- 1. Rebuild question (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:13:23 -0400
- Hi Folks, Oil consumption is now 80 miles/quart. I can now see smoke from the back when driving - not like a big plume of smoke, sort of like a haze. I imagine I'm dripping a fair amount out as well.
- /html/mgs/1999-04/msg01462.html (7,097 bytes)
- 2. Bleeding Hell (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 14:08:49 -0500
- Hi All, I am pleased. After all these years of mooching around these hallowed halls of knowledge, I believe I can now offer something in return. On a subject dear to our hearts - brake bleeding. Belo
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00251.html (8,708 bytes)
- 3. Gearbox Clunk (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:28:47 -0500
- Hi All, Anybody got any thoughts on a clunk from the gearbox as the clutch pedal is released. It really feels/sounds bad. This only happens upshifting (all gears) and not downshifting. The u-joints f
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00822.html (6,478 bytes)
- 4. Volvo (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 09:22:47 -0500
- Hi All, Know of a Volvo list? Needing a car with A/C, I'm test driving this 1985 Wagon with 240,000 mil= es on it. (Yeah, almost quarter of a million miles). It pops out of 2nd gea= r - is this reall
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01142.html (6,811 bytes)
- 5. Volvo - the end. (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:56:07 -0500
- Hi All, Many thanks to those who responded to the request for a Volvo list and on= the gear-popping question. Gear changing on this car was cool - hit the clutch and the gear shifter would shoot out
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01304.html (6,850 bytes)
- 6. Floor Jack Question (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:55:57 -0500
- Hi All, This is a 3 and a half ton floor jack from Sam's Club. I had jacked up t= he Midget and left it like that overnight. Next morning the car was back on= the ground again! Is this normal, or sho
- /html/mgs/1998-11/msg01305.html (7,146 bytes)
- 7. MGB for Sale - Texas (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 06:53:30 -0400
- Hi Folks, Got this in the mail today : "My father-in-law has acquired an 1970 MGB via a swap meet held in Arlington?... Ordinarily I would not be helping him, but I felt I could help sell this car (
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01068.html (7,958 bytes)
- 8. Floor jack question (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 22:02:07 -0400
- Hi all, Well, the hydraulic floor jack quit working. I was going to t= op up the fluid but thought it would be nice to change the fluid for nice clean stuff. So I upturned it and out fell a spring, a
- /html/mgs/1998-08/msg00119.html (6,671 bytes)
- 9. Big clunk from rear (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:04:18 -0400
- Hi Folks, Well, now that the World Cup is coming to a close, it's time to get back = to reality. ie, fixing the MG. There is a clunk coming from the back - sounds like from the driver side wheel. It
- /html/mgs/1998-07/msg00353.html (6,923 bytes)
- 10. Help! Car won't start (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 20:58:56 -0500
- Well, this has really got me stumped. Now, I can't even get my 1500 Midg= to start up, let alone run proper. I was making a trip to the big city and had gone about 10 or 15 miles whe= n the engine mi
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00087.html (8,574 bytes)
- 11. Re: Help! Car won't start (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:35:12 -0500
- Message text written by Nory might want to try, though. Replace the Petronix with a set of points and see if that works. Since you don't know the age of it, maybe it's the problem (may not be the ONL
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00096.html (7,025 bytes)
- 12. Help! Won't start. Update! (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:26:44 -0500
- This must be a good clue - this morning it started up no problem and idle= beautifully for exactly one and a half minutes and then it quit very suddenly. Surely this must eliminate a mechanical fault
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00101.html (7,268 bytes)
- 13. Re: Help! Won't start. Update! (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:41:41 -0500
- Message text written by Paul Hunt n internal disconnection when it gets warm.< Good thinking, and I was hopeful about this suugestion, especially since you had solved the turn signal mystery for me a
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00122.html (7,173 bytes)
- 14. Re: Help! Won't start. Update! (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:41:38 -0500
- Message text written by Tyson Sherman it dies..it if just drops dead, it's most-likely ignition. If the car (and the tach) sputter and stumble then the fuel system should be inspected. I ha= d coil t
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00123.html (7,338 bytes)
- 15. RE: Help! Won't start. Update! (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 19:21:40 -0500
- Message text written by Christopher Delling You missed the point of Tyson's message. If it is the coil, the ignition= module, etc, it is likely a symptom that is heat related. This would explain why
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00154.html (9,269 bytes)
- 16. Help! Won't start. The End. (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 23:13:59 -0400
- Well, the good news is that the Midget is running just fine now. The bad= news is that I am not sure what I done to fix it, if indeed, it is fixed.= = My guess is fouled plugs. In any event, I took i
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00255.html (7,315 bytes)
- 17. Champion Vs. NGK (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 23:14:04 -0400
- This is a good subject. Today I picked up a box of Champion and a box of= NGK spark plugs. Not so long ago I had a bad Champion straight out of th= e box. I mean, an infinite resistance from the top
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00256.html (7,552 bytes)
- 18. Re: Champion Vs. NGK (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 09:31:43 -0400
- Thanks for the info on the spark plugs. The Champion box gives a cut-aw= ay diagram of the plug showing a "patented semi-conductor supressor...eliminates radio frequency interference" I wonder if th
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00274.html (8,167 bytes)
- 19. PVC Gloves (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:33:26 -0400
- Hi Folks, Thought I would mention a source for disposable PVC gloves. $8.96 for a box of a hundred. This is 10% off their normal pric= e of $9.95. Mention you have catalog #527A1 for this special dea
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00305.html (7,476 bytes)
- 20. PVC Gloves (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:27:48 -0400
- Forgot to mention, they come in 4 different sizes: "measure around hand at knuckles for size" VG511 Small 7" VG512 Medium 8" VG513 Large 9" VG514 XLarge 10" BTW, I noticed the local mechanic has star
- /html/mgs/1998-04/msg00313.html (6,482 bytes)
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