- 21. RE: Indiana Festival (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 00:30:11 UT
- While I'd love to attend the Indiana festival, I plan on being at our vacation home in NC that week. However, the prior week (Aug 1-3) is the annual CBA (C event of Brutal Aggressives) which is being
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00616.html (7,737 bytes)
- 22. RE: Gas Leak...Yikes!! (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 00:28:06 UT
- The gas tank is a pretty straightforward change over. Unfortunately, if you purchase a new unit, you have a 73 which is the more expensive "vented" tank compared to the unvented in my 69 (e.g., ball
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00892.html (10,366 bytes)
- 23. RE: Stereo installations (Was: Re: CD player (was Questions) (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 01:58:48 UT
- Jason et al. This is what works for me. Box speakers on the rear deck. This does not require any holes - just some Velcro to keep the speakers from moving about while you're tooling around. Box speak
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00893.html (10,156 bytes)
- 24. RE: Stereo installations (Was: Re: CD player (was Questions) (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 19:12:19 UT
- Well, I guess you're right, we just don't have the sound and audio standards that you do and those box speakers are butt ugly too, but I don't worry to much cause you really can't see them through al
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00931.html (13,152 bytes)
- 25. RE: CD player (was Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 18:29:37 UT
- Yes, I use a single earphone for the CB when I cruising down 95 and I have been known to use the walkman in the 69 C Roadster (no radio). You are right about them being illegal - something about bein
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00932.html (10,864 bytes)
- 26. RE: gear oil vs oil (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 20:33:55 UT
- Viscosity may be the same but the chemical makeup (or additives) is different as is the Ph. Gear oil may be corrosive to some engine parts (copper) while engine oil has a lot of additives to make it
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00937.html (7,434 bytes)
- 27. RE: CD player (was Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 97 13:05:53 UT
- Now now, let's not be unreasonable. With 1" tires you will not have much ground clearance which puts most components on the bottom at risk!!!! Do you think it's worth it? Metaphorically speaking of c
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00971.html (8,695 bytes)
- 28. RE: Still having fuel challenges... :-( (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 97 23:54:36 UT
- Try putting a see through filter in line just before the carbs (I'm talking about those universal $1.29 specials you can pick up at any parts store) and see what the fuel level is like as the car di
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01038.html (10,918 bytes)
- 29. RE: MGB Alternator Problems. (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 97 00:38:45 UT
- My car had been running real well until Monday Morning. Only possible leading indicator was a slight glow of the dashlight at night. However the car now has mutiple simptoms. 1) won't idle at all. 2)
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01041.html (8,055 bytes)
- 30. RE: Electric Cooling Fans (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 97 20:49:23 UT
- My guess is that the electric draw of the fan makes the temp gauge needle move down much like how the lights dim when you turn on that 2,000 Megawatt stereo system. **tongue in cheek mode ON** Thomas
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01154.html (8,698 bytes)
- 31. RE: '75B OD problem (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 97 20:43:39 UT
- Two things come to mind (and BTW I'm having the same problem at the next stage - no overdrive at all - but the beginning symptoms were the same), solenoid and pump. The solenoid should be easy enoug
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01155.html (10,197 bytes)
- 32. RE: sreaming alternator (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 97 17:59:29 UT
- Gee, won't Amor All shrink the belt???? (remembering a past thread about tonneau covers!). A test that is less messy than belt dressing is to try the same technique with Armor-all which, I have found
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01207.html (10,173 bytes)
- 33. RE: stereo stuff and train (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 97 12:19:50 UT
- Then there was the story of a friend of mine who knew of an acquaintance that drove straight into a tree on the way to college one fall back in the 70s. Unfortunately, it was a lethal meeting. As pas
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01351.html (9,245 bytes)
- 34. RE: Redline synthetic tranny oil (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 97 04:29:04 UT
- Here's my silly question for the day: where can you purchase redline products? I have called about 8 auto stores around here with no luck. I have also tried the website www.redline.com but the site n
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01510.html (8,037 bytes)
- 35. RE: Midget Trailer? (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 97 12:13:37 UT
- I've been eyeing a few horse trailers around these parts for just the same reason but have not done my homework on it yet. Looks like there might be some potential. Also, I've seen some "just right s
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01664.html (8,107 bytes)
- 36. RE: The old hotfoot routine (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 97 13:02:17 UT
- I would dissipate the heat by employing the following two strategies. 1. Rip out the dash in my 69 and install a nice glove compartment. In the glove I'd install heat retaining elements (e.g., rocks
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01665.html (10,460 bytes)
- 37. RE: musings and a question (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 16:43:10 UT
- For 5 years I commuted from East Meadow, LI into NYC in my 69 Beater. It always got me home (some parts dangling perhaps)!!! The only time I had an "event" which required outside assistance was when
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01798.html (10,651 bytes)
- 38. RE: MG enthusiasts of the female persuasion (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 97 20:30:13 UT
- Hair!!! Hair!!!! (I wish I had some and yet another good reason for With all the controversy over cloning, with most "experts" being against it, the above has got to the the best case I have heard ye
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00026.html (9,281 bytes)
- 39. RE: Help Wanted, Inquire Within (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 97 23:15:32 UT
- Dear List, I readily admit defeat but have not yet given up. My trusty 69 Roadster Beater will not start and I don't have a clue. I've got spark, coil at 12V, new points (gaped .015) , plugs (gapped
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00034.html (9,066 bytes)
- 40. RE: Help Wanted, Inquire Within (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 97 16:57:14 UT
- Thanks for the responses regarding my ailing 69 Beater, but I'm still nowhere. Let me add to my original note (below) that I am also getting backfiring from the Carbs and none in the exhaust - I negl
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00059.html (10,286 bytes)
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