- 301. Re: Midget shifter problem (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 13:18:50 -0400 (EDT)
- etc. I think your trans is like mine--a ribcase. It has a steel shaft that rides in a hole in the aluminum housing, which conveys the shifter motion forward. On my car, this shaft had gotten rusty du
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00308.html (7,597 bytes)
- 302. Re: MOWOG (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 11:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Yeah, he (or she) will buy you a beer. Of course, there's the off chance he or she will bean you with a hammer. Denise's example does remind me of a friend who has many, many cars, one of which is a
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00354.html (7,940 bytes)
- 303. Re: Moral Serial # Question (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 13:00:02 -0400 (EDT)
- The color code is generally on a separate clearly identified line, and is not part of the VIN. I doubt if it would be illegal to change the color code. On the other hand, the only reason for altering
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00393.html (8,736 bytes)
- 304. RE: All a-flutter? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 18:06:48 -0400 (EDT)
- environmentally responsible, used a modern degradable friendly soap to clean up the oil drips. Unfortunately in the gutter the soap looked exactly like coolant. was huge and real even though the envi
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00431.html (7,436 bytes)
- 305. timing marks, 69B (score: 1)
- Author: "W. B. Olson" <WBOLSON@cherokee.astate.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 09:59:20 CST
- The timing marks on this model are behind the crank pulley and line up with marks on the bottom of the timing cover. Can only really be seen with a small mirror propped up behind the crank pulley and
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00461.html (7,092 bytes)
- 306. Re: Greetings and advice needed on GT purchase! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 11:28:28 -0400 (EDT)
- The 67 is a desirable year. However, the rust will almost certainly mean the car needs new outer rocker panels, new inner membrane, new castle sections, and at the very least new lower fender panels.
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00463.html (7,687 bytes)
- 307. Re: INSURANCE (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 16:15:37 -0400 (EDT)
- nature <g>. I believe him. Of course, I believe a lot of impossible things. Sometimes, like the Queen, I can believe three impossible things before breakfast. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiolog
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00509.html (8,666 bytes)
- 308. Re: the value of a buck (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:11:06 -0400 (EDT)
- I dunno. Spending $35K for an MG is sensible, in comparison with spending a half million dollars for Pres. Kennedy's old rocking chair, though both seem to be a case of what happens when you have mor
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00554.html (7,545 bytes)
- 309. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 13:59:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Um.... I've deleted Allan's original post, but I believe he said pulling 3 spark plug wires one at a time made no difference. The test of whether it is running on 1 cylinder would properly be to pull
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00565.html (9,516 bytes)
- 310. Re: How "normal" people feel about their cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 11:20:35 -0400 (EDT)
- I wouldn't knock modern cars. Some of their owners, sure, but not the cars. I like Kermit the frogeye for lots of reasons. One of those reasons is that he makes me appreciate what Miss Piggy (my blon
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00678.html (9,991 bytes)
- 311. Re: the top's on blues (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 11:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Your wife is right about one thing. It is correct that midlife does reawaken in many men a desire to impress and hustle young women. It is ironic that this desire arises in a man at an age when the p
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00736.html (8,552 bytes)
- 312. Re: What is a jubilee clip? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 12:11:11 -0400 (EDT)
- I believe they mean a gear type hose clamp. One of those jobbies with the slots all along the strap. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burli
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00739.html (7,306 bytes)
- 313. Re: Trip to England and Honeymoon Route (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 19:41:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Reliant. Hmmm... Were they the makers of the blue 3-wheeled van that we keep seeing in episodes of Mr. Bean? In one episode, it backed up suddenly. Because the single front wheel was turned, the sudd
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00846.html (7,539 bytes)
- 314. Re: MGB Gas Tanks and Filler Neck problems ? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 11:05:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Perhaps you will be forced to a solution similar to mine. Bugeye Sprites use a tank with a continuous steel filler from the cap to the tank, while later spridgets have a short pipe on the tank, a sho
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00859.html (7,867 bytes)
- 315. Re: headlights... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 18:34:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Or, you can opt for non-sealed beam halogens with a modest bulb, like 55/60W, and see a very substantial improvement in distance and pattern. Of course, your MG now is legal only for use off road (nu
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00903.html (8,606 bytes)
- 316. Re: towing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
- Absolutely correct. A 4 wheel trailer should be set up so it is dead level when unloaded, then the load should be positioned so about 10% of the combined weight of the trailer and load is on the hitc
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00922.html (9,193 bytes)
- 317. Re: towing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:08:21 -0400 (EDT)
- The surge brakes are easier to use, but they offer little control. The surge brake system uses a link in the trailer tongue that is connected to a master cylinder. When the tow vehicle slows, the tra
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00936.html (11,400 bytes)
- 318. Re: towing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:29:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Don, I'm no cowboy. My daughter was the rider, I was the truck driver, stable builder, rider's assistant, stable boy, vet's assistant, and official worrier. None of this cowboy hat stuff; as is appro
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00959.html (9,256 bytes)
- 319. Re: towing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 16:34:51 -0400 (EDT)
- I don't want to prolong this forever, but maybe it is of interest to some on the net who plan to do some towing. For you car people, though, smoothness may not be as critical as it is for horse towin
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00962.html (11,880 bytes)
- 320. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 10:52:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Now Will, get a grip. Classic in the making, my backside. Think what that RX7 is going to be like 20 years from now, when all the little tiny hoses are rotted, and nobody knows where they went so you
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01054.html (11,449 bytes)
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