- 81. Re: Same problem but different...Re: Electrical Question (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 15:53:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello Blake, Your problem may not be electrical now that you have checked/replaced most of the usual culprits. Try this: remove all four spark plugs and compare the appearance of #1 & 2 vs. 3 & 4. Th
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00357.html (8,494 bytes)
- 82. Re: TD Engine Block Wanted (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:25:10 -0400 (EDT)
- Sorry to see the bad news you received. Maybe all is not lost. Take a peek at the Classifieds which includes cars and parts, wanted and for sale. The web page is www.british-cars.org.uk/kimber/class
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00425.html (6,445 bytes)
- 83. Re: Tubeless tires on TD wheels? (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 23:31:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Dave & Bud, I have NOS Dunlop Gold Cup bias ply tubeless tires (5.60x16) which I originally installed without tubes. Held air just fine for many years just sitting in the basement but one of the memb
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00571.html (9,034 bytes)
- 84. Re: Castrol Super Clean (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 15:41:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Have you ever tried dairy farmers Bag Balm? No joke, there really is such a thing and I've used it many times. My hands dry out, split and bleed like paper or razor cuts but Bag Balm really saves the
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00632.html (6,686 bytes)
- 85. Re: Tubeless tires on TD wheels? (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:42:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Len, Bud and Bob, The incident Len cited is exactly what was identified to me long ago as being the problem with not installing tubes on our TD wheels. As the force of the abrupt turn pushes the tire
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00861.html (8,828 bytes)
- 86. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:51:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Could it be something as simple as changing the #2 plug? Sounds like you did everything else exactly right. Compare the appearance of the four plugs to look for clues. Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00863.html (7,422 bytes)
- 87. Re: Windscreen wiper wheelbox wrench (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:21:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Try buying a socket made for square nuts. They are ocatgonal shaped (eight points) and should fit very well. Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00946.html (6,655 bytes)
- 88. Re: torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:43:20 -0400 (EDT)
- Reinstall the shims as you found them... Probably they were installed to make up for shaving the head at some earlier time and is a recommended procedure under that condition. Sometime, when the hea
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00950.html (7,958 bytes)
- 89. Re: torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:59:20 -0400 (EDT)
- I'd go with Skips recommendations. I, and possibly the other two responses, were quoting from the same WKF Woods book on rebuilding XPAGs which could be incorrect. We all know that just because its
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00959.html (8,795 bytes)
- 90. Re: Commercial use of the lists... (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:11:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Gotta get my $.02 worth in. I'd much rather read about the availability of parts some of us could use or dispose of rather than waste my time reading frivolous cat stories that don't contribute to th
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00980.html (7,036 bytes)
- 91. Re: torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:06:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Skip has good numbers but Chris is correct on the units of measurement. I didn't even pick up on that when I read it (obviously not very closely). Speed Reader? HA! Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00995.html (7,915 bytes)
- 92. Re: Double the message (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:37:08 -0400 (EDT)
- It's nice to know I'm not the only one receiving several copies of the same I wondered how and why it happens and I'm not positive I understand the whys and wherefores now. Oh well! Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01038.html (7,418 bytes)
- 93. Re: torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:19:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello Chip, Just read and printed your treatise on valves in the XPAG/XPEG and found it very interesting and informative. I wonder if we could coerce you into providing a little additional insight in
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01043.html (7,826 bytes)
- 94. Re: FAST British Cars (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 00:07:28 -0400 (EDT)
- I believe the engines (2) were Rolls Royce Spey of the same type used to power the F-4K and F-4M Phantom II aircraft made for the Brits by McDonnell Aircraft. Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01134.html (7,901 bytes)
- 95. Re: TD question (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:51:49 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi MG Bob, Odds are that the oil leak is caused by a blocked vent hold in the axle housing. Somehow pressure builds up inside the axle housing as you drive and the seals aren't made to withstand any
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01226.html (7,127 bytes)
- 96. Re: MG TD parts (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 21:46:31 -0400 (EDT)
- There are lots of chrome parts on a TD. Any idea of what you need? Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01232.html (6,231 bytes)
- 97. Dumb Procedure (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 11:51:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello Listers, I did a dumb thing and thought I's share it with you to help prevent similar recurrences. After finding the float bowl cover cap nut binding on a pair of S.U.s, I had the wizard idea o
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01271.html (7,322 bytes)
- 98. Re: Insurance Companies (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 16:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Who has more money? You or the highly profitable insurance company? Don't contribute to their bottom line. Nuff sed! Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01288.html (7,918 bytes)
- 99. Re: torque setting (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 20:19:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Skip has good numbers but Chris is correct on the units of measurement. I didn't even pick up on that when I read it (obviously not very closely). Speed Reader? HA! Jim
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01296.html (7,304 bytes)
- 100. Re: [Non-MG] Dremel tool (score: 1)
- Author: JMerz140@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:35:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Carol, I have a Dremel variable speed corded model but no flex cable. It came (years ago) in a simple case with lots of sanding and drilling tools. I use the cut-off discs more than anything else
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01649.html (8,215 bytes)
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