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61. Re: Missing something (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 18:09:27 -0400
Start by diagnosing specifically where the spark is or is not. In other words, confirm the plug wires are offering spark. If not, work backwards to find an ignition fault. When you change the plugs,
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00038.html (7,595 bytes)

62. Re: $4 MGB in new condition (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 18:19:04 -0400
I saw it yesterday at a boutique collectors' shop - it is a TR 3. It's funny timing how this comes up. I had never before seen the series (no I'm not a collector - I just happen to own several dozen
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00040.html (7,641 bytes)

63. Re: Oil cooler hoses (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:07:30 -0400
I know I've heard in the past of folks getting new hoses made at a hose shop just by taking in their old fittings, If I recall correctly, the hoses were cheaper that way, too. I have no idea if that
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00080.html (7,353 bytes)

64. Re: Sebring Valance legality and Peco exhaust (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:29:22 -0400
I concur. The thing I like most about the Peco tone and volume, is it's only loud when you kind of want it to be. That is to say, you really have to get on it before it rumbles loudly. /// or try htt
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00099.html (9,017 bytes)

65. Re: Alpine Harrington (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:34:29 -0400
Hi Paul, That is one of my favorite - and rarest - LBC's. Only a very few were ever brought to the US. I once found a nice picture of one of the US Harrington's on line somewhere. I am pretty sure th
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00130.html (7,874 bytes)

66. Re: From: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com> (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:03:03 -0400
You may very well need to replace the flasher unit (under dash passenger side), but check also your ground situation; i.e. battery terminal, etc. Dean -- Original Message -- /// or try http://www.tea
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00157.html (6,767 bytes)

67. Re: Needed: Speedo/Tacho (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:14:05 -0400
I have a speedo and tach set that I removed from a '70 parts car. The car had OD, and the speedo worked when I drove it home (limped around the DC beltway at night hoping the frame didn't crack in ha
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00220.html (7,698 bytes)

68. Re: Needed: Speedo/Taco (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:43:22 -0400
As for size, it's a wee bit over 3", so that is likely the 80 mm one you are looking for. The speedos listed in Moss show 69 and 70 as having the same o/d speedos. As for application, I really don't
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00226.html (9,999 bytes)

69. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:18:01 -0400
That the C has heavy handling is true and well documented. But to echo Paul's comment, the C can absolutely be made to handle well. The car has a long and prestigious racing history which illustrate
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00232.html (8,272 bytes)

70. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:47:55 -0400
OK, I see the smiley face - but are you joking that die-hard MG fans accept only perfection (because that is a silly proposition)? Or are you joking that the C, being imperfect, is not as good as the
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00265.html (9,509 bytes)

71. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:56:08 -0400
You've got to be kidding. It is not just that your opinion is so ......uh.....chooose your words carefully here Dean......not smart, but that you honestly think such an inflamatory comment isn't effe
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00266.html (9,650 bytes)

72. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:50:45 -0400
Oh, now, Dave, loading up, firing and then calling the respondent cranky for reacting in a predictable way, eh? Can you say passive-aggressive? I must have missed the intended inference. Oh well, I a
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00269.html (11,442 bytes)

73. Re: Why would I like to buy a MGC (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:04:22 -0400
Strike that. Reverse it. I meant UNdeniably a glorious experience. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00270.html (8,782 bytes)

74. Re: The After-Market (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:00:41 -0400
Reading the fixes fort he C's understeer, it occurs to me that the prescribed modifications aren't any more dramatic than are carried out on thousands of B's for more or less the same reason. I had a
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00303.html (10,086 bytes)

75. Re: OT Trivia (was: Britcars and the Press) (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 07:03:41 -0400
Could this be a trick question? Maybe it was urban legend, but is it not true that for a year or two during those dark days of choked and de-smoked cars, trucks were more powerful and quicker than pa
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00354.html (9,069 bytes)

76. Re: I want a "Lucas Electrical Emergency Team" hat/t-shirt (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:53:05 -0400
As long as no one is making any money off the trademark, and it is not widely distributed, the use of it is less of interest to the owner. Besides, if we get slapped with an injunction to stop wearin
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00370.html (9,491 bytes)

77. Re: I want a "Lucas Electrical Emergency Team" hat/t-shirt (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:57:59 -0400
Well, I can't see where you contradicted anything I wrote! I made no comment on the recourse available to the company for use of its trademark, only that it would be 'off their radar', so to speak.
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00380.html (12,030 bytes)

78. Re: Su Mixture (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 04:18:41 -0400
Paul, those are HS's (not HIF's - those were fitted beginning in '72). I know this is an obvious point, but it has to be addressed first: did anything happen or did you work on anything immediately b
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00404.html (8,247 bytes)

79. RE: Virus from list member? (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:17:45 -0400
The local news just announced that this is the fastest spreading virus ever. I was getting concerned when I started getting those returns yesterday and kept downloading virus definitions and running
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00532.html (8,888 bytes)

80. RE: MGB Front Springs (score: 1)
Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:23:01 -0400
There is at least one guy who can alter your spindles for you, leaving the original suspension travel un-altered and addressing Bill's comments: http://www.fast-mg.com/Pricelist.html I have lowered m
/html/mgs/2003-08/msg00540.html (9,776 bytes)

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