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61. Re: TD Carbs (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:44:28 -0600 (MDT); Take out float - dry float - heat gently (and carefully - fuel is flamable afterall). As the fluid in the float expands, it will have to come out a hole somewhere either as vapor or as liquid. This w; /html/mgs/2004-10/msg00377.html (8,329 bytes)
62. Re: early MGB tonneau...again (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:39:41 US/Mountain; This is a difficult tonneau to find. It is stock original for early MGB's but not the earliest MGB's (which did have only three zippers/panel section). I had to buy old stock, and have 3 of the origi; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00209.html (8,258 bytes)
63. Re: early MGB tonneau...again (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:47:58 US/Mountain; Good call - I've looked into this before, and had no luck. Virtually no shop carrys metal zippers anymore. Plastic, I can get that - but don't want it. I do know a better upholstry shop now, though,; /html/mgs/2004-09/msg00219.html (9,447 bytes)
64. Re: Timing 101 (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:07:30 US/Mountain; Yes and no. I don't have a '73, mine is and earlier car. The general procedure is to set the thumbscrew in the middle of the A<->R setting, set the timing statically (which means loosening the clamp; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00035.html (7,602 bytes)
65. Generator to Alternator conversion (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:49:54 US/Mountain; I converted my '67 MGB from a generator to an alternator a couple years ago. Did everything my self, and put in a long bolt and spacers on the back of it. It seemed to work just fine........until thi; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00190.html (7,738 bytes)
66. Re: HS6 carburetors (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:14:13 US/Mountain; My experience with cars in general is that bigger carbs alone will not help your performance, and they may hurt it. It is also likely that they will get poorer gas mileage. If you want a hotter cam a; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00198.html (7,096 bytes)
67. tires (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:14:55 US/Mountain; I don't really need a lot of info here - I've been the tire route before, but thought people may want the info. My Avon Turbosteel 165SR14 84S tires on my MGB are wearing thin. I bought these locally; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00240.html (7,976 bytes)
68. Re: Question about MGA and changing ground (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:52:26 US/Mountain; Looked at your car's pictures. I think you have some bigger things to worry about. I am not familiar with the GM alternator conversion, BUT - to put in a late MGB alternator with an internal regulato; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00322.html (9,780 bytes)
69. Re: List confusion (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:33:34 US/Mountain; It seems more to me that it is an MGA and MGB list. Midget stuff comes in every now and then, but it's fairly rare - and later Midgets - very rarely. I think it's more one of what cars are out there; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00350.html (8,046 bytes)
70. Re: Datsun B? (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:38:21 US/Mountain; Ok I feel it is time for me to chime in and start an arguement. Don't think too hard on this. The fairlady came out in 1962. The MGB came out in 1963. Who copied who?? We've had this discussion on th; /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00471.html (11,110 bytes)
71. Re: Midget 1500 ignition timing (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:27:30 US/Mountain; If it were me, I'd worry a lot more about advance at speed than at idle. That's where real dammage gets done. Take a tip from porsche factory, and set the ignition advance where all of the advance sh; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00188.html (9,155 bytes)
72. Re: Electronic ignition.....a good thing...or bad ? (score: 1): Author: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:58:21 -0600; It depends on what you mean by electronic ignition. If you mean using a pertronix unit to sense the firing through the rotor - it is typically a good thing, but won't cure ills that befall a standard; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00589.html (7,523 bytes)
73. Re: How to misalign a distributor (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:58:39 US/Mountain; The quickest way to check it is as follows - take off valve cover, turn engine by hand until you see the intake valve of cylinder #1 open. Continue turning the crank by hand slowly until the timing i; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00034.html (7,894 bytes)
74. Re: Petrol pricing - long (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 11:05:19 US/Mountain; I'm one of the last ones to complain about gas prices - I keep track of what it costs to run a vehicle, and gas is one of the cheaper things per mile. Depreciation is by far the largest impact (unles; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00124.html (9,640 bytes)
75. Re: Petrol pricing - long (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 12:55:53 US/Mountain; My dad has one, and he actually gets 74mpg as long as there is a fair amount of freeway travel - his car is rated at 74. Without freeway travel, he gets more like 62. The newer Insight has a change i; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00131.html (7,862 bytes)
76. Re: Petrol pricing - long -not much MG content (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 15:52:29 US/Mountain; The initial version of the prius didn't seem to perform up to the ratings (mileage wise), but it is highly dependent on how you drive. The insight is a little more reliable on hitting the specs, but; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00139.html (8,062 bytes)
77. Re: electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 08:59:54 US/Mountain; When I think of electronic ignition, I think of more advances than just electronic trigger systems like the pertronix. It wouldn't make sense on an MG, because spares are cheap and plentiful, but on; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00197.html (9,981 bytes)
78. Was - Spoke wheels vs. disk - Now driving on 3 wheels (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:57:02 US/Mountain; I have driven an MG-TD replicar on 3 wheels - engine in back (it's really a volkswagen underneath), lost front wheel (on the freeway) - it wasn't pretty. On the other hand, I have driven a citroen D; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00219.html (7,661 bytes)
79. Re: Where to get wire wheels trued in Canada or North Eastern (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 09:46:49 US/Mountain; Last I heard: Ye Olde Wheel Shop, 6363 Washington Blvd., Elkridge, MD 21075, (800) 526- 8260, (410) 796-8400 Dayton Wire Wheels: Toll Free 800.862.6000 / Direct 937.438.0100 / Fax 937.438.9742 www.da; /html/mgs/2004-05/msg00396.html (7,288 bytes)
80. Re: Error in Classic Motorsports MG Article (score: 1): Author: jello@ida.net; Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:29:19 US/Mountain; I don't know that it is all that clean a split, but generally, the '67 did not have a synchro on first. Also, the conversion to the "tube type" rear axle occurred somewhere between '67 and '68, and a; /html/mgs/2004-04/msg00010.html (8,795 bytes)

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