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321. Re: '67 B upgraded (?) to later car (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:00:11 -0500 (EST); I had to laugh at the idea of: "I do X almost every time I have the engine out..." Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00594.html (7,252 bytes)
322. Re: Fuel Conditioner: How it works etc. (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:29:46 -0500 (EST); Well, who knows, sometimes there are breakthroughs. I mean, I've heard that men with STD's used to be treated by having a hot wire shoved up their urethra. Then along came penicillin. I suppose nonbe; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00626.html (8,256 bytes)
323. Re: sill replacement (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:04:36 -0500 (EST); It sounds as if you are building a beautiful car. But I can't help wondering: 1) how did you determine it is a 63 B, by the engine? 2) are you modifying the shell to 63 specs, and 3) what are you goi; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00049.html (7,178 bytes)
324. Re: how cold is it? no LBC content (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 07 Feb 96 10:42:45 -0500; I'd find temperature of 50C as hard to stand as -30F, maybe even harder. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, before air conditioning was widespread. The upholstery of my Anglia 105E was not meant to wi; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00050.html (8,168 bytes)
325. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 15:03:30 -0500 (EST); Seems kind of counter productive to insult people even as you ask them for help. Fact is, some of us work so effectively that we have time for this. It's mainly the inefficient people who need to kee; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00058.html (9,371 bytes)
326. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:46:18 -0500 (EST); If you mean the "wotthehell," it's a part of literature, so I should be forgiven. I think Ulix would not like the adventures of mehitabel, because of his upper case fetish. I would not exactly call i; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00063.html (8,594 bytes)
327. Re: Originality (rather long post) (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:50:19 -0500 (EST); Concours restoration to painstakingly original standards is a different activity from wanting a neat car to drive. One dimension it adds to the old car hobby is the need to research what was original; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00094.html (8,999 bytes)
328. Re: Gas tank pressure on MG TD (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:44:47 -0500 (EST); Prior to air pollution controls, I thought all cars had a vent hole in the gas cap. If yours were plugged, however, I'd think it would interfere with fuel flow, since pulling gas from the tank would; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00158.html (8,456 bytes)
329. Re: Metal etching (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:24:56 -0500 (EST); Bring it over; I bet my Dremel tool can take care of it toot de sweet. OK, OK, I'm kidding. What I would do is give them a good close inspection under a dissecting microscope, to see if I could figur; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00187.html (7,663 bytes)
330. RE: Gas tank pressure on MG TD (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:42:19 -0500 (EST); Len Not that I am a doubting Thomas, but I would think the falling pressure in the can would simply draw water from the sink into the can. I would have been willing to bet money that not much would h; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00188.html (9,322 bytes)
331. RE: Gas tank pressure on MG TD (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 11:02:51 -0500 (EST); Vermont Maple Syrup. He'd boil a bit of water in the can. Then put the lid on tight and run cold water over it. The air pressure would crush it like CA like to do to our old cars. It was great fun. T; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00210.html (8,514 bytes)
332. Re: Try to remove fuel tank... help (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:45:23 -0500 (EST); I would quit trying to turn the washer that is flush against the tank; I am pretty sure this is brazed into the tank to provide the threads that the departed nut screws into. I think you are going to; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00397.html (8,949 bytes)
333. Re: Wanted: Rust-free MG Midget body (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 15:59:13 -0500 (EST); (stuff deleted) You have tools, a place to work, and apparently you are not a complete mechanical klutz. You have one of the best possible cars to learn body work on. Parts are cheap, and if you scre; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00404.html (8,435 bytes)
334. Re: Restoration books (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 17:07:52 -0500 (EST); As it happens, there are. One is even by Porter, and called (something like) Guide to Purchase and DIY Restoration of the MGB. There are two editions. The body repair section of the first edition con; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00406.html (8,300 bytes)
335. Re: What a Weekend!! (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 15:23:08 -0500 (EST); Sounds way rich, though that does not explain the hard starting. If you adjusted the mixture correctly, the next thing to be certain of is that the choke is operating properly, particularly that it i; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00457.html (7,499 bytes)
336. Re: various topics (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 10:51:06 -0500 (EST); Many years ago, I bought my then young son a cast metal Jaguar XK-120, in approximately 1/12 scale. The distinguishing feature was that it used pneumatic tires similar (or identical) to largish model; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00051.html (8,461 bytes)
337. Re: Spridget Wheels (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:01:58 -0500 (EST); I beg to differ with GRMS. Maybe you can fit 175/70s on without rubbing, but they are too wide for the stock rims. For any rim width, there is a range of acceptable widths. Stock spridget rims are na; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00054.html (7,513 bytes)
338. Re: Front License Plates (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 11:08:18 -0500 (EST); VT has two plates. The locals find them very useful; I have sold several cars privately, and the drill has always been the same. Guy arrives with spouse, looks over car, agrees to buy it for your ask; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00208.html (9,100 bytes)
339. Re: MGB Incremental restoration (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 12:07:53 -0500 (EST); The trouble is that replacing the front fenders involves a significant amount of labor (assuming you have a roadster) to remove the windshield, then the fenders, then replace them. Then, when you do; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00257.html (8,401 bytes)
340. Re: pilot bushing (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:13:42 -0500 (EST); I'm not positive about your car, but most pilot bushings I've seen were oilite bronze-- that is scintered bronze with the interstices filled with oil. I did make a brass one once for an engine swap,; /html/mgs/1996-01/msg00320.html (7,438 bytes)

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