- 81. Re: The low down on some cars (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 13:19:59 -0500 (EST)
- It is a low volume british car. I don't think it was a kit, but maybe some kits were available. There have been more than one model, which look quite different. Probably the one that started the inqu
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00977.html (8,330 bytes)
- 82. Re: Is it cool? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 13:38:41 -0500 (EST)
- I am convinced this is not correct. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg00981.html (8,774 bytes)
- 83. Re: Is it cool? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 17:59:36 -0500 (EST)
- Please understand what I'm saying. I believe there may be circumstances when a flow restriction *does* help cooling. *If* that can happen, and I am not at all certain it can, I contend it happens for
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01007.html (10,000 bytes)
- 84. Re: Is it cool? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:11:19 -0500 (EST)
- I can easily believe that distribution of flow might be affected. A body would think, however, that the owners and service manuals would contain warnings about removing the thermostat. Ray Gibbons De
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01053.html (8,440 bytes)
- 85. Re: Cool concepts (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 16:59:25 -0500 (EST)
- I have to admit I once fell for the going through the radiator too fast line of reasoning. I had a house with hot water heat (for you CA folk, that is a furnace that heats water, which is then circul
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01119.html (8,384 bytes)
- 86. Re: sundry queries for a saturday (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:32:20 -0500 (EST)
- There's a relatively benign stuff meant for removing adhesive residue, called (no kidding) Goo-Gone, made by Magic American Corp. in Cleveland. It is a citrus stuff that works well. I would try it in
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01201.html (8,666 bytes)
- 87. Re: Cold Red Light (long reply) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:14:19 -0500 (EST)
- I think Vince's point is that the white wire should not be live when the ignition switch is in the run position. A coil designed to run with a ballast resistor will run on 12 volts, but it's life wil
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01331.html (8,652 bytes)
- 88. Miatas (no LBC info) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 09:25:54 -0500 (EST)
- Yesterday, my special friend reported that she was behind a Miata. She mentioned it because the temperature was about 40F and the driver had the top down. I just thought you all would want to know. W
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01444.html (6,559 bytes)
- 89. Re: Mercury Capris (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:19:04 -0500 (EST)
- If it is the car I am thinking of, it is homely as a mud fence. I believe the motoring press did not much like it when it was new; I would look in back issues of magazines. If I remember correctly, a
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01533.html (8,514 bytes)
- 90. Re: Electrical field effects (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:40:07 -0500 (EST)
- As others have told you, there's no evidence that this would be harmful. The highest em fields I believe come from electric razors, yet there are a lot of electric razor users still alive and kicking
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01535.html (8,318 bytes)
- 91. Re: MGB GT questions & FS? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:57:38 -0500 (EST)
- I hate to see any car get junked. Actually, it sounds as if this car is well worth fixing. Rocker rust need not be terminal. All the parts are available, and the work is not too daunting for a talent
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01550.html (8,706 bytes)
- 92. Re: Yugo stories (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:48:33 -0500 (EST)
- I met a fellow a few years back who had three new GM triple white convertibles he bought new when he thought they would never be made again -- a Caprice, a Riviera, and (I think) and Olds. Drove them
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00059.html (7,674 bytes)
- 93. Re: Wire-wheel spline wear (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:49:29 -0500 (EST)
- The contact is between two inclined surfaces that will try to slide relative to each other when torque is applied. My guess, and it is only a guess, is that the wheel hub expands a microscopic amount
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00154.html (8,112 bytes)
- 94. Re: MG Magnettes and others (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:00:56 -0500 (EST)
- I have a bunch of refrigerator magnettes, but they are all holding prized stuff... But seriously, now, folks, what is the meaning of the name "Magnette?" I mean, I understand why a company would name
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00357.html (8,114 bytes)
- 95. Re: MG Magnettes and others (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 16:33:49 -0500 (EST)
- Feminine form of magnet, eh? Missed this when I replied to you privately. It's not in my big French-English dictionary in any form. I suspect it is one of those made up things, like so many car names
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00370.html (10,565 bytes)
- 96. Re: MG Magnettes and others (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 16:41:30 -0500 (EST)
- Thanks for the history lesson. Now Americans, starting with the latin premise, would not have rested until they had produced a Summa and a Summette. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophy
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00371.html (8,532 bytes)
- 97. Re: MGB Autocross Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 21:31:46 -0500 (EST)
- What is the reason for ruling out shoulder harnesses in open cars without roll bars -- that the driver has to be free to duck? Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00415.html (7,369 bytes)
- 98. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:17:28 -0500 (EST)
- It should light only when the points are separated. I'm sure we'd all like to help, but I don't think you are giving people enough info for them to diagnose the problem. The fact that you have a spar
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00485.html (11,290 bytes)
- 99. Re: Names and all that sort of thing (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:49:56 -0500 (EST)
- Well, you've unintentionally proved the point. The Cricket was, if I am not sorely mistaken, sold by Chrysler, not AMC, and it was a british car. Don't know who was to blame for the name. Ray Gibbons
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00489.html (8,415 bytes)
- 100. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:01:35 -0500 (EST)
- For this crisis, put your engine at TDC and make a new mark. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu
- /html/mgs/1997-02/msg00498.html (8,286 bytes)
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