- 21. Re: No, MGs aren't that tough (score: 1)
- Author: Shel Bercovich <SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca>
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:26:53 -0700 (MST)
- John, and others: Three things must be remembered here: 1. A lot of the responses to your original post were made "tongue-in-cheek" 2. Not all of us are as logical as others. (some of us may be what
- /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00597.html (8,040 bytes)
- 22. Re: Fuel Pump Questions (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 08:31:52 -0700 (MST)
- Red Devil, or perhaps now Black and Decker, used to make a small home-type spark plug cleaner that worked just like the ones the garages used. Add a small amount of their "grit", insert spark plug, t
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00037.html (8,201 bytes)
- 23. Re: RE Rust in Fuel Tank (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 00:27:49 -0700 (MST)
- Take the tank to a radiator shop and have them clean it out (as they would a radiator). -- Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00099.html (6,634 bytes)
- 24. Re: Fuel comments (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 23:05:42 -0700 (MST)
- Hi octane always gives better mileage (never _have_ worked out whether it's actually cost-effective), but also gives more power. -- Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00111.html (7,001 bytes)
- 25. Re: HELP! '70 Midget coil wire colors? (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 17:13:58 -0700 (MST)
- The top of the coil should be marked with + and - . If it's upside down as in the Bs, you should be able to feel the + and -. Put the y/b on the - and the y on the +. -- Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00133.html (7,178 bytes)
- 26. Re: MG 1970s "Lighting Switch" - A Warning (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:16:38 -0700 (MST)
- I've been running halogen headlamps on my Bs since 1967 with no problems. On my '67, I had a set of Cibie Biodes (2-55W H-1 bulbs in each headlight) running along with a Raydyot Spot lamp. IMS, the h
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00227.html (8,139 bytes)
- 27. Re: Computers???? (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 15:30:43 -0700 (MST)
- It's not just you. I'm beginning to think that what is happening is that as the different host computers have room/time to forward messages, they are being released. Let's face it, there is no one ga
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00247.html (7,670 bytes)
- 28. Re: advice on a RELIABLE used car for an LBC fanatic (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 19:53:35 -0700 (MST)
- Get a "Beater B"! But then I'm prejudiced. I drove 2 B-GTs over a total of 13 winters. The only problem was the occasional freeze-up in -30 def F blizzards. They are _not_ warm, at least until one ha
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00260.html (9,457 bytes)
- 29. Re: Huffaker Stage 3 MGB-GT question (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:50:45 -0700 (MST)
- Looks good. You might have some drive train work to do, but it should be fun. My B-GT isn't quite so trick, but I've got a Downton Stage II head, intake and exhaust manifolds, with 1 3/4" SUs. (Doesn
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00282.html (7,235 bytes)
- 30. Re: Frivolous thread generator (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:59:29 -0700 (MST)
- I'm 6' and love the MG, though I'm driving a GT which has about 3" more windshield height. I scream every time I try to drive one of the newer "sporty-type" vehicles because there is no legroom, the
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00311.html (8,845 bytes)
- 31. Re: Air injectors and performance (WAS: MGB '69 better than '67? (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:07:48 -0700 (MST)
- All 18V engines had 8.0:1 compression ratio. (IMS) Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff / \ "Free at last, free at last...." Na
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00338.html (7,176 bytes)
- 32. Re: Frivolous thread generator (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:16:37 -0700 (MST)
- See below: Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff / \ "Free at last, free at last...." National / \ Calgary, AB, Canada Park" / /
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00340.html (9,456 bytes)
- 33. Re: New to MGs (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 14:27:28 -0700 (MST)
- My July 6th, '67 B-GT (Canadian specs) was positive earth. Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff / \ "Free at last, free at last
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00399.html (6,877 bytes)
- 34. Re: Changing Thread Subjects (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 13:44:23 -0700 (MST)
- Excellent Point! Shel Bercovich "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff / \ "Free at last, free at last...." National / \ Calgary, AB, Canada Park" / /\ \
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00411.html (7,139 bytes)
- 35. Re: Speedometer error..... (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:35:04 -0700 (MST)
- IMS, the drive gear for the speedo is a right-angled casting that fits onto the tranny housing. There are different gear rations for OD and for non-OD. See if you can find the gear from an OD car. --
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00432.html (7,938 bytes)
- 36. Re: IMS (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 22:28:02 -0700 (MST)
- Sorry, missed Denise's earlier question on what this means. It's Net-speak for "If Memory Serves". Obviously, it didn't. What I had done 15 years ago when I replaced the standard tranny on my '74 B-G
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00455.html (7,028 bytes)
- 37. Re: Speedometer error..... (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:19:57 -0700 (MST)
- I think Denise's tongue was well into her cheek on that one! :-) Shel Bercovich '74 B-GT "Come Ride \/ sbercovich@cbe.ab.ca with Us /\ Former Social Studies teacher in Banff / \ "Free at last, free a
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00470.html (7,890 bytes)
- 38. Re: IMS (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 10:55:26 -0700 (MST)
- Nope! IMS (there's that word again) the OD has, in effect, its own clutch. I have never had any problems with the OD because I didn't use the clutch. Have done a lot of 4th Over to 3rd Standard shift
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00483.html (6,930 bytes)
- 39. O/D Durability (was Re: IMS) (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 21:49:28 -0700 (MST)
- I should mention that the only problem I've had with the O/D occurred at one point when it didn't want to kick in. (It had about 100,000 miles on it at that point.) I pulled the solenoid out, then pu
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00491.html (7,121 bytes)
- 40. Re: SU carb leaks (score: 1)
- Author: SBERCOVICH@cbe.ab.ca
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 22:02:15 -0700 (MST)
- Check the plugs on the top of the float chambers. There is, in effect, a T-shaped piece there. On one or two ends of the T (depending on whether it is the front carb or back one) there is a pipe conn
- /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00492.html (7,974 bytes)
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