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41. Re: looking for a good dash (board that is) (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 02:55:24 +0000; Ditto on the quality/looks of the coverlays. If your cracks are limited to the top of the dash, I'd go with the coverlay in a heartbeat. I didn't even realize my car had one when I bought it. It was; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01341.html (7,690 bytes)
42. Oil flow route in MGB engine? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 03:29:58 +0000; In the interests of troubleshooting my recent engine woes, I'd like to find out more about the oiling system. Can anybody tell me the exact path the oil takes through a 18V engine? Please include the; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01342.html (7,553 bytes)
43. Rebuilt to dead in 1200 miles--update (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 03:29:58 +0000; Thanks for all the kind words-- We just got back in town today after our house-hunting trip in Norfolk. There's something to be said for having alternative non-British transportation. Riqui's 1986 Ho; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01343.html (9,140 bytes)
44. Re: My 'brake' (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:01:35 +0000; <<SNIP>> Michael, If that hole in the bottom of the pump is what I'm thinking, it's a "tattle tale" hole that will only leak if there is excessive wear or damage to the internals of the pump. I woul; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01391.html (8,090 bytes)
45. Re: New CA Smog Laws...Now Look what PA went and did!!!! (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:01:35 +0000; Or, to quote Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, father of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, and a world-class pr*ck, "The Stupid Shall Be Punished!" Scott; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01392.html (7,825 bytes)
46. Re: MG Badged bugeye with 454 (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:01:35 +0000; Larry's right. You also may as well weld the doors shut, because after a few months of spirited driving with that engine, you won't be able to open them anyway. Also, get full coverage on the car, b; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01393.html (8,060 bytes)
47. Scott's Rebuild--Update (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:23:08 +0000; Well, I talked to John today about the engine. Turns out the #1 main bearing went belly-up. Are the journals numbered front to rear, or vice versa? (It's nice that the hobby shop on base has all the; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01464.html (7,396 bytes)
48. Re: Carb Question (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 20:32:01 +0000; <<SNIP>> I guess a crude analogy would be childbirth. It's expensive to birth a child in a hospital, with an MD, nurses, and all the diagnostic equipment, but if there's ANYTHING out of the ordinary; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01579.html (9,709 bytes)
49. Can I peek under your bonnet? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 20:40:47 +0000; Is there anyone on the list within an hour's drive or so from Pensacola, FL that would let me look at a pair of installed SUs? The BPO of my particular car brought me the original HIF-4 carbs, along; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01580.html (7,312 bytes)
50. Re: engine considerations (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 23:35:15 +0000; Oh Larry, how kind, you've brought me something for my wound... Hey! What's this? SALT?!?!?!? ARRGH! My rebuild was $1900. $875 of it was labor, and the rest covered parts and machine work. Here's a; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01589.html (9,523 bytes)
51. Re: LBC Theft Prevention/Was Pardon the blasphemy (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 23:44:01 +0000; Something about these cars... In my Jetta, I had a $1600 alarm that would start the car, roll the windows up/down, page me, lock and unlock the doors, and make my coffee in the morning. With the 'B'; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01591.html (8,878 bytes)
52. Just what the heck is synthetic oil?? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:42:16 +0000; My wife has this habit of asking me questions that sound stupid as heck at first blush, but she usually ends up stumping me. For example--"What are marshmallows made of?" She asked me one today that; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01749.html (7,240 bytes)
53. Re: Engine Oil (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:42:16 +0000; I may get in trouble for believing an oil company's literature, but I remember reading a pamphlet from Mobil regarding their Mobil 1 synthetic oil that said one of the benefits of synthetic oil was; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01750.html (8,624 bytes)
54. Re: Wanted! (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 00:11:59 +0000; Trevor is absolutely right. Another thing to keep in mind is not to shy away from a car just because the paint is shot, is several different colours, or there are small dings here and there. Unless; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01755.html (8,254 bytes)
55. Re: B tyre pressures, today! (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 00:17:00 +0000; Nory, The sidewall on every tire I've seen only has a maximum load at a specified maximum inflation pressure. I guess you're safe as long as you keep it below the max pressure, but considering the t; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01757.html (7,767 bytes)
56. SU Needles-identification (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 20:54:29 +0000; Hey all, Just tore down these SU HIF4 carbs that the PO dropped off. The metering needles are marked "ABD". My Vicky Brit catalog lists that as the correct needle for the '73-'74 models. (Mine's a '7; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01793.html (6,818 bytes)
57. Re: FW: MGB - replacing ignition switch, need advice... (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 21:08:03 +0000; <<SNIP>> Just another plug for my BPO here. I went to remove the ignition switch, mentally bracing myself for the shear bolts, and found that he and I have the same priorities when it comes to conve; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01794.html (8,400 bytes)
58. RE: SU Needles-identification (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 22:26:38 +0000; Larry, Thanks for the info. I've got the Lucas 45D distributer on my '72 now, so goodness only knows what needle I need. I'm sure there were some other small differences between '72 and '73 as well,; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01797.html (7,619 bytes)
59. Re: New Body (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 01:15:11 +0000; I'm curious about these too. The thing that frightens me is I don't know if they're selling well enough that they'll still be making them when I'm ready to buy one. Moss has 3 left, and has reduced; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01882.html (7,945 bytes)
60. Old Fart question--NO LBC (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:28:28 +0000; This is for the older members of the list that were around in the 1950's. I was watching a show on Speedvision about "Lead Sleds" and other cruisers, and most of them had the door handles shaved off.; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01963.html (7,369 bytes)

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