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381. Re: Speedometer error..... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 11:02:39 -0500 (EST); Uh, Denise, are you pulling our collective legs? If not, you need to sit down in a quiet place and think about that. Ray Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont Colleg; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00469.html (7,693 bytes)
382. Re: Bearing noise location? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:47:26 -0500 (EST); It would work. However, it is traditional to take the head off, to appease the mechanical spirits that live in the cylinders. If they get angry, they cause no end of trouble. More seriously, you coul; /html/mgs/1995-11/msg00669.html (8,490 bytes)
383. Re: sides (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:06:29 -0400 (EDT); There probably is some confusion, also, as to whether near side and off side can be applied to the two coasts of the US. The east coast is known as the "near" coast, because it is nearer England. The; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00021.html (7,105 bytes)
384. Re: Nearly Off.......or Off'ly Near, Old Chap! (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 12:20:35 -0400 (EDT); To be serious for a minute, I think offside and nearside became synonymous with right and left before cars were invented, so nearside is left and offside right regardless of which side the steering w; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00058.html (9,045 bytes)
385. Re: Does Waxoyl really work? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 12:35:23 -0400 (EDT); I found keeping waxoyl warm by putting the container in hot water was tiresome and not very effective. I used an infrared type electric heater (the type with a quartz tube element). I sat the can (wi; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00059.html (8,799 bytes)
386. Ray on rust (long) (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:10:13 -0400 (EDT); Because rust is such a problem for us, I thought it might be useful to report some of my experience (gained from watching my cars disappear). I had the dealer rustproof a new 71 Toyota Corona Mk II.; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00093.html (15,581 bytes)
387. Re: Silly part name (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:02:07 -0400 (EDT); Terry asked: And Dave Etherington responded: term I think a draught excluder is a door seal--the sort of thing that has a finished plastic or fuzzy surface that covers the raw metal around the door o; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00095.html (8,451 bytes)
388. Re: '75 Midget Engine Rebuild (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:32:09 -0400 (EDT); I have a question (yes, serious). When one does a compression test on a car with SU carbs, clearly the throttle plates should be open. What about the pistons in the carbs--should they be propped up?; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00099.html (7,907 bytes)
389. RE: Re[2]: Silly part name (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:05:40 -0400 (EDT); I've always wanted to understand cricket. Could you please explain it, in a few lines? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibb; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00109.html (7,597 bytes)
390. Re: Tubing Source? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 12:59:11 -0400 (EDT); some steel Small Parts, Inc. at 305 557 8222 sells a lot of neat stuff, including tubing. I can't find mild steel in their catalog, but they have copper tube 5/16 od by .035 wall in 36 inch lengths,; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00133.html (7,520 bytes)
391. Re: 72 midget: Clutch Adjustment? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:44:28 -0400 (EDT); In regard to getting to the bleeder, I assume you know there is a hole in the passenger side foot well for access to the bleeder. It is not an easy job using the access port; it would be almost impos; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00162.html (7,061 bytes)
392. Re: Miatas (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 09:55:35 -0400 (EDT); There's one answer that would make sense; last time I heard, a new top for a Miata cost about $1000. So you want to save wear and tear on it by leaving it up. More likely, though, it is that the air; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00306.html (8,427 bytes)
393. Re: Body Restoration (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 10:55:28 -0400 (EDT); A chimpanzee, huh. Well, a Gibbons can learn to do it in about 2 hours. I have gas welded sheet metal, and mig welded it. Maybe there's a way of gas welding that does not distort the metal, but I hav; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00446.html (8,445 bytes)
394. Re: Winter Storage (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:41:44 -0400 (EDT); I agree with some of Denise's points, not with others. I try to do most of the good stuff but I don't fret if some of them don't get done before winter closes in. I have pulled apart engines that sat; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00449.html (14,284 bytes)
395. Re: Luggage rack bracket ? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:14:51 -0400 (EDT); Well, if the head of the screw does not show, I would replace it with a pop rivet. If the head *does* show, you have to be more creative. There are gadgets sort of like mollie bolts, used to make thr; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00469.html (9,878 bytes)
396. Re: wet distributor woes (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 18:42:12 -0400 (EDT); I thought the B of that vintage came stock with a boot over the distributor. Am I mistaken? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00480.html (7,778 bytes)
397. Re: Winter Storage (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 10:09:10 -0400 (EDT); Perhaps it isn't the drainage from the bearings so much as the drainage in general. I have had a few cars over the years that had a bit of bearing rattle until the oil pressure built up--one was a To; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00497.html (9,106 bytes)
398. Re: Bodywork (cont.) (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:33:45 -0500 (EST); If you can rent one, it would ease the task in places. You will still need the mig, though, because it isn't likely you can get electrodes that will let you reach everywhere. If you can't rent one, y; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00555.html (8,507 bytes)
399. Re: MGC: What engine? (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 13:43:44 -0500 (EST); Denise, Not half a hundred, but half a hundredweight. A hundredweight is something absurd, like 112 pounds. So 72 pounds is only about a stone more than half a hundredweight, give or take a couple of; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00556.html (7,082 bytes)
400. Re: Winter Storage & oil pump priming (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:18:11 -0500 (EST); No comment. Well, Denise. I respect the heck out of your apparent mechanical expertise. But the best I can say about your battery statements is that following your advice won't hurt. I've heard that; /html/mgs/1995-10/msg00584.html (9,764 bytes)

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