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61. Re: MOWOG (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 01:04:37 -0500 (EST); You're a lot more graceful about it than I, Mike. My interest in things M.G. goes back to the mid 1950's (yes, I was a kid at the time - still am), and back then the accepted lore was that MOWOG sto; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00171.html (8,486 bytes)
62. Re: MoWoG (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 01:20:21 -0500 (EST); -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver) fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us If cars had evolved as fast as computers have, by now they'd cost a q; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00173.html (7,817 bytes)
63. re: Gearbox oil (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 23:28:31 -0500 (EST); Still wrong. Around here we call them the Indianapolis Irsays. :-) -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver) fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us I; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00189.html (6,869 bytes)
64. Re: Changing oil (gearbox?) (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:16:49 -0500 (EST); Shhhh! My TR4 might hear you. I've had Amsoil 80W-90 in its overdrive transmission for the past 40,000 miles or so. The theory is that synthetic oil makes the clutch band too slippery to engage prop; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00245.html (7,485 bytes)
65. Re: Hot Running MGs (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:25:23 -0500 (EST); Amen to that! We now have about two feet of snow, with deep drifts everywhere (especially on my driveway). One of those drifts is actually my TR4, but that's partly because my daughter threw snow al; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00246.html (7,739 bytes)
66. Re: Removing studs (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:00:09 -0500 (EST); If you're planning to install new studs, then vice-grips are okay since any damage you do to the studs won't matter. If you want to reuse the studs, DON'T use vice grips! They will score the studs,; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00392.html (8,766 bytes)
67. Re: no speed limit (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 22:10:53 -0500 (EST); Heh! Back when our TC was our only car (pre-children) we used to be expert at packing it for long trips. Then along came two kids and it all went down the tubes. About 15 years ago we had the YA pac; /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00038.html (7,981 bytes)
68. Re: honor without prophets (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 18:43:11 -0500 (EST); Hmmmm. That probably comes from excessive exposure to clicking things (S.U. fuel pumps, for example). Have I got a deal for you! A box of 10 unused 8 inch floppy disks. $5 as is, where is. Not guara; /html/mgs/1995-12/msg00535.html (8,000 bytes)
69. Re: TD's (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 18:41:01 -0500 (EST); Hmmm. I haven't been following this list very closely in recent months, as you can see from my very late response to Guy's message. For what am I being recommended, and by whom? -- Chip Old 1948 M.G; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00104.html (6,725 bytes)
70. Re: Silicon Brake fluid in the clutch ??? (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 13:30:28 -0500 (EST); I started using silicone brake fluid in my TR-4 daily driver about five years ago, after a complete overhaul of the brake and clutch hydraulics much like you are planning. Absolutely no negative eff; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00555.html (8,273 bytes)
71. Re: MG (non)electric flux fields (Zehring's Theory?) (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 02:21:58 -0500 (EST); Our 1985 Dodge Caravan does that to the lights along a certain stretch of Interstate 695 (the Baltimore Beltway). Every time I drive that stretch at night in the Caravan, the roadside lights go out.; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00558.html (7,874 bytes)
72. Re: DOHC XPAG (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 23:50:31 -0500 (EST); I can confirm that Chris Nolan had a DOHC XPAG head at one time (mid 1970's or early 1980's, I think, because I was still NEMGTR Tech Editor at the time), but have no idea if he still has it (haven'; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00618.html (7,386 bytes)
73. Re: Zehring's leak theory (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 11:05:25 -0400 (EDT); It's worth a try. You can test the before and after results via the high-tech "puddle on the paper" method I mentioned in my earlier message. Keep in mind, though, that the condition of the rear mai; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00003.html (11,505 bytes)
74. Re: Silly part name (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 03:33:15 -0400 (EDT); The "squab" is the seat bottom, not the seat back. If you dig around in contemporary articles on BritCars of the 1930's, you'll find references to "inflatable seat squabs", referring to a seat const; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00008.html (8,350 bytes)
75. Re: Nearly Off.......or Off'ly Near, Old Chap! (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 00:09:12 -0400 (EDT); Not everywhere. That's the English way, and for the most part the European way, but in many parts of the world it is customary to mount from the right hand side. In other places it is customary to m; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00028.html (9,314 bytes)
76. Re: Silly part name (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 00:30:27 -0400 (EDT); OK, I stand corrected. Maybe that's why I always found the driving position in my BritCars to be so awkward... -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00031.html (8,045 bytes)
77. Re: Nearly Off.......or Off'ly Near, Old Chap! (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 22:18:50 -0400 (EDT); Don't give up so easily. You're assuming that _I_ read them closely! :-) Got tired of it, mainly, then got sidetracked by computers, horses, an old house, so no longer had time for it. Sigh. I can't; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00072.html (8,207 bytes)
78. Re: Nearly Off.......or Off'ly Near, Old Chap! (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 22:35:26 -0400 (EDT); That was mercifully short. Now on to the _real_ Ray Gibbons... And as we all know, thanks to the superb control of the parts situation afforded by the early adoption of the industry-standard "nearly; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00073.html (9,397 bytes)
79. Re: MG-TD owner (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 00:00:12 -0400 (EDT); We're outnumbered by the MGB folks, but there are a few of us T-Types here. Since you need to disassemble most of the engine to do a proper ring job, you might as well give the whole thing a thoroug; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00264.html (7,655 bytes)
80. Re: Zehring's leak theory (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:24:01 -0400 (EDT); A well-built T-Type engine can do a _lot_ better than that. Either Haines was going awfully fast, or his engine was awfully loose! It's a function of the oil slinger design coupled with the oil flow; /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00751.html (10,404 bytes)

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