- 1. 67 B Carb Bowl Leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerry" <gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 96 10:15 EDT
- Buy a rebuild kit, they are cheap enough and have always worked for me gerry
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg00252.html (6,777 bytes)
- 2. Monza Exhaust (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerry" <gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 96 11:58 EDT
- I bought a generic Monza muffler from JC Whitney - I think its 12" x5", then a muffler shop and asked them to make me a pipe which runs from the stock exhaust manifold, over the back axle and mate it
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00145.html (8,192 bytes)
- 3. brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 96 11:32 EDT
- I have to disagree with this: I have installed a complete brake line system on two cars in the past 18 months. On 1 car I used the copper (KUNIFER) lines and on the other car i used regular steel br
- /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00160.html (7,374 bytes)
- 4. Improving Midget brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerry" <gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 96 09:09 EDT
- Dave asks (regarding Midget brakes): To reduce brake fade I would do the following: 1 - change to a different brake pad/shoe - Repco Metal Masters have worked great for me in the past 2 - replace the
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg00280.html (8,028 bytes)
- 5. Peter Burgess's Book (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerry" <gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 13:38 EDT
- I just finishing reading the Peter Burgess book and you have to remember that this book was written mainly for the English (or at least non-USA) MGBs. In the UK, the power of the MGB did not decrease
- /html/mgs/1996-08/msg01043.html (6,880 bytes)
- 6. MGB cooling (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 15:44 EDT
- Personally I would NOT bother withe the original twin electric fan setup on the MGB. Firstly they are on the wrong side of the radiator Seconadly they do not have a proper shroud. Ideally you want an
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00821.html (8,299 bytes)
- 7. MGB MKI seatbelts (score: 1)
- Author: "Brinkman, Gerry" <gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 15:50 EDT
- I am looking for the original seatbelts that came in the MKI MGB. They are static seatbelts. All I am looking for is the actual hardware pieces and do not care what condition the webbing is in. I can
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00823.html (6,512 bytes)
- 8. GTI alternator (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 09:32 EDT
- Kurt asks : The Bosch alternator came out of a 1986 VW GTI with AC. All Golfs that had AC had the 90Amp alternator, without AC you only got a 65A alternator. The fitment was really easy. 1 - Remove e
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00723.html (7,353 bytes)
- 9. BGT battery darin (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 16:12 EDT
- To solve most charging problems, you need to get a decent mutil-meter. With the engine off, battery voltage should be around 13.2V With the engine running and no accessories running, voltage should b
- /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00744.html (7,068 bytes)
- 10. seeking battery advice (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Thu, 16 May 96 15:16 EDT
- I bought the "battry box liner" and with the boxes came instructions to get the correct battery to fit inside (I think it said group 21 or group 26) Instead what I did was take the battery box liner
- /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00618.html (6,495 bytes)
- 11. booster problems (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 95 09:11 EDT
- There is one sure way of telling if your brake booster is bad. 1 - With the engine OFF, pump the brakes to get rid of any vacuum in the booster. 2 - Put your foot firmly on the brake pedal and start
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00226.html (6,996 bytes)
- 12. Midget slave cyl. (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 95 08:52 EDT
- RE: Bleeding Midget clutchs The one sure way of bleeeding the Midget clutch to get ALL the air out of the system is to have the clutch slave cyl. positioned ABOVE the master cyl. On the Midget this i
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00363.html (7,052 bytes)
- 13. Minilightes (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 95 12:43 EDT
- Quite a lot of people have asked me where I got the Corbeau seats from in the Last night I looked up the current price in "Cars and Car Conversions" Corbeau Clubman (Highback) was advertised for ~#85
- /html/mgs/1995-06/msg00429.html (6,576 bytes)
- 14. tubeless tyres (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Fri, 12 May 95 09:36 EDT
- The friend I share a workshop with, just went through this last week. He went to "Price Club" or "Sam's" or another of the big warehouse type of places and bought 4 tyres (185-70x14) on sale for $99
- /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00191.html (7,501 bytes)
- 15. MGB dash (score: 1)
- Author: gerry@hostel.lincroftnj.ncr.com
- Date: Tue, 23 May 95 13:57 EDT
- I don't know if this will help BUT............. Last year I installed a early (1967 ?) metal dash in a 1975 Midget (padded dash). It fitted with no problems and I only had to drill 2 holes at the ver
- /html/mgs/1995-05/msg00374.html (7,372 bytes)
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