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21. Re: Non LBC (Veteran's Poll?) (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:40:51 -0600
I don't know about anybody else, but I figure if you joined the service & did your time, you are a veteran in MY book, and I thank you for it. Jim --Original Message-- From: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.c
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00569.html (8,308 bytes)

22. Re: Brake Line Questions (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:13:45 -0600
Dan, There's a tool that will help you to bend the pipe without crimping it. Probably find one at a local parts place. Your friend with the bubble flare tool may well have one. Another method is to f
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00677.html (7,763 bytes)

23. Re: Defending the MGA (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:20:17 -0600
I nearly jumped on Bill's note a minute ago, then deleted my note thinking "why waste the bandwidth"... Now I have to. I drive a '64 MGB & a '62 E-Type FHC. I have to agree with Bill that the MGA is
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00708.html (9,321 bytes)

24. The Penguin & the Seal (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:38:53 -0600
While giggling uncontrolably, I forwarded that little story to my friends on the E-Type list, with the following opening: Please read no further if you are easily offended, or have no sense of Jim <<
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00782.html (7,517 bytes)

25. Re: New Site for Magnettes (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:47:05 -0600
Looks like it has potential. All I get for pictures if a big border that has a little white box with a red X in it. Am I doing something wrong? No...not that, I mean with the web site...:-} Jim is o
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00783.html (7,171 bytes)

26. Re: Brakes Pull to Right (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:28:44 -0600
Drum brakes, right? (I'm not a TD wiz) Check the shoes & drums for escaping fluid. Assuming you don't find any, either adjust the left front shoes tighter, or the right front looser. I recall from my
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg00788.html (7,637 bytes)

27. Re: miscelaneous ramblings - 77B (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:00:18 -0600
Thanks for the story. It is somewhat amazing, but these little cars are loyal if they are loved, and vengeful if not. In my younger days I drove a B every day for years. It broke several times, but
/html/mgs/1998-11/msg01031.html (10,946 bytes)

28. Re: Getting a MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:14:41 -0500
Beautiful. I love people who make the system work! Jim
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01061.html (7,069 bytes)

29. Re: More on the 79 B Electrical (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:17:14 -0500
about They ALL have voltage regulators. The Alternator cars have the regulater glommed on the back of the alternator. The Genertaor cars have it elsewhere. Jim
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01062.html (7,184 bytes)

30. Re: Adventures in tipping (was adventures in towing) (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:31:01 -0500
I've been following this thread with interest. Two questions. I have a feeling this does not apply to you, but for an "average" tow truck driver, do you think tipping in advance would encourage more
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01063.html (8,443 bytes)

31. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:36:41 -0500
The problem with the Pinto was a bolt that punctured the tank on rear impact of sufficient force. Many cars have the tank behind the rear axle, without having the fire problem associated with Pintos
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01064.html (8,252 bytes)

32. Re: Engine tranny mounting (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:41:22 -0500
Put them in together. It is much easier to align the transmission shaft splines with the clutch disk when out of the car. Use an alignment tool on the clutch disk before attaching the pressure plate
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01065.html (7,529 bytes)

33. Re: Oil smoking Midget (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:57:20 -0500
Tore, I once had an MGB that ran perfectly one day, then the next morning began belching great quantities of oil smoke. I replaced the valve stem oil seals to cure the problem. While I had the head o
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01080.html (7,257 bytes)

34. Re: Calooh, Calay, oh Frabjous DAY! (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:08:08 -0500
Good story & congradulations! Sorry about the lip. Another way to get things lubed after a long sit is to remove the plugs & crank it until the oil pressure gage moves. Not quite as dramatic as your
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01098.html (10,894 bytes)

35. Re: dead MGB (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:11:29 -0500
I've had this problem before, caused by corroded cables, or corroded connections at the battery. Try removing & thoroughly cleaning the cable ends at the battery before doing anything too expensive J
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01099.html (7,787 bytes)

36. Re: New owner and don't know where to start (running rough) (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:50:57 -0500
Start by determining how much compression you have in each cylinder. When you check the compression, note the condition of each plug. Is it wet & oily, dry & grey, black & sooty...whatever. Check to
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01104.html (8,389 bytes)

37. Re: MGB for Sale - Texas (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:16:09 -0600
I think you have to use a cutting torch... Jim
/html/mgs/1998-10/msg01303.html (8,715 bytes)

38. Re: First-time welder! (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 02:14:50 -0500
Sounds like art to me! I knew a guy in Tulsa several years back that had an MGB door hanging on his living room wall! You really should use MIG on sheet metal to avoid WARPAGE (ugh) Jim SNIP
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00056.html (7,867 bytes)

39. Re: MGA - More power to it (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:18:58 -0500
I don't know about the "problems" part, but I rode in a V8 (chevy 327 & automatic as I recall) MGA once in the early '70s. It was WAY fast! Jim An MGA is up for sale locally. It has no engine nor gea
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00078.html (7,080 bytes)

40. Re: looking at an mgb... (cont.) (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:32:15 -0500
Probably you just need to remove, clean & grease the "innards" of the spedo cable. Betcha there's more rust in the rockers. Try a magnet. It ought to stick. If you don't know what you're doing (yet)
/html/mgs/1998-07/msg00079.html (8,772 bytes)

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