- 1. Re: Dash lights and Zippos (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 01 Jul 97 06:49:55 PDT
- Bert Palte recommended a Zippo to read the MGB gauges. I contend that certain models had a built-in Zippo for exactly that purpose... About 15 years ago I was driving my 1972 B-GT back from Marin Cou
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00010.html (7,663 bytes)
- 2. Re: How about SB 42? (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 01 Jul 97 07:11:57 PDT
- Andy Ramm is right in that SB 42 passed the House Transportation committee vote, but now it is in the hands of the Appropriations committee. We can't let our guard down yet. The appropriations commit
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00013.html (6,961 bytes)
- 3. Re: computer (expletive deleted) (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 02 Jun 97 13:36:29 PDT
- I agree with Larry Macy in that most people don't mean that they hate computers in their cars, but they feel helpless that they don't have access to the TOOLS (both hardware and knowledge) to fix the
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00066.html (8,786 bytes)
- 4. Re: Hood latch adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 04 Jun 97 13:31:09 PDT
- The hood latch on my GT V-8 was constantly popping up at speed, until I replaced the two little rubber buffers on top of the grille. These buffers (used only on 1962-69 and 1973-74 Bs) prevent the ho
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00232.html (6,810 bytes)
- 5. Dick Criswell (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 24 Jun 97 14:47:37 PDT
- I hardly got to know him and now he's gone...I met him for the first time in person at the Dixon British Car Show and Swap Meet in May. I was discussing the virtues of MGB-GT V-8s when someone tapped
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01264.html (8,333 bytes)
- 6. Re: Newsletter Names (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 26 Jun 97 06:49:00 PDT
- Here are some good ones I know of: The local Sacramento British club (United British Sports Car Club) calls their newsletter "Oilspots" Another MG club (I forget where they are located) uses "Valve C
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01420.html (7,579 bytes)
- 7. Re: Early B Dim Dash Lamps (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 26 Jun 97 13:59:00 PDT
- I once found a small 12v halogen bulb with a bayonet base, and I also found a bayonet style socket that would fit the holes on the back of the early B tach and speedo. These lit up the gauges like cr
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01443.html (8,148 bytes)
- 8. Re: Items carried for emergencies (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 05 May 97 12:54:27 PDT
- Now he's done it! Jack Baker had the audacity to brag that his LBC has earned his respect, and that he no longer carries anything but a Swiss Army Knife. He has angered the great god MOWOG! The next
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00217.html (8,222 bytes)
- 9. Rogue's Gallery of List Members (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 19 May 97 15:36:53 PDT
- I wouldn't mind having my picture on this bulletin board, but if anyone is curious, our local Sacramento Valley MG Club has a new Web Page with a few of my favorite photos available. You can even see
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01065.html (7,830 bytes)
- 10. MG Songs (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 19 May 97 16:16:15 PDT
- You're not going to believe this, but there is ANOTHER song about MGB-GTs! Peter Tork (yes, the ex-Monkee) has put out a solo album entitles "Stranger Things Have Happened". He has a song called "MGB
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01072.html (8,095 bytes)
- 11. Re: Clutch Malady (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 23 May 97 15:13:25 PDT
- All this talk about clutch problems, and hearing that Kirk Cowen lost a clutch in the middle of a tunnel, leads me to relate MY clutch horror story... About 15 years ago I was driving Stirling, my 19
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01372.html (8,540 bytes)
- 12. Re: Oil Pressure (Filter Study) (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 27 May 97 12:27:21 PDT
- A friend of mine has had problems with lagging oil pressure when starting his 1977 MGB. He has access to one of those industrial oil filter slitters that opens the filter like a giant can opener. Aft
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01635.html (8,419 bytes)
- 13. Re: Oil Pressure (Filter Study) (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 27 May 97 15:59:33 PDT
- My comments on our informal "filter study" were not intended to specifically address your question about oil pressure changes based on Fram filters, they were meant to show that there is a differenc
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01643.html (8,775 bytes)
- 14. Re: Fuel out of vent tube (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 08 Apr 97 16:03:54 PDT
- Here's something that everyone is overlooking. The Grose Jet idea and dirt clogging the needle and seat are possibilities, but there may be a more insidious problem. My GT V-8 uses HIF6 carbs, which
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00314.html (7,784 bytes)
- 15. Re: Thinking in a Vacuum & Fuel Tanks (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 11 Apr 97 15:11:01 PDT
- Phil and Lawrie, OK, having PRIMED my interest on this subject, I felt I had to INJECT further information on this LINE of reasoning, of course it is sometimes hard to GAUGE the wit of the audience,
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00511.html (7,583 bytes)
- 16. Re: MGB-GT to Roadster conversion (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 15 Apr 97 07:04:47 PDT
- My question is why? Roadsters were more common than GTs, at least in the USA, also the front fenders of the GT and roadster are significantly different. You would have to do some extensive mods to ge
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00666.html (7,061 bytes)
- 17. Re: Colortune (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 17 Apr 97 06:45:45 PDT
- I may be a curmudgeon, but I find the "hose in the ear" technique much more precise than a Uni-Syn for adjusting dual carbs. The Uni-Syn deteriorates rapidly with age, the felt backing, sealing gromm
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00759.html (8,008 bytes)
- 18. RE: Rear main seal replacement - Joe Peck (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 25 Apr 97 06:52:25 PDT
- Replacing the rear main seal in one day would be easy, but I would recommend having at least one helper there for the engine removal and replacement. Make sure you rent a cherry picker, and an adjus
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01270.html (7,553 bytes)
- 19. installing cylinder head studs (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 28 Apr 97 14:46:06 PDT
- Take it from someone who made the ultimate mistake. DO NOT torque your studs into the block!!! If you must, give them a slight snugging, but no more than 5 footpounds. Several years back I was reass
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01453.html (7,066 bytes)
- 20. Wooing Spouse's LBC Approval (score: 1)
- Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile)
- Date: 11 Mar 97 12:47:38 PST
- I've got a solution to the problem. Make sure your spouse either shares your hobby (VERY rare) or has a separate, unrelated hobby that requires some monetary and time expenditures. I have the second
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00463.html (8,286 bytes)
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