- 101. Re: 100K miles (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:41:33 -0500
- << << Any other tall mileage MGs out there? >> 300+K and gaining Faithful a '51 TD Butch >> Yours had a 7-year head start, but I'm sure mine will eventually catch up. Barney
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01078.html (6,867 bytes)
- 102. Night (snow) rally at Red Wing, rubber side up (not the MGA) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 04:25:36 -0500
- I just got back from a rally in Red Wing, Minnesota a few hours ago. The rally was Saturday night, I took the Mazda RX7, not the MGA, so you can tune out now if you're not interested. I only venture
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01554.html (9,967 bytes)
- 103. Re: Dallas weather (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:07:24 -0500
- << Oh my Gawd! Its 30 degrees in Dallas (18 degree windchill). Snow and Sleet yesterday! Didn,t all melt by noon either. What a world... what a world. >> It's what you get for razzing us about your g
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01593.html (6,534 bytes)
- 104. Re: B.G. on a roll / sounds like a deli sandwich (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:07:24 -0500
- << Barney, Barney, Barney, Are you sure your OK? ..... >> I wouldn't be kidding about all my body parts. All is well with me, the RX7 still has a few wrinkles. << ..... Barney, you want to come over
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01594.html (7,754 bytes)
- 105. MG Race Centenial +1, 26dF top down drive for Thanksgiving day (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 20:28:37 -0500
- The Chicagoland MG Club had its First Annual (we hope) America's First Race Centenial Celebration today on the 101st aniversary of the first automobile race in America. We met at the historical marke
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01766.html (7,768 bytes)
- 106. Re: MG Race Centenial +1, 26dF top down drive for Thanksgiving day (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 14:42:33 -0500
- << Your ears fall off yet? >> << Can you say frost byte? >> Nope. One hooded sweat shirt, one blast jacket, one warm car coat with a hood, and gloves. Nice and toasty. Watch out for the sniffles thou
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01790.html (7,027 bytes)
- 107. Re: MG Race Centenial +1, 26dF t (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 15:22:46 -0500
- << Never mind his ears, has your Maine Coon thawed out yet? >> Hey! Lets be nice now. This IS a party line. Barney
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01795.html (6,502 bytes)
- 108. #2 WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE, MGA engine or short block or crankshaft (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 05:31:08 -0400
- Yup, it was the crankshaft. This time all the rod bearings went away at the same time, very unusual. A couple of times in the past I've lost the #1 rod bearing only, and then only after about two yea
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00008.html (7,571 bytes)
- 109. CAPTURED, MGA Short Block (Crank Shaft has reformed) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:13:47 -0400
- Latest news release: MGA Short Block has been captured alive. And the winner of god for a day is: Randy Balogh, Lebanon, Ohio. After an 11 hour chase the hard sought Short Block is now in custody in
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00050.html (7,995 bytes)
- 110. Re: engine compression (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:13:51 -0400
- << ..... 3000+ mile trip later this month ..... I still lose/consume oil, so I checked the engine compression, cylinder # compression (psi)before oil compression after oil 1 124 133 2 132 135 3 127
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00051.html (10,083 bytes)
- 111. Re: CAPTURED, MGA Short Block (Crank Shaft has reformed) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 14:09:11 -0400
- << I've often wondered what the deal was with crank surface buildups. How do they avoid air pockets, do the journals wear as well as the original material, can nitriding be done, how much does it cos
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00056.html (9,233 bytes)
- 112. Re: Wiper Motor (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 02:13:03 -0400
- << My windshield wiper motor is toast! ..... Does anyone know where I can get a new armature and brush gear? Should I just take it to a local electric motor shop and have them fix it? I'm no electric
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00080.html (7,008 bytes)
- 113. Re: CAPTURED, MGA Short Block (Crank Shaft has reformed) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 19:10:16 -0400
- << ..... The DPO of my TC apparently had the crank welded up and then reground. ..... A few years ago on the way to the Burlington, VT GOF the crank broke at the rearmost main bearing. When we took
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00104.html (9,529 bytes)
- 114. #2 CAPTURED, MGA Short Block (Crank Shaft has reformed) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 19:55:09 -0400
- Damn! Life is seldom fair. Just heard from the shop that my crankshaft won't be finished today. The guy broke off a punch in the cross drill hole of a rod journal while removing the brass restrictors
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00105.html (6,797 bytes)
- 115. Re: Gasoline Volatility (was '52 TD fuel consumption) (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 00:37:09 -0400
- << I always used to use regular in my TF and TC on the same theory that 87 octane is jet fuel compared to pool petrol in Britain in the late forties. However on advise from many, I switched to premiu
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00121.html (10,042 bytes)
- 116. Re: Gasoline Volatility (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 18:27:56 -0400
- << I wonder if any of our net members work for Archer Daniels Midland, ADM. They were (and probably still are) a major producer and supplier of "Power Alcohol" . It would be intersting to hear their
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00220.html (6,695 bytes)
- 117. Abingdon Spares phone number ??? (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 18:28:07 -0400
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- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00221.html (6,241 bytes)
- 118. Re: Two cylinders run rich?? (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 18:28:11 -0400
- << ..... the two plugs from the 1 and 4 cylinders have a black soot on them, indicating they are running rich(right?). The plugs from two and three cylinders are a nice tan color ..... >> Jurgen, Che
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00222.html (7,046 bytes)
- 119. Crank Shaft Reformed, fresh engine still sick? (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 20:06:41 -0400
- The facelift on my MGA crankshaft is complete and looks fabulous. Like magic, the rod journals are now standard size again and you couldn't tell it from a new one. Got it all back together with new b
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00558.html (9,592 bytes)
- 120. Flat top pistons for 1500? (score: 1)
- Author: BarneyMG@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:56:57 -0400
- Where can I find flat top pistons for an MG 1500? Barney
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00578.html (6,250 bytes)
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