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41. Re: All locked up!! (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 15:59:19 -0400 (EDT); Wonder if you have a head gasket leaking enough coolant into a cylinder to cause this? Are you losing coolant? W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Med; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01708.html (8,495 bytes)
42. Re: your mail (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 16:20:46 -0400 (EDT); Darn. After all these years, I learn that there is a way to tell that a woman is eager. Female chamelions change color when they are receptive; I have always thought this was an admirable system. In; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01712.html (6,982 bytes)
43. Re: All locked up!!/Rocking the car (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 09:20:15 -0400 (EDT); I've told this before, so long-timers can tune out. A college friend had a 50 Ford that locked up this way one day. I showed him the rocking trick and freed it up. One evening, I got a call from him.; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01765.html (8,056 bytes)
44. Re: Removing overspray (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 09:55:29 -0400 (EDT); Lacquer thinner will probably remove the overspray, but at the very least it will leave the vinyl dull. At worst, it will really do a job on it. Try the thinner in a hidden area to see what it does.; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01768.html (7,892 bytes)
45. Re: Request tube shocks advice and some culture. (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 15:01:17 -0400 (EDT); MG 1100 and 1300, I believe. Incidentally, there's an Austin America for sale in the local paper. Says very low mileage and good condition. I think they are asking $2500. W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molec; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01784.html (7,246 bytes)
46. RE: MGB dwell (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 17:50:45 -0400 (EDT); What we have here is a failure of communication. Setting point gap and setting dwell are two different ways of accomplishing the same thing. If your points are new and clean, you can set the dwell us; /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01881.html (8,854 bytes)
47. Re: It's been 30 years since my last LBC...Help! (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:40:03 -0500 (EST); I expect lots of people will tell you it isn't worth that much. But if it is really nice and hasn't been given a cosmetic "restoration" to hide a lot of faults, I don't think the price is out of line; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00046.html (9,012 bytes)
48. Re: Trunk junk (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:45:02 -0500 (EST); What you want is called "seam sealer." It is available in auto paint stores. I think you can get it in bulk, and paint it on with a stiff brush, and maybe it is also available in a tube for applicati; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00060.html (7,893 bytes)
49. Re: Spring at last! (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 14:07:56 -0400 (EDT); Uh, you aren't going to suggest that we chug-a-lug some barbiturates and leave our earthly containers behind are you? Can see it now, the MG cult, leaving to be carried away in that 8-sided space shi; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00249.html (7,356 bytes)
50. Re: Maintainance questions - long (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:35:30 -0400 (EDT); Enough experience to know that one reason why they may not leak is that they're empty. Best check them. I use shock oil from Moss. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Verm; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00268.html (7,772 bytes)
51. Re: Canoes and MGs (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:18:59 -0400 (EDT); Simpler solution. Buy a hardtop. Put it on the car. Put canoe brackets on the hardtop. Tie the front and rear of the canoe to the bumpers. All the hardtop has to do is support 40 pounds or whatever t; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00453.html (8,609 bytes)
52. Re: Canoes and MGs (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 17:26:23 -0400 (EDT); Something to keep in mind, whether carrying a canoe on an MG or lumber on a toyota, is that front and rear tie downs dramatically reduce stress on roof racks. If you put a 40 lb canoe on roof racks,; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00505.html (8,782 bytes)
53. Re: Colortune -Reply (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:31:36 -0400 (EDT); 12 turns or 12 flats? W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8629; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00690.html (8,380 bytes)
54. Re: A sad day in calif. (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 17:27:07 -0400 (EDT); The business of marking cars as gross polluters seems counter productive. You'd think they would encourage people to try to get the cars to pass, however many tests it takes, since supposedly a clean; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg00858.html (7,584 bytes)
55. Endless thread (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:46:25 -0400 (EDT); The thread about RCH's and BCH's has gone on and on, and on and on. Although I do not mind frequent off the subject posts, and am guilty of more than a few myself, I would not weep many tears if this; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01015.html (6,537 bytes)
56. Re: everybody's talking, but no one hears a word (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:59:45 -0400 (EDT); I couldn't agree more. People judge you on your looks and age, and they have no use for you at all. Why, when I try to start a conversation with a woman half my age, she immediately assumes I am a di; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01071.html (10,191 bytes)
57. Re: Request advice for first -time restorer (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:46:09 -0400 (EDT); I think you do have to remove the paint down to bare metal. I know of one paint that is recommended for use under polyester filler-- PPG DP series epoxy primer. And in the case of that paint, I think; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01076.html (9,266 bytes)
58. Re: Lost Smoke (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:30:32 -0400 (EDT); Yes, I think so. If the batteries No, not necessarily. The battery voltage may be ok until you put a load on it. But with newish twin batteries, I'd put my money on a simpler solution. I would say th; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01116.html (9,059 bytes)
59. Re: everybody's talking- another tangent (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:49:13 -0400 (EDT); etc, etc... Get a grip, Kai. W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8629; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01249.html (7,795 bytes)
60. Re: questions: MGB front suspension (a little long), real long now (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 17:15:34 -0400 (EDT); On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Larry A Hoy quoted the following: Perhaps, if the monocoque were weakened by rust, it might take a "set" that could then be made permanent by repairs. Otherwise, I really doubt t; /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01302.html (8,460 bytes)

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