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1. TD Handbrake (& MGA) (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 15:37:39 -0500 (EST); I'm glad the question was asked re. greasing handbrake cables. My MGA has what looks like an armored wound outer sheathing for the cable. The outer sheathing has a grease nipple (Zerk fitting). Probl; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00220.html (7,037 bytes)
2. Re: Blue Ridge Parkway (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 16:38:57 -0500 (EST); Couldn't help remembering that during trips to N. Carolina took the exit for Linville off the parkway which led us to the bottom of Grandfather mountain, an exhilirating test for an MG up a steeply r; /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00223.html (7,381 bytes)
3. MGA Radiator (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 14:32:39 -0500 (EST); During the cold weather I start up the MGA several times a week to keep its systems limber. While doing this recently I noticed that after the car had warmed up coolant-wise, that there was leakage a; /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01781.html (7,075 bytes)
4. Boxing Day (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 13:16:48 -0500 (EST); Boxing Day, Dec. 26, originated in England and was the day when better off families placed left over food from their Christmas feasts in boxes and distributed them to needy poor people.; /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01828.html (6,249 bytes)
5. Re: Christmas Eve (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 13:55:14 -0500 (EST); Blasting along the Blue Ridge Parkway? Last time I was there the speed limit was 50mph, and well enforced.; /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01833.html (7,108 bytes)
6. Glow up! (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 09:41:00 -0400 (EDT); Looking at my 1960 MGA engine as it ran in a darkened garaged I could see an electrical glow at the base of the spark plugs in nos. 2 & 4 cylinders. The wires themselves seemed well insulated. Is thi; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00312.html (6,324 bytes)
7. Tach and speedometer (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 14:37:17 -0400 (EDT); Can anyone give a rough approximation of the tach. readings for a selection of related speeds for an 1960 MGA? I think the tach is reading high and would like to know by how much. This a stock MGA wi; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00330.html (6,514 bytes)
8. Safety belts/harness (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:57:47 -0400 (EDT); I am driving a 1960 MGA without any safety restraints. I would like to install or have installed a lap belt with shoulder restraint if possible. Does anyone know of a set-up like this for the MGA? If; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00730.html (6,493 bytes)
9. Fuel Gauge (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:19:53 -0400 (EDT); Any theories on this fuel gauge behaviour? Tank was running low - stopped and filled up. Gauge stayed on empty for five minutes then rose to full position. Was OK for several days then gauge dropped; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00737.html (6,979 bytes)
10. Again - MGA Cooling (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 09:32:51 -0400 (EDT); I am running a 50-50 mix of coolant and water in the cooling system and still experienced a gradual climb from 195F to ~212F over a 3hour trip at 70mph. This despite using water wetter, a three row c; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00824.html (7,829 bytes)
11. Fuel gauge (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:27:38 -0400 (EDT); My fuel gauge is on the blink - works sometimes but more often than not, it doesn't. Moss suggests sending the gauge out to be rebuilt. Sender unit seems to be OK. Any used gauge sources I can try ou; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00880.html (6,664 bytes)
12. Fuel gauge (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:32:33 -0400 (EDT); I forgot to say that the gauge is from a MGA (1960).; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00884.html (6,462 bytes)
13. Fuel Gauge (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 13:04:53 -0400 (EDT); The fuel gauge is in a 1960 MGA.; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00890.html (6,462 bytes)
14. Confused on fuses (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:49:27 -0400 (EDT); Blew a fuse on the 1960 MGA. My available reference doesn't show fuse ratings. The spent fuse was a GE sfe 15a. Two questions: What is the correct rating for the fuse in location A 4? (Every thing on; /html/mgs/1996-08/msg01035.html (6,545 bytes)
15. What's Cookin'? (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 09:59:36 -0400 (EDT); Have been noticing that as the summer temperatures rise into the low nineties the 1960 MGA no longer stays at about 190 deg.F and got as high as 212-220 F during sustained speeds of 60- 70mph. The ca; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00021.html (7,471 bytes)
16. MGA cooling (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 13:56:08 -0400 (EDT); I had some questions on the operating temperatures reached (about 213 - 220 deg.F) in hot weather with the MGA. Since raising these questions I have ordered some Water Wetter as recommended by somein; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00310.html (8,301 bytes)
17. MGA Cooling - update (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:16:28 -0400 (EDT); Thanks to all who responded to to my MGA cooling concerns. Last evening I received the Water Wetter from Moss and added 8 oz. to the radiator and I also inserted a temporary shroud behind the grill,; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00431.html (7,214 bytes)
18. MGA - Oil Cooler (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:45:52 -0400 (EDT); Has anyone on the list experience with the advantages of fitting an oil cooler to an MGA? Specifically, I would like to know the effects on operating temps., what type of oil cooler to use, availabil; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00509.html (6,661 bytes)
19. MGA radiators (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:22:11 -0400 (EDT); Recent mail on the list discussed the re-coring of MGA radiators where the cores were replaced with a four row set up. Having just come back from a visit to my radiator shop I was told that because o; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00541.html (6,782 bytes)
20. MGA radio (score: 1): Author: Ed McCarroll <EMCCARROLL@magnum.mco.edu>; Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:32:43 -0400 (EDT); I removed the radio from the MGA and filled the space with a blanking plate. The radio reception was never that good anyway not that you could hear it well with the top down. The radio was made in Ja; /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00778.html (6,585 bytes)

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