- 41. Re: Modified MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:37:40 -0800
- Thanks, Jay. I understand about the need for slow progress. Work like this isn't cheap! Even buying parts at dealer cost, this B has cost me close to the price of a new Miata (but there's never any c
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00550.html (9,313 bytes)
- 42. Re: Modified MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:36:20 -0800
- Presently, CA emissions regulations apply to 1974 and later cars. Until the State gummint changes things (and who knows what the Terminator might do for us!), there's a rolling 30-year exemption so,
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00551.html (9,553 bytes)
- 43. Re: Modified MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:36:48 -0800
- I sent a set of stock late B gauges to Mo-Ma in Albuquerque. They re-conditioned and re-faced them for me for something close to $900, as I remember. (Big numbers like that I try to forget!)
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00552.html (8,351 bytes)
- 44. Re: Modified MGBs (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:47:32 -0800
- Well, Rick, I've known Margaret since 1975 and I don't know her last name! I do, however, know that "Mo-Ma" came about because she and Morris (whose last name I also don't know) formed a partnership
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00558.html (8,720 bytes)
- 45. Re: MGA 1622 CRANKSHAFT THRUST WASHER CLEARENCES (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:05:25 -0800
- I've never seen it in writing but I've always used the same spec for all the MGA motors as that for the MGB 3-main. No failures yet - (in 27 years of professional engine building) Lawrie British Spor
- /html/mgs/2003-11/msg00581.html (8,007 bytes)
- 46. I'm back... (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:24:42 -0700
- Hi, Listers......Lawrie Alexander here. I've been receiving the list for the last several years but, for some reason, have been unable to post to it (even though I could when I first subscribed). Fin
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00021.html (7,254 bytes)
- 47. Test (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:42:32 -0700
- Just a test to see if this goes through. Yesterday I replied to a lister's post, with a copy to the list, and the copy did not appear. Wondering if I've been "black-balled" again ....... Lawrie
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00324.html (7,103 bytes)
- 48. Re: Test (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:28:05 -0700
- Well done, Larry, and others who came to the same conclusion! I looked in my "sent" message file and, sure enough, I'd forgotten to remove the trailer. And no, Eric, I wasn't mentioning that other br
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00334.html (8,379 bytes)
- 49. Heritage Body Shells (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:54:35 -0800
- Chuck Renner wrote.... And since the building of an MGB from a bodyshell involves painting , lots of parts and a whole lot of work, one has to think that a 1969 MGB, red, wire wheels, non-overdrive,
- /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00637.html (8,424 bytes)
- 50. Re: Air in Cooling System Was Re: u-joints-successful (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:21:25 -0700
- Look at your fans just as they are slowing down when you shut them off. Are they turning in the right direction? If I remember correctly, you had problems getting them going, and it's easy to cross-
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00148.html (8,216 bytes)
- 51. Re: Inner sill rust protection on BMH Body Shell (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:06:12 -0700
- It's arguable that some of Kai's posts have been pretty caustic, but to blame him for a rusty Heritage shell...........? {VBG} Lawrie (SNIP) /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Arch
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00509.html (9,035 bytes)
- 52. Re: MGB pinging... (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:26:18 -0700
- The obvious first question is what grade gas are you using? I'd assume you are using 92 octane but, if not, that's the first thing you need to do. The second thing is to do a compression check. Anyth
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00758.html (9,334 bytes)
- 53. Re: Stiff pistons (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 06:31:00 -0700
- Are you sure the new rings are the correct size for the pistons? (I've heard of people trying to take up wear by fitting +.010" rings to standard pistons?) Assuming they are the correct size, did you
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00762.html (7,471 bytes)
- 54. Re: Dashpot oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:17:28 -0700
- Few shops sell 20wt. engine oil these days. Go to a motorcycle shop and buy 20wt. Fork oil. Lawrie British Sportscar Center dashpots /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at h
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00774.html (7,662 bytes)
- 55. Re: was weber problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:28:31 -0700
- Another strong possibility is that your points in the distributor have closed up - if the cam is a bit worn or the shaft a tad bent, it will fire two cylinders but not the other two. Seen this happen
- /html/mgs/2002-09/msg01021.html (8,057 bytes)
- 56. Re: What's with the grease zirk on the new U-joint? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 07:12:08 -0700
- When you assembled the new U-J into the driveshaft, were you careful to note that one "corner" of one half of the yoke has a relief ground into it? This is where the long zerk is supposed to be posi
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00089.html (9,324 bytes)
- 57. Re: need TD tire (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 08:18:45 -0700
- Sheesh, we just put four tires on a TF for about this price! Try TireRack (www.tirerack.com). 165-15 Kumho radials. Good quality tire, despite the weird name. Lawrie British Sportscar Center no tube,
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00142.html (7,340 bytes)
- 58. Re: Replacing dash (score: 1)
- Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:54:40 -0700
- Larry, that will require a lot of work. The early (63 - 67) MGB metal dash has a different mounting curvature from the later cars. All the later dashes interchange (I have a 74 dash with vents and gl
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00460.html (8,209 bytes)
- 59. Re: surging (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:56:20 -0700
- I'd be willing to bet that your EGR valve is failing. Try unbolting it and replacing the original gasket with one made from a solid piece of thick gasket material, available from your local auto part
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01024.html (8,525 bytes)
- 60. Re: surging (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:08:57 -0700
- Whether the air pump belt is on or not will not affect the EGR valve - it could still be leaking and causing the surging. Also, the fact that the air pump belt is off could mean that the gulp valve i
- /html/mgs/2002-08/msg01085.html (10,145 bytes)
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