- 1. Do the expansion (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 9:03:25 -0600
- It's an acronym, right? So is "M.G." So, do the expansion. Let's see... Morris Wolseley Morris Garages... Nope, WAAYYY too goofy, even for us. Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bo
- /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00274.html (6,599 bytes)
- 2. Build a Voltage Stabiliser (was MGB Dashboard lights) (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:29:24 -0600
- OK, this is from a thread that is a week old, but I'm just catching up. I remembered this thread coming up 5 years ago, and sure enough, I saved the winner. Here 'tis: I'm here. It just so happens th
- /html/mgs/1997-12/msg00151.html (10,456 bytes)
- 3. FS: Pair of MGBs (central Texas) (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 7:52:41 -0600
- Found the following on a local "for sale" board. The cars are located in College Station, TX. Just FYI. -Lee Daniels == 1972 MGB $1500 Wire wheels, sport cam 1974 MGB $1300 needs exhaust system Both
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01591.html (8,026 bytes)
- 4. "The parts falling off this car..." (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 13:19:36 -0500
- I bought a set of new hub caps for the MGB from Moss, and they look great. Trouble is, they fall off. I tried spreading the prongs, and was surprised that the "spring steel" spread so easily. In fact
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00564.html (7,282 bytes)
- 5. I need a steering wheel - 77 MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 8:51:16 -0500
- Anybody got a spare steering wheel? I need a steering wheel for the '77-on MGB. Heck, *any* steering wheel that fits the splines would do. Originality is not a concern! This model has no center horn
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00583.html (6,804 bytes)
- 6. Fix-a-quote (was British Car Industry...) (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 17:03:11 -0500
- My snooty, anal-retentive perfectionism requires that I respond with: Oops, this was waaayy before "the Bard". Try Solomon, King of Israel, about 1000B.C. as recorded in his book "Ecclesiastes", foun
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00619.html (7,339 bytes)
- 7. 1. Trunk junk. 2. Junk Science (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:40:36 -0600
- Charlie - There is a 3M product sold as a "window seal" that almost exactly matches the consistency of this stuff. I got a box of it at the auto parts store. It comes as a long "rope" about 1/2" wide
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00059.html (7,277 bytes)
- 8. RE: Carpets from Special Interest? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:28:04 -0600
- I have the $99 set from Special Interest in my 'B. I would rate the material itself as average to low quality, but for $99, what did you expect? The kit includes every piece, including the bit for th
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00070.html (7,956 bytes)
- 9. From Usenet: Stag parts, TR6, MGA (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:33:24 -0600
- Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding daniels@cryogen.com Texas A&M University '74 TR6 '77 MGB http://acs.tamu.edu/~lmd1191 -- From: Lenny Seidman <lseidman@erols.com> Newsgro
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00071.html (8,550 bytes)
- 10. 240Z wheels --> MGB ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:17:58 -0500
- This weekend, I plan to look at some wheels that fit a 240Z -- If my memory is not as bad as my eyesight, I believe the bolt pattern is the same as the MGB. Can anyone verify this? (These are 14 x 6
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00847.html (7,720 bytes)
- 11. MGB Windshield - the Easy Way (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 12:19:36 -0600
- When the talk about the 'B windshield came up, I didn't understand what all the griping was about. I had no trouble getting mine off, and it came apart readily. OK, a couple of those screws on the bo
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00221.html (7,531 bytes)
- 12. RE: cloth interiors... (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:35:32 -0600
- I had my 'B seats done in velour (w/ vinyl back and sides) by a local upholstery shop. The foams were fine, so he just had to make the covers. He included the headrests; total was $300. This was les
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00505.html (7,094 bytes)
- 13. Removing the B steering wheel (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 13:00:01 -0600 (CST)
- CAN'T GET THIS THING OFF. I've had the steering wheel off the 'B before, but must've been generous with the torque when reattaching it. Now I need to remove it again. The big nut is off, and I've tri
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00099.html (7,790 bytes)
- 14. RE: Salt Update (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 9:31:06 -0600
- For those of you who are into "original references", here's the original for this concept: "...suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope..." Romans 5
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg01251.html (7,173 bytes)
- 15. NEED MGB SWITCHES. Really, lbc content! (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:23:44 -0600 (CST)
- I need two USED switches to get the '77 'B back in electrical heaven - o The master lighting switch (headlight switch, on the column) - LU30924 o The hazard switch (dash mounted, near the door) - LU3
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00806.html (7,290 bytes)
- 16. Designed-in huge vacuum leak? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 14:17:36 -0500 (CDT)
- It's a '77 MGB: You know that hose that goes from the carb to the breather tube (coming out of the engine side cover beneath the manifolds)? It seems that you need 3/8" (I.D.) on the carb side, but 1
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00267.html (7,931 bytes)
- 17. RE: Designed-in huge vacuum leak? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 9:47:54 -0500 (CDT)
- and CHRISTOPHER REICHLE sez: The only reference I can find that shows this hose is the Moss catalog, and it's hooked up as I described above. If the breather *doesn't* go to the big port on the carb,
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00314.html (7,767 bytes)
- 18. 195/60 on stock MGB rims? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:58:54 -0500 (CDT)
- It's tire time, and this tired old thread raises its ugly tread again. Has anyone put 195/60's on the stock MGB rims (Rostyle)? I find that 185/70's are almost exactly the same diameter as the origin
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01072.html (7,781 bytes)
- 19. FWD: MGB/Midget/Sprite Tonneaus (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:04:18 -0500 (CDT)
- I found a message (appended below) regarding tonneuas for sale. Don't know anything about them, just looks like a good deal if you need one. This appeared in rec.autos.marketplace. Lee M. Daniels Lab
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg01039.html (7,361 bytes)
- 20. RE: MGA problems : fuel gauge (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:51:37 -0500 (CDT)
- Don - One of my Triumphs once had this symptom -- it was the dreaded "voltage stabliser", the little on-off (square-wave) thermal device that drops the average voltage from about 13V to about 10V. O
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00029.html (7,137 bytes)
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