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201. Re: U-joints in '71 Midget (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 03:52:26 -0400; I have hazy, ugly and distant by years past memories of using a loop of bailing wire, held through to shift boot hole or u-joint lube hole, with the drive shaft being rotated by an accomplice oops! I; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00320.html (7,140 bytes)
202. Re: leaking manifold update (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 03:51:47 -0400; I believe that the metal goes to the manifold, to form a mirror image of the asbestos side in the already-there metal ring on the down-pipe. (this is why all my Bs eventually have been given headers.; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00321.html (6,468 bytes)
203. Re: Datsun parts for MG's (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 04:07:37 -0400; somewhere in my deep dark past i remember a roller bearing type throwout bearing on an MGB i was working on... trouble is I don't remember if it was a stock part or converted from a TR or something..; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00322.html (7,303 bytes)
204. Re: Emmision Controls (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 04:23:45 -0400; IMHO, you are best off with an early B... here in the Peoples Republic of California anything made 66 or newer is subject to bi-annual inspection, even though the 66-67 only have a pcv type device, t; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00323.html (7,449 bytes)
205. Re: just one more project (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:05:59 -0400; re the clutch...check the pin betwixt the pedal and master cyl...if it is worn and the pedal and pushrod holes are ovaled out, you can loose a huge amount of clutch travel. Otherwise...air in lines o; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00418.html (7,403 bytes)
206. Re: leaf spring sag (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:19:38 -0400; jackstands will do it, just get lots of wd40 in the bolts first. I would remove the rear shackles first, supporting the spring end carefully with a jack (no compression, just good support) and then w; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00419.html (8,508 bytes)
207. Re: No Subject (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:34:00 -0400; I haven't seen a mk1 facia on the market, but most people who part out an early B don't even bother to remove them because no one ever needs to replace one. You should know that MKll instruments and; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00420.html (6,674 bytes)
208. Re: front end mgb (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:33:51 -0400; hate to say this, but if it is the wire wheel splines, the only complete cure is new spline hubs and new wheels. Not cheap, but neither is losing a wheel while rounding a corner.. been there, broke t; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00421.html (6,736 bytes)
209. Re: '71 MGB Brakes (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:41:53 -0400; one of the members of the Sacramento MG club is Laurie Alexander. He has a Brit repair shop in Cameron Park. Laurie has close and long historical ties with Moss and comes well recommended. I have no; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00422.html (6,752 bytes)
210. Re: MGA Right-Angle Speedomet... (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:52:21 -0400; if the cable will reach without it, you don't need it. Usually this isn't the case, unless you use a cable longer than was spec'd on your car.; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00423.html (6,281 bytes)
211. Re: MGB dash (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 02:53:05 -0400; contrary to your optimism, yes they did redesign it, incompatably, on the B, but it was done in 68 when they were still making lots of money, the dreaded plague of British Phlegm-Sucking Leyland (tha; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00424.html (6,513 bytes)
212. Re: 3 or 5 Main? (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 03:17:08 -0400; the 5 main, which is engine # preface 18GB or higher, started in 1965, along with push button door handles and the 14 gallon tank. This DOES NOT mean a 65 has a 5 main, just that some of them do, and; /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00425.html (6,829 bytes)
213. Re: No Subject (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 01:05:38 -0400; I'm currently driving a 67 MGB with 95k original mile, head has never been off! Still has even compression, still runs great, feels a little tired compared to a fresh rebuild, but nothing you would; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00004.html (7,526 bytes)
214. Re: suspension animation (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 03:56:52 -0400; 3/4 inch sway bar on solid mounts (delrin or some such) will transform the car. Also yes to everything else except rear sway bar, not desirable on the street except on late high-bumper cars. The fact; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00026.html (7,296 bytes)
215. Re: Silly Little MGB Questions (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 22:42:20 -0400; Hi Todd for my top replacement (probably next year), do I want one? In the summer you can get shade and ventilation at the same time. I finally got one after 20 years of brit cars without ... and I d; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00083.html (9,037 bytes)
216. Re: Silly Little MGB Questions (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 22:44:52 -0400; re: "brake test light" It's really a fun kinda test...if you press your brake pedal down and it lights up, you have no brakes! Wheeee!!! Kinda like Bill Cosby's old routine about driving in LA, compl; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00084.html (7,807 bytes)
217. Re: More silly MG Questions (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 22:58:11 -0400; I've got a 67 B (identical in practice to your 66) and put a late folding top with a zip-out rear window on last year. (LOVE IT!!!) In the hot summer sun on a long trip, getting ventilation without s; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00085.html (7,452 bytes)
218. Re: More silly MG Questions (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 23:02:29 -0400; R.e: rear end question Because of different half-shaft lengths, you should swap the entire rear-end, housing and all. While you are at it, get a GT or Post-67 rear end, they are stronger and last lon; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00086.html (6,728 bytes)
219. Re: original paint (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 04:59:32 -0400; I would see a local, knowledgeable paint guy, either at a body shop or at a paint store, and get some real good advice before I started if I were in your shoes. Different paints work differently over; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00155.html (6,996 bytes)
220. Re: 63 MGB cowl water leak (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 05:06:59 -0400; Moss now sells a nice chrome wire mesh screen, less than ten bucks if memory serves me, works and looks great!; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00156.html (7,051 bytes)

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