- 261. Re: B-GT restoration update (Boring content (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 09:40:09 -0600
- Yea right! I never even touched the B-GT this past weekend. :-[ My Ferrari broke an alternator belt 35 miles from home and I wasted all of Sunday just getting the car home. "All day" you say? Yes, th
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00111.html (8,131 bytes)
- 262. Re: Head Gasket blown - then temp sensor REFUSES to budge (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:53:22 -0600
- Here's a little trick that will ease the problem NEXT time. When you reinstall the temp sender, wrap a little Teflon plumber's tape around the threads first. Should you have the misfortune of having
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00114.html (7,941 bytes)
- 263. Re: Winter oil (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:03:24 -0600
- Don't they still have make oil heaters that you insert through the dip-stick tube? Questioning, not flaming, Rick
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00116.html (8,135 bytes)
- 264. Re: B-GT restoration update (Boring content (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 15:02:01 -0600
- My apologies. I should not have posted this off-marque note to the MG list. Regards, rick
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00126.html (8,257 bytes)
- 265. Re: Head Gasket blown - then temp sensor REFUSES to budge (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 09:26:52 -0600
- Yes, but you simply need to leave a thread or two uncovered. I should have included this bit. Thanks, rick -- Rick Lindsay Diamond Geoscience Research 5727 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK Voice: +1 918-747-
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00168.html (8,879 bytes)
- 266. Re: Winter Oil -No lbc content-Reply (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 14:20:32 -0600
- Wow! I joined this thread late. Talk of a Yak? I used to fly around in a Yak40 when I worked in eastern Siberia! Not quite great fun! What I remember more than anything was that it had HUGE gear. ric
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00264.html (7,951 bytes)
- 267. Engine number search (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:14:56 -0600
- Hi Gang, The engine number plate has come off of my car's engine either by accident or intentionally. The reason doesn't matter. I want to place a new plate there if only for cosmetics. This leads to
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00287.html (7,580 bytes)
- 268. Engine swap and measurements (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:29:30 -0600
- Hi Gang, This weekend I finally got the time to remove the oil pan and pull the pistons from the '70 B-GT only to get a surprise -- angled big-end bearing caps! Wait, that design ended in about '67.
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00387.html (7,832 bytes)
- 269. Re: Engine swap and measurements (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:48:14 -0600
- Hi Gang, It's Friday again and we still have 6"-8" of snow on the ground here in Oklahoma. That makes it great garagetime weather. Can't drive, might as well work on the '70 MGB-GT! This weekend I ho
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00536.html (7,893 bytes)
- 270. Replacement 25D (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:25:35 -0600
- Hello Gang, Over the past few days I have shared my thoughts (read: spilled my guts) about the Lucas 25D4 distributor, in my '70 B-GT. In the most recent note I commented that I had given up on repai
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00727.html (7,537 bytes)
- 271. Hard to get at it... (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:21:18 -0600
- Hi Gang. I have to admit, I have found it hard to do too much work on the B-GT lately. Here's how it looks today: http://www.geocities.com/btg80397/MGB/image020.jpg Sorry about the poor focus. It was
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00211.html (7,032 bytes)
- 272. Ferris' Ferrari, Was: Battle of Britain (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:40:59 -0600
- There's nothing hated more in the Ferrari owner community than a Ferrari copy (except perhaps a Porsche). I think it is because of how long it took and how much work it took for us to actually afford
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00515.html (7,130 bytes)
- 273. Marques, was:Farina Magnette (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:01:53 -0600
- I just love Internet e-mail lists. They're all alike <with only the names On the Ferrari list it is Porsches that everyone is supposed to hate. Here, is is Triumphs. And on BOTH lists, nothing is dre
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00530.html (6,905 bytes)
- 274. B-GT restoration (Warning: LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:05:16 -0600
- Hi Gang, This note contains LBC content. :-) For anyone who wishes to view, I have put a few pictures up on the following site. They are part of the ongoing photo-documentation of the repairs to this
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00532.html (7,022 bytes)
- 275. Re: carb question (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:10:23 -0600
- It's been my experience that the ZS carbs are neither good cold weather starting carbs nor are they fair weather friends. If you have an SU option, go that way. YMMV Rick -- Rick Lindsay Diamond Geos
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00583.html (7,893 bytes)
- 276. Re: 60th Birthday Boy (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:33:26 -0600
- Happy birthday Scotty dude. I'll be 50 in a few weeks. Judging from personal observations of life at 50, it must be "fun" being 60. :-P -- Rick Lindsay Diamond Geoscience Research 5727 S. Lewis Ave.,
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00631.html (7,630 bytes)
- 277. Re: Ferris' Ferrari (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:37:53 -0600
- To answer the question, go to http://www.ferrari.it and look at models from "yesterday". You will find that there is a 250 GT and a 250 GT Spider. It was probably not called a GTS in anything buy loc
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00632.html (7,290 bytes)
- 278. Re: Body work on MG (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:46:51 -0600
- Comments within... In the Ferrari circles, Dawn dishwashing soap is the 'friendly' degreaser of choice. I have used it but not in a spray gun. I wouldn't want to put it in any gun that was a good one
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00642.html (7,705 bytes)
- 279. Re: Body work on MG (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:09:22 -0600
- As I recall, POR15 is UV sensitive and MUST be painted to remain in good shape. Rick
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00661.html (7,155 bytes)
- 280. Re: GT front fenders (score: 1)
- Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:14:10 -0600
- What is the best source for a B-GT front wing? Moss has them and that is an option but are there better (read: cheaper) sources? Rick
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00662.html (6,970 bytes)
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