- 21. RE: Young folks and LBCs (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:04:30 -0700
- Or there's still sort of young ones like me wot grew up in the UK seeing these beautiful cars every now and again and always wanted to have one. Lo and behold twenty years later find myself in califo
- /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00812.html (7,431 bytes)
- 22. RE: Intermittent wiring problem (how do you debug it?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:14:43 -0700
- Also narrow down the search by following through the wiring diagram. Lost the original post, but if you keep blowing a fuse, then you want to look for shorts upstream (on the positive side) of the lo
- /html/mgs/2001-04/msg00813.html (10,233 bytes)
- 23. RE: Wiring basics (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:58:34 -0800
- Hi neil, when done right crimp-on connectors should be good and solid. Crimp on connectors are a pro solution to the problem of having to join wires back together and making sure that they are safe,
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00014.html (10,129 bytes)
- 24. DODO update (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:31:04 -0800
- Hi guys, first of all, thanks again to everyone who replied to my original post. (79MGB total loss of power, misfire on multiple cylinders, no response to throttle, lots of white smoke). Well i final
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00185.html (8,835 bytes)
- 25. RE: Serious Mental Health Alert... and Our Wives Think We are (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:14:03 -0800
- i'm not cracked out, this is a jet powered car right? loon. ___________________________ Dr. Joseph Garner University of California Department of Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA P
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00277.html (8,637 bytes)
- 26. RE: Argh! Big rattly problem! (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 16:56:06 -0800
- yep, it's all down to the quality of the previous owner's care. give it a little longer to shake out those lurking problems and your own good care of the car will pay off. The worst mistake you can m
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00288.html (12,539 bytes)
- 27. DODO update (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:31:04 -0800
- Hi guys, first of all, thanks again to everyone who replied to my original post. (79MGB total loss of power, misfire on multiple cylinders, no response to throttle, lots of white smoke). Well i final
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00427.html (8,844 bytes)
- 28. RE: DODO update (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:22:50 -0800
- thank aaron, i'd replace the autochoke in a second if it wasn't for 1. californai smog regs 2. ruining the stock interior of the car. i don't fancy drilling a new hole in the dash, for instance! che
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00471.html (8,663 bytes)
- 29. RE: DODO update (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:18:48 -0800
- thanks bill, i had never noticed anything like that i'll have a peek after am i right in assuming that putting a manual choke on will make the car fail californian smog regs? cheers Joe _____________
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00500.html (11,035 bytes)
- 30. RE: Which Wire... (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:06:03 -0800
- Hi mike, possible problems 1: Idiot previous owner re-wiring, so that power for the brake lights is being drawn from the wrong circuit and it just blew the fuse. The wrong fuse should be blown 2: Sho
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00736.html (9,385 bytes)
- 31. RE: Which Wire Is It (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:11:14 -0800
- hi mike, deja vu? anyway, see my other post. in addition, if your tach etc is out it is a single circuit (i know cos i've fixed this one). I can't quite recall whether it is the top or second top fus
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00737.html (8,113 bytes)
- 32. RE: BGT Value (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:14:58 -0800
- my main worry is why would someone pour so much money into a car with such a shot engine? It speaks to a certain lack of common sense and automative knowledge which would then make me very suspicisou
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00740.html (7,428 bytes)
- 33. RE: Anti Run on Valve (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:56:24 -0800
- ...and in the meantime stall it out rather than switch off the ignition ___________________________ Dr. Joseph Garner University of California Department of Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis CA
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00884.html (6,942 bytes)
- 34. RE: Help cure my Spring Fever (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:06:27 -0800
- Hi michael, this doesn't sound like normal behaviour to me! if the sparks are dry it sounds more like a fuel starvation problem. Have you checked that the pump is pumping. if so the next most likely
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00886.html (8,982 bytes)
- 35. RE: Help with jackstands. (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:10:42 -0800
- i always get scared under cars... cinderblocks would definately make me more scared though, they have a tendency to crumble! ___________________________ Dr. Joseph Garner University of California Dep
- /html/mgs/2001-03/msg00982.html (7,815 bytes)
- 36. back from the cold (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:11:51 -0800
- Hi guys, I've been off list for a while - i've been a little too busy to play mechanic! Anyhow now i'm kind of forced to, and i was hoping i could pick your brains: I took the car ('79 mgb) in to hav
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00456.html (8,007 bytes)
- 37. RE: I am on a Quest (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:44:59 -0800
- my heart goes out to you. mine had a half uninstalled second electronic ignition to contend with. There are enough metal-metal connections that the fuel pump should be grounded through the car body,
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00496.html (11,746 bytes)
- 38. haynes v shop manual (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:41:48 -0800
- hi guys (79' MGB - incidentally) According to the haynes manual you need to drain the coolant before removing the carb. According to the shop manual you don't. Any tips or advice? last time I tinkere
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00525.html (7,393 bytes)
- 39. RE: I am on a Quest (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:41:55 -0800
- are they melted just by the fuse box? ___________________________ Dr. Joseph Garner University of California Department of Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA Phone: (530) 752 1253
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00526.html (10,004 bytes)
- 40. RE: I am on a Quest (score: 1)
- Author: "Garner, Joseph P." <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:45:46 -0800
- my advice: with this much fried wiring you're bgging for another fire. Replace the dash harness, and replace the fuses. you might actually whilst you are testing the circuit want to put a LOWER curre
- /html/mgs/2001-02/msg00527.html (10,558 bytes)
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