- 281. Re: Misc...Need Opinions and Advice (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:12:21 -0500
- I seem to recall that someone on this list mentioned that Moss has already put at least British Leyland and perhaps other British manufacturer's parts numbers in cross-reference with their own. Ther
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00711.html (10,175 bytes)
- 282. Re: TD wiring question (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:36:36 -0500
- I can also testify that Horst Schach's book is invaluable, particularly for someone like me that is going through a ground-up resto on a TD. I think the title "Complete" is a bit oversold, however,
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00717.html (8,963 bytes)
- 283. Re: TF Vapor Lock (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 16:44:31 -0500
- On Sun, 13 Jul 1997 07:01:22 EDT mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD) snip There was an article about this issue in one of the British enthusiasts mags recently. Although the article wasn't that good, i
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00828.html (8,103 bytes)
- 284. Re: CD player (was Questions (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 12:47:36 -0500
- Perhaps there are those that think that everyone in a twelve block radius should hear the music they are listening to (or more importantly, that a car that thumps attracts females, kind of like that
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00922.html (9,285 bytes)
- 285. Re: CD player (was Questions (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:36:19 -0500
- I agree, although I did say that I believe that the ear buds "are not dangerously exclusive of what is going on around me. " They are designed to let in outside noises (I think they were orginally pa
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00944.html (8,835 bytes)
- 286. Re: Brake bias (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:36:07 -0500
- I had some trouble with my back brakes locking up on my MGA. Came to find out that the differential oil was leaking into the brake drums via a bad seal, which is a fairly common problem on A's. Check
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00998.html (8,019 bytes)
- 287. Re: Alaska Run update -- July 14 (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:14:13 -0500
- Just for the record, yes I am related. My great-great-great grand uncle was George Washington Littlefield (I am NOT making this up), who founded Littlefield. David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01001.html (6,544 bytes)
- 288. Re: Brake bias (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:05:38 -0500
- I don't think brake cleaner will work on those shoes, once they get oil soaked they are ruined. I'm not an expert, but as I recall, the oil loosens up the shoe lining and makes it soft, kinda like wa
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01026.html (8,487 bytes)
- 289. Re: TF mystery (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 08:16:33 -0500
- I'm having my morning cup of coffee here in Grapevine, TX at NAMGAR's GT-22 and thought I would check my mail. By coincidence, yesterday we had a tech session on machine work on the engine, and the
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01123.html (9,974 bytes)
- 290. Re: TF mystery (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:10:26 -0500
- On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 07:06:30 -0400 Leckstein <bleckstein@monmouth.net> That's the first time I ever heard of that, and I wonder if anyone you talked to actually experienced this. Maybe it is an urban
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01160.html (9,222 bytes)
- 291. Dick Criswell Memorial Service (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:43:12 -0500
- I spoke for about an hour last night with Doreen Criswell, Dick's daughter. She had called to express her thanks for the card I had sent her with various email expressions of sympathy. She also said
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01230.html (7,382 bytes)
- 292. Re: MGA questions (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:31:53 -0500
- On Sun, 20 Jul 1997 23:06:53 -0400 (EDT) tallen <tallen@csc.sctboces.org> No. No. Despite other's postive experiences with it, I just could not get the Mightyvac to work properly when I bled the brak
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01236.html (7,950 bytes)
- 293. Re: Headlight buzzers and starter solenoids (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 17:47:42 -0500
- Wasn't it 1974 that the ignition systems were required to be connected to the seat belts so that the car could not be started without the belts fastened? It seems my father had that "feature" on his
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01329.html (7,597 bytes)
- 294. Re: Date your heads. (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 08:57:49 -0500
- On Wed, 23 Jul 97 00:22:34 PDT "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net> Careful, you are on the slippery slope to concours judging that insists on all the dates being right for your car! We don't want
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01357.html (6,869 bytes)
- 295. Re: Knee-capped! tell us more!! (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:29:56 -0500
- Try a flourescent light. They won't burn you and you don't have to replace the bulb when you break your kneecap on it. David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01474.html (7,327 bytes)
- 296. Re: MGA Wheels (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:47:17 -0500
- If you really have to have wires, the best thing is to find a car that already has them. Changing over includes finding a rear axle off a wire wheel car and replacing the front hubs, not to mention b
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01475.html (8,223 bytes)
- 297. Re: Jag cars for sale list (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:40:42 -0500
- John's Cars of Dallas has been doing these conversions and selling kits for them for years. See his ad in Hemmings, or even better, his web site at www.johnscars.com The conversion is supposed to be
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01480.html (7,914 bytes)
- 298. Re: Redline synthetic tranny oil (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 07:51:43 -0500
- Try the real web site www.redlineoil.com. They also have an 800 number to call for a local distributor. When I called they referred me to a local "speed shop." Sorry, I don't have the number anymore,
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01514.html (7,464 bytes)
- 299. Re: Wire Wheels: Reconsideration (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 21:02:38 -0500
- Mmm. Wire wheel envy. I wonder what Sigmund Freud would have made of that! ;-) David Littlefield Houston, TX
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01638.html (7,579 bytes)
- 300. Re: The old hotfoot routine (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:51:38 -0500
- MGA overheating is a subject that gets a lot of discussion, apparently there are a lot of cars out there that have a problem with this. On the way back from NAMGAR GT-22 in Dallas, where temperatures
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01676.html (10,946 bytes)
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