- 1. Re: What Battery? (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 08:47:05 -0700 (PDT)
- Don't tell my '73 MGB.;) It is true that the group 26 and its replacements have hold-down tabs on two sides of the case that prevent the battery from sliding down the well. Solution: get out the hack
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00094.html (7,392 bytes)
- 2. Re: starter pinion and side markers (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 08:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes, 1968 was the year that the Feds began the safety campaign in earnest. US model 1969 MG Midgets and Bs had silly little reflector on the front and rear wings as a stop-gap until the side-marker l
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00197.html (8,325 bytes)
- 3. Re: Engine Help Required (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 11:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Plastigauge (tm) of Michigan Bearing I think. And it is oil soluble, so make sure the bearings and crank are dry when you apply it. Tom -- Thomas Le Blanc E-mail:<leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu> Admission
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00476.html (8,066 bytes)
- 4. Re: Silly Part Name (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 14:30:59 -0700 (PDT)
- Sorry Steve, but BL's ministry of silly names didn't come up with that one. That is a US emissions part name. If you look in a US emissions part catalog, you will find 'gulp valve' Just think of the
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00703.html (9,217 bytes)
- 5. Re: no snake oil for me (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 09:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
- -snip Will, I have a 'rude' question for you: Do you change your underpants after a shower or bath? ;-) -- That's the question we used to ask people who were buying oil for an oil change but not a fi
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00153.html (8,364 bytes)
- 6. Filter Life(was- no snake oil for me) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 11:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
- The oil filter gets rid of all of the dirt -- down to X-microns (varies by filter) that is produced by the combustion process and any intake of dirt or dust from the air. (Feel free to comment) A fi
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00158.html (7,898 bytes)
- 7. Fram & Wix (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 09:22:27 -0700 (PDT)
- The Consumer Reports article came out in the late '80s if I were to test my memory, I would say 1988. Wix is available at "finer auto parts stores" and as NAPA and Car-Quest brand filters available a
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00250.html (7,106 bytes)
- 8. Re: 104mph = ???RPM (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:18:54 -0700 (PDT)
- As memory serves, the owner's manual says that in 4th gear you get 18mph for every 1000 rpm, with that, I would say that your engine was doing about 5,780 rpm in non-OD fourth. Tom -- Thomas Le Blanc
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00390.html (7,183 bytes)
- 9. Re: Rover V8!! (score: 1)
- Author: Tom LeBlanc <leblanc@graddiv.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
- Re: which Buicks had the AL V8. As others have mentioned, Buicks and Olds, the Olds had different breathing gear. The other thing I have to add, is you guys aren't going far enough back. 1961 Buick S
- /html/mgs/1995-08/msg00589.html (7,785 bytes)
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