- 41. fuel pressure regulator thread redux (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 08:56:13 -0800
- Just got my latest JC Whitney catalog yesterday. (I know, I know, I spell the W as SH too) They show a Purolator fuel pressure regulator (as we discussed before) on sale for 14.95 with a choice of 3
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01231.html (6,549 bytes)
- 42. Re: California... (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:44:08 -0800
- NEWS FLASH!!!! Courtesy of a spell of Vermont weather and by special arrangement with the National Park Service, we have arranged to close Yosemite National Park for an indefinite period. This will h
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01245.html (9,466 bytes)
- 43. TD windscreen rail (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 06:54:34 -0800
- Steve, better take it off: there are two little 80 degree angle folded pieces of steel in the lower corners. Two small screws go in from the side, two from the bottom. You have to at least loosen the
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01179.html (7,126 bytes)
- 44. MGAs just won't quit (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:00:05 -0800
- Check your fuse block, if you accidentally put one of thr fuses BETWEEN the clips instead of in the one where it belongs, you'll inadvertently "hot wire" the car and get the symptoms you describe. Ja
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01197.html (6,523 bytes)
- 45. TD's leak oil? /13 (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 19:07:41 -0800
- Free advice is worth what you pay for it! I don't like to disagree, but Geoff has so many things wrong here, I really have to comment. There is NO asbestos rope seal at the rear of the XPAG engine, t
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01209.html (9,494 bytes)
- 46. screwed-up-steering (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:24:54 -0800
- My most memorable screwup? Naaahhhh, you wouldn't want to know!!! For what it's worth: when I redid my J-2, magnafluxing showed the pitman arm had a couple of cracks. I tried one from a TC and it wou
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01213.html (6,868 bytes)
- 47. Re: T-type oil seals (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 21:50:50 -0800
- I pretty much "retired" before Al's seal kit came along, but I've put in two of them so far and they've worked fine. The process is not quite as easy and straightforward as he (or I) first hoped, but
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01215.html (8,018 bytes)
- 48. Re: Californians Help Me (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 22:57:42 -0800
- You got something against people from Utah? get real! Jarl IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01218.html (6,955 bytes)
- 49. leaks and air flow/13 (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:40:35 -0800
- True, but I asked myself: how many 3" puddles can you get from 1 1/2 pints of gear lube? Most have the word "TOP" on them, but if it doesn't, think of it this way: Consider the direction the clutch r
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01236.html (7,728 bytes)
- 50. ..giving/legit? Oh ye of little faith! (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 14:04:25 -0800
- If you had taken a LITTLE time to check Houghton Mifflin's website first, you would have found your answer. As of 2PM PST today, they had reached their goal, donated 2000 books, and closed the campai
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01242.html (6,826 bytes)
- 51. Re: re oval vent (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 15:23:19 -0800
- I originally thought so too! Apparently the volume of air thrown out the slot is great enough that it does produce a slight vacuum, and a little is all it takes to aggravate a leak. The proof is in t
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01248.html (7,430 bytes)
- 52. 100% restorations/17 (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:42:04 -0800
- Ray, Good point! your latter surmise is correct: they are worked very close, but then have a very thin layer (hopefully less than a 16th - .063") of Fiberfill or equivalent which is then block sanded
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01373.html (9,868 bytes)
- 53. Re: We've run off AOLer's. Whose next? (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:06:17 -0800
- Isn't this intended to be a form of I couldn't agree with you more, I'm sure you noted I was called an A........ a few days ago for chastisizing a fellow who kissed off a straightforward question wit
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01402.html (8,089 bytes)
- 54. lost mail/my server trouble (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:21:48 -0800
- If you've sent me anything from 8pm 12/15 to 4pm 12/16, it has gone to electron heaven courtesy of pac bell. Jarl
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01408.html (6,199 bytes)
- 55. Micrometer abuse (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:31:16 -0800
- For what it's worth, I've used the same 4 Starretts for over 30 years with no trouble. I once found a mike under the hood of an MGA, used as a clamp to hold a throttle cable. The owner swore it hadn'
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01412.html (6,503 bytes)
- 56. T typeTonneaus (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:58:07 -0800
- The thing to remember is: T types originally came with a little "half-tonneau" so all full tonneaus are aftermarket. Who's to say what is "correct". The same thing applies to fender mirrors, fog lamp
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01489.html (6,763 bytes)
- 57. DuBois camshaft explanation (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:53:29 -0800
- Ah, but Jeremy, that's true enough when you are regrinding a camshaft to inprove performance, the original inquiry concerned a shaft worn badly enough that it required buildup to regain its normal pr
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01490.html (7,047 bytes)
- 58. teaser, leaks and air flow (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:46:07 -0800
- You're right Larry, I should have been back to this sooner! The answer is: it depends, but while in motion, it generally flows from the air cleaner to the valve cover if everything is in good shape.
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01505.html (8,405 bytes)
- 59. Cold Air box and power. (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:53:44 -0800
- Since the cold air box was only used as an option on the BN2 leMans, there are probably fewer than 1000 people who originally had any experience with it. In any gasoline engine, the amount of fuel yo
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01506.html (7,863 bytes)
- 60. Re: teaser, leaks and air flow (score: 1)
- Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:30:16 -0800
- That "pipe" originally was packed with filter material. On a TC there are two little "legs" that support the air cleaner cannister as it lies across the valve cover. They form a triangle with those s
- /html/mgs/1996-12/msg01508.html (8,142 bytes)
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