- 121. RE: Stripping doors of 71GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:40:29 -0700
- Hi everyone, So after considerable lurking on this list, i am the new and overly-proud owner of a beautiful '79 MGB. There are a couple of minor problems with the lights and i wondered if you had any
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00291.html (7,567 bytes)
- 122. RE: Turn Signals Quit (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:53:25 -0700
- Hi greg, I was hunting turn signal bugs last weekend. If the hazards work then the flasher is okay. If neither signals work ever it is unlikely to be the switch (phew). You need to get the wiring dia
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00528.html (9,140 bytes)
- 123. RE: Turn Signals Quit (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:17:59 -0700
- oooopsie... well serves me right for trying to picture the wiring diagram from memory! In my '79 mgb at least different circuits are grounded at different points, and some lamps are grounded directly
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00537.html (9,151 bytes)
- 124. First trip shakedown... little bits of advice please (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 01:09:02 -0700
- Hi everyone, Being overly cautious, despite the beautiful condition of the car ('79 MGB, white, beautiful stock condition) when i bought it, and the clean bill of health it got from the mechnic i too
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00661.html (10,444 bytes)
- 125. touch-up paint codes (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:52:51 -0700
- Hi everyone. First of all, thank you to everyone who has been so helpful with the questions i have posted over the last few weeks. I'm taking each little job one step at a time, and loving every minu
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00804.html (8,145 bytes)
- 126. RE: obligatory leaks under the dash (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:42:30 -0700
- Hi mark.... ....well thinking back to my old landrover which used to have mysterious leaks under the dash too, and they were from the ram-ventilation doors (those funny little doors under the front w
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00836.html (11,237 bytes)
- 127. RE: prestige tops (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:01:02 -0700
- Hi Jay, I know just what you mean about the rippled window. In my case it was cos the guy i bought it from had folded it all wrong (i.e. all down the middle). If you fold it right (which took me a wh
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00840.html (9,272 bytes)
- 128. more idiot questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:11:52 -0700
- Hi everyone I had an interesting, but unsatisfying evening tinkering today. First on the list was reconneting/taping up a loose wire (door alarm switch) to the buzzer. After unscreewing the gear shif
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00956.html (8,561 bytes)
- 129. RE: more idiot questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:41:18 -0700
- Hi Dave, hi everyone... Dave's reply made me think of something... More than anything I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who asks questions and everyone who writes in with their answers. This
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00958.html (12,727 bytes)
- 130. RE: more idiot questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 09:54:31 -0700
- Hi larry, sorry i was writing that e-mail late last night with the haynes manual still in the garage. You're absolutely right, i meant the plunger (component #1 on the zenith carb diagram p83 in the
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00979.html (11,828 bytes)
- 131. Don't let the #$#^^@!# get you down (please read). (was RE: Goodb (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:11:14 -0700
- Hi Rocky, I might not know much about MGs, so i hope the following contributes to the list, drawing as it does on more my area of expertise. IMHO The last thing you should do is withdraw from the net
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01003.html (11,183 bytes)
- 132. latest tinkering report (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:25:56 -0700
- Hi everyone, first off, thanks to everyone who's answered my posts over the last few weeks. Well today i got back from work and decided to follow the carb-oil advice I've received. ooops that well in
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01023.html (7,699 bytes)
- 133. HFPD? (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:28:54 -0700
- Humble Fish Police Department? Hubble Fubble Poil and Double? High Falsetto Prevents Discourse? Human Females Prefer Doohickies? Heavy Foam PaDding? or judging by the gist of the thread.... Huge Fal
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01068.html (19,801 bytes)
- 134. once is accident, twice is happenstance, and three times, Mr Bond (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:36:34 -0700
- okay so we're on happenstance here now I have had the same wierd stalling problem twice now... in the same parking lot! The car (79 MGB) starts up instantly when warm, and after turning over for mayb
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01089.html (8,777 bytes)
- 135. RE: once is accident, twice is happenstance, and three times, Mr (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:19:51 -0700
- Ding (that's the sound of light bulbs) aha so it could be this wacky californian smog system... I thought it had some kind of vapour feed back from the top of the tank? Any further explanation (this
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01107.html (7,789 bytes)
- 136. RE: $#%^&@ Front Tonneau Snaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:15:30 -0700
- I have the same problem with my tonneau. it's kinda old, and i guess it has shrunk just a tiny bit from it's original fitting. It's bloody hard to get the poppers onto the windshield posts. I find th
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01126.html (9,442 bytes)
- 137. RE: once is accident, twice is happenstance, and three times, Mr (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:54:32 -0700
- thanks everyone who replied to my post about mysterious hot-weather engine I got a number of replies to this post (some may have been off list). With a number of suggestions including: vented gas cap
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01175.html (16,136 bytes)
- 138. RE: $#%^&@ Front Tonneau Snaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:00:45 -0700
- At the bottom of the windshield post, on the inside, just above the corner of the dash should be a snap. Maybe different models have these snaps on the dashboard itself. I dunno. cheers Joe _________
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01207.html (12,026 bytes)
- 139. RE: $#%^&@ Front Tonneau Snaps (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 18:31:23 -0700
- all in all quite probably, I doubt my tonneau would keep much rain out. It's great for parking in good weather and stopping crap falling into the car (leaves, bits of trees, ice cream wrappers from u
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg01280.html (15,785 bytes)
- 140. advice please (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:36:46 -0800
- Hi everyone, Being somewhat naive of the MG market in the US (rather than my native england), i was hoping that i could ask for some advice. I am currently considering buying an MGB. It is a 1978 MGB
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg00907.html (7,189 bytes)
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