- 21. Re: Cooling, Midget Kingpins, Stainless Studs (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 16:36:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Fans? Steekin' fans? There's your problem right there. You are pushing/pulling the air through the radiator too fast to pick up any heat from the radiator core. What youse gotta do is slow that air
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00314.html (9,694 bytes)
- 22. Re: another Midget mystery part (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 16:53:11 -0400 (EDT)
- If you look at the near vertical surface that runs across your car just behind the rear of the seats, you should find posts that fit into the liftadots. When the car is being driven, the tonneau can
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00317.html (8,880 bytes)
- 23. re: "beaters" (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 12:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
- One of the several advantages of having a few years on your odometer is that you learn not to worry much about what others think. And just as that spirit of liberation settles on you, your kids start
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00395.html (8,195 bytes)
- 24. Re: Tell me it aint so! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:00:17 -0400 (EDT)
- Filled with mercury? Heavens, no. It has to be filled with something a great deal more volatile than mercury. WRG W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00438.html (8,464 bytes)
- 25. Re: non-lbc problems (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:45:40 -0400 (EDT)
- No, what you should do is connect the engine block to the frame. The test lamp lighting when wired between the engine block and the negative terminal is a sign that the engine block is not well conne
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00441.html (7,972 bytes)
- 26. Re: non-lbc problems (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:47:37 -0400 (EDT)
- I assume the engine block is positively charged only when the ignition is on. If it is at 12V when the ignition is off, you have other problems in addition to a bad engine ground. W. R. Gibbons Dept
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00442.html (6,753 bytes)
- 27. Re: info on '52 MG (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:01:16 -0400 (EDT)
- If it is a 52, it's a TD. However, the previous year (51) did not have "big,tall tires." The TC model must be the one he was talking about with the tall tires, and the last year for that model was 49
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00597.html (8,223 bytes)
- 28. Re: MGA Unleaded (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:40:55 -0400 (EDT)
- day for work in the summer and have had no problems with it. Just after I had, had the car converted I heard that cars in New Zealand were catching fire due to the hotter running of unleaded petrol.
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00599.html (8,263 bytes)
- 29. Re: A case for Dewey, Cheetum & Howe (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 13:14:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Well, J. plain, I dunno. Sounds to me as if you need relationship advice as much as auto advice. Luckily, I'm good at giving relationship advice. My impression has been that you're a very religious p
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00720.html (7,978 bytes)
- 30. British Car Week in VT (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:31:10 -0400 (EDT)
- I drove Kermit the Frogeye to work and on my errands Tues and Wed. I chickened out today because thunderstorms were predicted (looks like the prediction was wrong) and because my other car was in the
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00792.html (7,703 bytes)
- 31. Re: MG colors, Buying hints for TVR? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:34:12 -0400 (EDT)
- There might be a picture of Mineral Blue in "Original MGA" as I believe it was an MGA color too. I've seen an A restored in Mineral Blue with original grey interior, and it looked sharp. W. R. Gibbon
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01036.html (7,696 bytes)
- 32. Life-long ambition realized (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 15:35:26 -0400 (EDT)
- British car week was capped off in fine style. When I was 14, I used to haunt the local (St. Louis) Jaguar dealer. While other 14 year olds lusted after girls, I lusted after XK-120's (I have since d
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01046.html (8,813 bytes)
- 33. Re: Pulling Engine/Trans=Can't find... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 15:59:55 -0400 (EDT)
- It's a bit hard to follow your post. It sounds as if you are trying to disconnect the driveshaft in preparation for removing the engine and transmission. You actually don't need to. There are no bolt
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01050.html (8,281 bytes)
- 34. Re: Pulling Engine/Trans=Can't find... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 13:02:51 -0400 (EDT)
- [regarding access to the front u-joint on a spridget] There is a rubber plug on the left side of the transmission tunnel, which you reach from inside the car. Pull that plug, then roll the car until
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01108.html (8,006 bytes)
- 35. Re: Engine/tranny Is Out! My Thanks... (a tad long) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 15:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
- It was from the movie "The Jerk." He is leaving the home he has bought with the profits from his glasses attachment. First, he says he doesn't need any of the stuff. Except the TV. Oh, and just this,
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01116.html (7,394 bytes)
- 36. Re: Impact Wrench (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 15:26:12 -0400 (EDT)
- I would tell you guys to cut it out, but I guess I will just keep my nose out of this. After all, I am not my blubber's kipper. W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermo
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01117.html (8,296 bytes)
- 37. Re: Pondering resurrection of MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:26:38 -0400 (EDT)
- You put the jack stands under the rear axle, then removed the u-bolts that hold the axle to the springs, and the car crashed down on you? Is that it? I think that represents a failure of systems thin
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01362.html (8,962 bytes)
- 38. Re: Pondering resurrection of MGB (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 09:59:20 -0400 (EDT)
- That's the same as putting jack stands under the axle. The axle was holding up the body of the car, through the essential medium of the u-bolts. You removed the u-bolts without making an alternative
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01610.html (8,379 bytes)
- 39. Re: Union Jack (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 10:14:41 -0400 (EDT)
- I heard the consultant interviewed on the radio. His firm specializes in creating new identities for corporate clients. He came up with the recommendations on his own, to publicize his firm. I suppos
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01613.html (8,889 bytes)
- 40. Re: Midget Fuel System (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 09:36:36 -0400 (EDT)
- That's what my bugeye does when I turn off the choke too soon. I think you are either running a little lean, a little cold, or both. I would replace the thermostat with a 180 degree thermostat. If th
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01683.html (7,646 bytes)
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