9,201 bytes)
- 216. 1600 miles in a BGT (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <wlvick@pobox.micro.ti.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 08:41:15 -0500
- Well, I'm gonna go ahead and buy that 1970 MG BGT in CA and drive it back to Texas. <posts questioning my sanity need not apply. My sanity is not in question - it in, in fact, nonexistent> Sooo, now
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00518.html (9,385 bytes)
- 217. Re: 1600 miles in a BGT (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:29:06 -0400 (EDT)
- If I were doing something like that, I would buy or borrow a cell phone, and take out AAA's most deluxe membership, sit back and enjoy. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00529.html (8,347 bytes)
- 218. RE: Tie rod Ends / 64 B / 2nd try (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:49:47 -0400 (EDT)
- I think it is possible to have the proper geometry with the tie rod ends screwed in different amounts--what determines the toe-in is the total distance between the two tie rod ends. However, the pini
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00570.html (8,121 bytes)
- 219. RE: Tie rod Ends / 64 B / 2nd try (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
- an explanation of why I was mistaken about the need to have the tie rod lengths the same. He clearly knows more about it than I. Thanks, Christopher. Ray Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & B
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00576.html (7,356 bytes)
- 220. 2017 miles in a BGT (score: 1)
- Author: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <wlvick@pobox.micro.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:30:39 -0500
- The following note got me thinking: Please let us know how it goes!! This has been quite a saga! (snip) -- I've received more than a few notes from very kind folks offering help and support and also
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00671.html (7,994 bytes)
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