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121. advancing timing (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Wally, Don't necessarily advance it till it knocks. I WAY over-advanced my distributor once by accident, and the engine never did knock, because of the piston/head combination I have. What did happe; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01192.html (7,264 bytes)
122. Love of driving (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Pat, I hear you. I think someone on this list made this comment first about Volvo drivers, but I think it goes beyond just Volvos. "Volvo drivers just drive them because they're waiting for someone; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01193.html (7,111 bytes)
123. Racist slurs, et al (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Really, Patrick, what do you think the odds are of ANYONE being ignored on this list? This has to be the KING of all lists for off-topic posts, and no one has let them slide yet. I doubt someone wou; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01194.html (7,499 bytes)
124. Jokes (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Most of these seem recycled, I heard them about Ladas and Chaikas a few years back, but I'll adopt them to MGs, in the spirit of the list. What do you call a convertible MG?--A dumpster! What do you; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01195.html (7,064 bytes)
125. Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Ray, I defy you to find a single car that was developed in a vacuum. Elements of any car can be found in earlier cars, the only difference is how public the automaker is about admitting it. Not that; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01196.html (9,037 bytes)
126. Superchargers on sports cars? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; This got me thinking. Superchargers are gaining in popularity, but usually in big sedans, where the goal is to get the same power as the old model with a smaller engine, not necessarily higher perfor; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01197.html (7,888 bytes)
127. odometer symptoms (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; I'm having an interesting problem with my odometer, and wondering what it's indicative of. When the odometer has to turn more than three wheels at a time, such as going from 89899.9 to 89900.0, it wi; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01198.html (7,148 bytes)
128. innovations (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; David, I had to laugh when I read your post. A few years ago, Car Craft magazine published a timeline showing innovations that Ford and Chevy both used, and who used them first/longest/etc. I can't; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01199.html (7,408 bytes)
129. Car evolution. (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Have you ever noticed that in movies depicting the future, the cars usually look like the cars that were prevalent when the movie was made, ony more so? Watch a movie from the 50's that's supposed t; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01200.html (7,463 bytes)
130. more jap knockoffs (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Trevor, Actually, would the Probe or Eagle even exist if the foreign car companies hadn't agreed to help with the development? After all, the Probe is basically a Mazda MX-6 with Ford badges (I've a; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01201.html (8,476 bytes)
131. brake modulation (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Randy, This may sound stupid, but have you checked the pads/rotors? I know that some cars vibrate the brake pedal when the pads are about to wear out, but I don't know if this is a function of the p; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01202.html (7,761 bytes)
132. EZ out stud extractor question (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:51:23 +0000; Has anybody had a lot of experience with using "EZ outs" to remove broken studs? One of the four bolts that hold my transmission crossmember to the car is broken off, as well as one of the studs that; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01203.html (7,386 bytes)
133. Overheating (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; Well, first things first. DON'T LET THE TEMP NEEDLE PEG OUT !!!!. Do that too many times, and you may be replacing a lot more than the water pump and head gasket. I would take the belt off of the wa; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01345.html (7,892 bytes)
134. Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #89 Wed Aug 20 10:11:36 MDT 1997 (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; Bob, Even if you did find one, I'd take it with a grain of salt. Most of the numbers in the flat-rate manuals are, shall we say, on the conservative side. I've seen 45 minutes for an oil change, as; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01346.html (9,587 bytes)
135. Castrol Super Clean (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; I'm interested in this stuff, too. How does it do as an engine cleaner? I've been pretty satisfied with Gunk Engine Brite as far as getting off the crap, but it also strips the paint, and the paint; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01347.html (7,810 bytes)
136. Over-engineered car parts (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; Chris, I don't know if it's just British conservatism, but I head something a few weeks back that Jaguar was recalling a bunch of the XK8s for free replacement of some rear suspension piece. Seems t; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01348.html (7,662 bytes)
137. Cold, Normal, Hot equals???? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; Can anybody tell me what temperatures correspond to the 'C', 'N' and 'H' readings on an MGB water temperature gauge? I don't let mine get above halfway between the 'N' and 'H', and it usually hangs j; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01349.html (7,007 bytes)
138. "Pick-and-Choose" MGB (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:37:44 +0000; Kelvin, Here's my two cents' worth. I would go with Chrome bumpers, Roystle or Minilite wheels, three-point retractable shoulder harnesses, '72 dash to get the glovebox and center console, 63-69 gri; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01350.html (7,497 bytes)
139. Hoopty? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 03:08:22 +0000; No offense to your car, but "an Impala alone does not a "Hoopty" make". Did it have a $3000 stereo that sounded like someone pounding on a wet cereal box? Did it have a dozen batteries in the trunk; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01433.html (7,244 bytes)
140. Suspension rebuild--tips and tricks (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 05:23:09 +0000; Can't really think of any while-you're-at-its, but I can give some hints for making what you're already planning a little easier. If you can't find a spring compressor that will fit over the springs; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01477.html (8,726 bytes)

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