- 1. MGB engine color (score: 1)
- Author: "James A. Dirmeyer" <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 22:47:37 -0400
- I'm getting my 76B's engine rebuilt and am trying to find out what color to paint it. I'm pretty sure the original was black, but was it a glossy black or a flat black? Was head, cover, and oil pan a
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00565.html (6,667 bytes)
- 2. MGB VIN number (score: 1)
- Author: "James A. Dirmeyer" <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 23:01:18 -0400
- Does anyone know where I can get a VIN plate stamped? I have the new plates but no one around where I live knows who can stamp it and make it look halfway decent.
- /html/mgs/1997-09/msg00781.html (6,757 bytes)
- 3. How do I get my car back? (score: 1)
- Author: "James A. Dirmeyer" <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 20:12:03 -0500
- Okay here's the problem. I took my wife's 76B into the body shop at the beginning of November. Work to be done was replacing the floor panels, repair a few dents, and a nice paint job. I had stripped
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01515.html (7,401 bytes)
- 4. Mini Mini show in Orlando??? (score: 1)
- Author: "Melissa D. Dirmeyer" <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 20:43:32 -0500
- Anybody know where this is going to be held at? The dates are Feb
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00235.html (6,238 bytes)
- 5. Webber Question (score: 1)
- Author: "James A. Dirmeyer" <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 23:23:00 -0500
- My mechanic (I needed it done pronto okay, my jobs wind up taking a lot longer) just installed a Webber DGV with a LongFlow filter on my 77B as part of an engine rebuild. Components are the same as t
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00936.html (6,846 bytes)
- 6. Making my car level. (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:28:44 -0500
- I've noticed that my 77B droops a little bit on the drivers side. Not much, it's only about 3/4 inch lower than the passenger side, but it's damn annoying and just glares out at me every time I look
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00210.html (7,483 bytes)
- 7. Rusty fuel tanks (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:44:10 -0500
- When checking what I could of my fuel tank (of course it's off the car) I spotted a few spots of rust on the top inside. What concerned me even more was a rather ominous patch of rust on the inside b
- /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00331.html (6,703 bytes)
- 8. 77b Head (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 00:28:16 -0500
- Anybody out there have a head in good condition for a 77B?
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg00953.html (6,274 bytes)
- 9. Vicky Brit (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 23:55:07 -0500
- After reading quite a lot of negative posts about Vicky Brit I decided I just have to respond. I've probably ordered close to 2 grand in parts for my 2 LBCs from VB and the only problem has been a sl
- /html/mgs/1996-11/msg01484.html (6,991 bytes)
- 10. 76 MGB Radio Console Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 22:37:15 -0400
- Anyone out there know of a radio console that's available? I need one with only the original factory holes please, the DPO of the one I have decided that MG just didn't put on enough switches.
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00115.html (6,331 bytes)
- 11. 77 B Fan Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:14:13 -0400
- I got my 77B with only one electric fan and when it failed I replaced it with a 12" fan from Imperial. Instead of using the sensor that Imperial supplied I decided to use the temp sensor that powered
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00229.html (7,134 bytes)
- 12. Fuel pump valves (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 00:36:24 -0400
- Just replaced my fuel pump on my 77B but the banjo valve bolts loosen after a day of driving. I'm hesitant about using locktite because of the difficulty of getting those suckers off again if I need
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00410.html (6,332 bytes)
- 13. 76B dash removal (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 22:57:45 -0400
- Anybody try this??? How the hell did they get those screws and bolts on in the first place??? Will putting a new one back on be as difficult as taking it off???
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00562.html (6,564 bytes)
- 14. 76B Instruments (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 00:16:19 -0400
- The instruments in my wifes 76B are made by Smith from UK. These weren't the original instruments were they? They don't look like the ones from my 77B.
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00608.html (6,310 bytes)
- 15. 77B Rear Bumper (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 23:59:06 -0400
- Just got slammed in the rear again by another asshole (sorry, but this makes the 2nd time this month, 8th time total, 2 by same person, all at stop signs or red lights.) Anyways, my bumper is a littl
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00780.html (6,682 bytes)
- 16. 77B Run on valve (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 23:14:47 -0400
- My recently acquired 77B has developed a nasty running on problem when I turn it off (otherwise it wouldn't be a problem.) It will continue to chug along for upwards of about 30 seconds even with the
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00820.html (6,589 bytes)
- 17. Where to get the corncobs? (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 22:02:51 -0400
- While doing a little reconstructive surgery on my wife's 76B, I removed the passenger side under dash panel. Tangled in the rather funky looking backing was a corncob. Now that we are restoring it, m
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00921.html (7,375 bytes)
- 18. 76B Corn, rust, paint and other musings. (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:46:29 -0400
- In order to get back my 77B from my wife, she's making me restore her 76B and for the last couple of weeks I've been merily taking parts off her car (hoping I remember where they go otherwise I will
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01033.html (7,398 bytes)
- 19. MGB Engine Numbers (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:04:09 -0400
- Ok, I'm a little new at this and I need a little help. I have a 77 Roadster with engine number 18V/886AE/L016491. Looking through my Haynes manual, I cannot find the 18V/886AE listed. Should I be usi
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00321.html (6,562 bytes)
- 20. MGB Engine Troubles....duh! (score: 1)
- Author: "James " <dirmeyer@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 23:39:59 -0400
- OK, my 77 B runs ok for the most part (I won't even talk about the oil,) but I've had a couple of labor strikes which I need some help with. I'm new at engine work so any help would be appreciated. A
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00509.html (7,905 bytes)
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