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161. oil for SU carbs (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:21:08 -0500; In all the discussion and opinions about what is (or is not) the correct oil to utilize in SU carbs, there is one point most of us are forgetting. The grade, or rather the viscosity of the oil in the; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01173.html (7,599 bytes)
162. Re: 100K miles (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:30:12 -0500; 1972 MGBGT - 176,000 miles 1973 Midget - 252,000 1974 Midget - 257,000 Oh, and i could call one of my friends in my local club He has a 77 B which he bought new and now has 250,000+ miles. Rick Morri; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01362.html (6,667 bytes)
163. Re: Rainy afternoons (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:19:25 -0500; << Q. What hisses as it goes from side to side? A. A Vindscreen Viper You people have absolutely too much time on your hands!; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01369.html (6,721 bytes)
164. Re: Measure of enthusiasism? (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:19:49 -0500; << I tend to agree with you, but I have to give the old ball & chain wearers a break. >> Well, my other (better?) half says that she doesn't mind me working on my LBC. It keeps me off the street. (yo; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01370.html (8,120 bytes)
165. MGB bonnets (Alum or steel) (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:28:47 -0500; I've got a question, and hopefully some MG historian out there may have the Last night I was perusing an original sales brochure for my car (1972 MGBGT). Among the specs it was listed as having an al; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01575.html (7,740 bytes)
166. Re: mgb rpms (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:28:41 -0500; The main reason the B (GT or Roadster) seems reluctant to rev to the redline really has to do with the state of tune, not the 5 main bearings. In it's stock form, the B engine simply runs out of bre; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01576.html (8,666 bytes)
167. Re: Car Badge Supplier Needed (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:06:16 -0500; Try Lederman-Rupp Co in Lake Wylie, SC. Ask for Larry Rupp. His company makes some of the best looking grille badges along with other accesories for the LBC contingent. He also is an MG owner. Oh as; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01584.html (6,836 bytes)
168. Re: Fly-off Emergency Brake (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:06:48 -0500; << I was reading a history of MGA last night, and reference was made to a Fly-Off brake handle. O.K., here is the stupid question - what is a fly-0ff brake handle? >> A Fly-Off hand brake is one that; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01585.html (8,335 bytes)
169. Re: Impending DOOM ? (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:06:44 -0500; What you have is probably nothing more than a build up of condensation in the crankcase, caused primarily by the short drives to work When the engine is not allowed to rise to operating temperature a; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01586.html (7,537 bytes)
170. MGB Rpm - Dumb move (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:36:18 -0500; Somebody out there , in reply to a ms. of mine on RPM and shift points, asked me to send them a copy of a spreadsheet I had for shift points. Well, in a typical dumb move, I managed to delete the rep; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01588.html (6,609 bytes)
171. S*x in LBCs (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 14:40:57 -0500; Just a thought. If "Sex in a sports car is a TRIUMPH" then does it follow that an orgasm in a MINI becomes a COOPER-CLIMAX? Rick Morrison "There are only two kinds of people in the world Those who dr; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01754.html (6,205 bytes)
172. Re: Chicken Launcher etc... (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 14:08:57 -0500; << Excuse my ignorance, but why would anyone care to launch a pumpkin so much as a centimeter, much less 2600 ft? Would that be a test used only on the engines of VERY low-flying aircraft? GOOD GRIEF; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01840.html (7,600 bytes)
173. Re: MGs for offspring (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 14:08:32 -0500; Like most of you, I probably wouldn't give my daughter(if I had one) a LBC at age 16. In fact, I did'nt give my son one either. Instead I handed him the keys to a 1974 Dodge Dart (slant 6 and all). T; /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01841.html (7,328 bytes)
174. Weber Carbs on MG (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:28:10 -0400; Just my Ł.02 worth Recently there was a statement on the list to the effect that if "God had wanted MGs to have Weber Carburators, Kimber would have made a deal with Mussilini" Give it a break!. It; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00394.html (7,760 bytes)
175. Re: Jammed Starter Motor (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:41:54 -0400; Probably the starter bendix gear is jamming into the ring gear teeth, usually indicitive of wear on one or the other, but normally the bendix gear, it being the softer of the two. It's a common probl; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00730.html (7,871 bytes)
176. Weber Carbs on MGs (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:42:19 -0400; I think a couple of folks are missing the point I was trying to make. It wasn't about the relative merits of Weber vs SU or whatever. The point I was trying to make was that to say that you shouldn't; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00731.html (7,346 bytes)
177. Re: Jammed Starter Motor (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:31:21 -0400; In the 257 K miles I've had to 1) replace rings, rod and main bearings and re-seat the valves at about 98K 2) replace 2 burnt exhaust valves at about 100K (due to a poor lap job earlier - all the fau; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00900.html (8,416 bytes)
178. Re: 195/60 on stock MGB rims? (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 21:08:38 -0500; I've been running 195/60 Pirelli's on my 72BGT with stock Rostyles for the last 6 years. I've yet to have a problem related to the "larger" width tyre on the car. I'm now on my second set. The first; /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01270.html (8,027 bytes)
179. Re: Rebuilding an MGA 1500 (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:10:54 -0400; Actually you and David are both right. The term "blueprinting" comes from the factory drag racers in the late 60's and early 70's. It refered to taking an engine and "re-manufacturing" it so that AL; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00084.html (7,074 bytes)
180. Re: Midget Radio Installation (score: 1): Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com; Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:11:16 -0400; The picture you saw of the 74 Console is standard. Midgets from 72(?) till the end (79) used basicly the same console. With a bit of fabrication (brackets, etc) you should be able to insert a later c; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00085.html (6,285 bytes)

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