- 81. Re: Home-made Heat Shield (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 11:47:54 -0400
- You can find a table of sheet metal thickness versus "gauge" number by going to www.pemnet.com, clicking on design tools and info, then clicking on useful information. For comparison, I measure the h
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg02119.html (8,681 bytes)
- 82. Canada Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:54:25 -0400
- To all our frozen list members up in the land of the fiddlehead, eskimo, and mountie, eh? Happy Canada Day! Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "009" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00039.html (6,793 bytes)
- 83. Re: GOD BLESS AMERICA- Danger NO LBC content (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 18:17:55 -0400
- My $0.02 worth on this: I wonder what is the more valuable service to this country -- serving eight years voluntarily as President of the US of A... or two/four years involuntarily as a PFC in some G
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00175.html (7,736 bytes)
- 84. Re: Turning engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:39:16 -0400
- The books say you can put the car in gear and roll it slowly forward to turn the engine, but this probably only works easily with all the sparkplugs out. I haven't had too much success with it. I don
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00444.html (7,778 bytes)
- 85. Re: Painting (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:42:09 -0400
- Doesn't that Zymol cost $50?? :-) Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "009" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00445.html (7,689 bytes)
- 86. Re: 72 Midget Rocker Arm Lock Nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:59:44 -0400
- I just did a little investigation by removing one of the rocker arm ball studs from a spare 1275 head. The stud threads do not match any size of my thread gauge: not 24, 27, 28, 32 or up or down. Und
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00553.html (7,413 bytes)
- 87. Re: Wire Wheel Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 21:04:22 -0400
- I have painted both wires and disc wheels with the following technique, but WARNING: it requires you either live alone, or have a very understanding spouse... I use Plastikote engine enamel in the ap
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00618.html (8,229 bytes)
- 88. Re: Wire Wheel Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:10:00 -0400
- I knew when I wrote that that it was gonna get a comment. Yes, it probably would make the wheels taste better if you put the cheese on. Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" '66
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00668.html (7,036 bytes)
- 89. Re: Wire Wheel Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:31:51 -0400
- Gee, I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if I could get away with that, Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the la
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00689.html (8,019 bytes)
- 90. Re: Bad Day :( (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:04:55 -0400
- Hi, Robert, it's me again... I replaced the clutch in my Midget, and it's a snap. The hardest part is pulling the engine out, and that's not hard at all. I rented an engine hoist for $20 per day, and
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00736.html (7,378 bytes)
- 91. Re: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 12:21:42 -0400
- Hi, Udhishtran Senathirajah -- I do not have any answers for your questions, but I am sending this out to the Healeys list because I have a Big Healey with exactly the same symptom you describe of ra
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00819.html (11,969 bytes)
- 92. Re: MG Midget-Weird noises/accelleration-Q from a novice (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:00:05 -0400
- In my case, the sound lasted long enough for me to raise the hood and try to find it only once. It sounded as if it were coming from the back of the engine, or front of the gearbox, and was just like
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00829.html (10,088 bytes)
- 93. Engine rattle (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 07:41:34 -0400
- Hi, Udhishtran Senathirajah! Is the rattling noise in the Midget engine constant, or does it sometimes disappear? Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARH
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00842.html (6,397 bytes)
- 94. Re: Spridget speed (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 17:23:35 -0400
- Since last October, I have put about 5000 miles on my Midget, most of that on several long-distance (700 mile roundtrip) drives. My preference is to keep it below 4000 RPM, so I generally cruise at
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01185.html (8,303 bytes)
- 95. Re: Timing causing overheating? (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 17:31:24 -0400
- Regarding the relationship of the water temp gauge pointer to the temperature of the coolant: on a recent trip, my Midget seemed to be running unusually hot. I had been adding water occasionally, but
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01325.html (9,738 bytes)
- 96. Re: [Fwd: Dynamo pulleys] (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:12:17 -0400
- I have a C40 dynamo that I believe came from a '68 Sprite. The pulley measures 3-5/8". Since it doesn't fit any car that I own, it's for sale if anyone is interested. It is part of a cache of '68 Spr
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01331.html (7,170 bytes)
- 97. Re: Timing causing overheating? (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 19:17:57 -0400
- Yep, if water is coming out of the weep hole, it's time for a new one. Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the la
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01332.html (9,315 bytes)
- 98. Re: MGB wipers don't park (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:13:02 -0400
- I have a whole box full of wipers for healeys and midgets, and none of them Steve Byers Havelock, NC '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "009" '66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY" '63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the l
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00390.html (7,001 bytes)
- 99. Re: British Car Day South (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:29:19 -0400
- Yes, Don, there will be at least one Midget from eastern N.C. at Tanglewood. I'm not optimistic about the weather....for the last couple of years it has rained just enough to mess up the wash jobs. S
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00631.html (6,686 bytes)
- 100. Re: 1275 Oil Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:15:10 -0400
- On my '73 Midget 1275 (118,000 miles), I get about 80 psi cold, and around 50 psi at cruise after it warms up, with idle down to 20 psi. As far as I have been able to tell from talking with all the
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00945.html (7,340 bytes)
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