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21. OD solenoid current draw (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:23:43 -0700; This subject came up a few weeks ago, and I commented that the actuating current (17 amps) was much greater than the holding current. There was a question about this, and I found the reference in the; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00626.html (7,513 bytes)
22. Re: Looking for opinions/advice (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:45:02 -0700; The B engine is a good one to cut your teeth on as a first rebuild project. Besides the Haynes (the Bentley is useless here for the novice) two other good resources are the engine rebuild video Moss; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00639.html (9,648 bytes)
23. Re: Remote Oil filter kits. (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:44:41 -0700; Good advice. I've got one of these on the Vanagon, and I now use SS braided lines from Earl's Performance Products. This is after the original no-brand steel braided rubber hoses got brittle and blew; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00662.html (10,147 bytes)
24. Anybody know anything about exhaust analyzers? (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 08:35:25 -0700; CO testers are pretty cheap, Moss and J.C. Whitney sell the same one (Moss wants $10 more): http://jcwhitney.com/product.jhtml?CATID=35066&BQ=jcw2 $169.95 I'd really like to be able to test HC too, b; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00764.html (7,563 bytes)
25. Re: MGB Heater box removal/refit (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:00:26 -0700; This really makes you marvel at the amazing people who worked at the factory. I'd like to meet anyone who can hook that cable up through the heater vent! And then there is the GT window molding . . .; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00769.html (7,554 bytes)
26. Re: MGB Heater box removal/refit (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:53:39 -0700; Wow, someone actually RTFM!!! I can see how this would avoid kinking the cable sheath, the wire alone is much thinner. For installation you'd thread the wire through the bulkhead, connect it to the h; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00774.html (8,134 bytes)
27. GT windshield molding-the factory method (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:07:38 -0700; I think I've finally figured out how they did this at the factory. I found a picture in the Clausager book of the specialist at the factory working in the trim on a GT's windshield (an unfortunate li; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00835.html (7,698 bytes)
28. Re: right big toe burning... (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:51:28 -0700; That's not from exhaust, it's your heater, the valve is not shutting off the coolant completely. The heat from the exhaust radiates from the floor, and will melt your heel! Instant fix: close the ven; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00895.html (8,275 bytes)
29. Re: modern fuse center for MGB's ! (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:29:29 -0700; No experience, but here is another alternative. This looks like a worthwhile upgrade. Check out the gas struts for the hood, trunk, and GT hatch on his site too. I wish I had the time to figure stuff; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00930.html (8,841 bytes)
30. Re: right big toe burning... (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:48:30 -0700; I have yet to see a heater valve control that will both fully open and fully close the valve, and the ##@!!!&** controls can't be adjusted to provide a greater range of cable movement. In the summer; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00932.html (8,345 bytes)
31. Re: Fw: modern fuse center for MGB's ! (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:40:04 -0700; Let us know what you think, it sounds like you are going for it! -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly) Personal me; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00934.html (7,557 bytes)
32. Re: B-wreck (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:02:45 -0700; It's never too late. Delayed symptoms from accident trauma are quite common. I'd call the insurance company and if my whining over the settlement didn't work, I'd start whining about my sore neck! I; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00967.html (6,930 bytes)
33. Re: 73 MGB side cover gaskets R&R (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 13:28:36 -0700; Take the carbs and both manifolds off. The vented front cover extends over 1" into the block, so you won't be able to remove it with the exhaust manifold bolted up. With luck you can tip the exhaust; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00015.html (7,156 bytes)
34. Re: Performance drawbacks (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 09:43:48 -0700; Make sure your carburation is set for the proper mixture and then set the timing "by ear" for the gas you are using. By this I mean retard it to minimal (or no) pinging when you go up a moderate hill; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00060.html (9,600 bytes)
35. Turn signal repair parts--$10 (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 09:57:03 -0700; Triple C (http://www.triple-c.com) is selling a NOS horn/dimmer (not turn signal, but has some of the same parts) switch for $10. You ought to be able to use the parts from one of these to fix yours.; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00061.html (6,968 bytes)
36. Re: MGB convertible top frame fitting (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 13:00:27 -0700; I have done this with my '65 for the same reasons--it can rain anytime in Seattle! Undo the three screws that hold the chrome brackets on, and I think you will find they are around 2" long. This is s; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00257.html (7,403 bytes)
37. Re: Shock Removal (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:30:30 -0700; You do have a jack under the spring pan supporting most of the weight of the car and taking the spring pressure off the upper shock don't you? If not, you can thank your lucky stars you haven't gott; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00362.html (7,770 bytes)
38. Re: Tyres (Again) (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:13:55 -0700; Firestone? The same company that has TWICE foisted deadly defective tires on the unsuspecting public? (Are you old enough to remember the Firestone 500's of the '70s?) Stay away. -- Stuart MacMillan; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00374.html (7,542 bytes)
39. Re: 80 B reverse lamp switch (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:51:09 -0700; It's on the right side of the tranny up on the shift extension. Be glad it's not the OD switch you are going for, you really can't reach it with the tranny in the car. It's more likely that you have; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00428.html (7,850 bytes)
40. Re: Give me the strength.............. (score: 1): Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>; Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:41:45 -0700; That's nothin'! Just wait until a ball of molten steel lands on the top of your head! I finally went to my FLWS (favorite local welding supplier) and bought a couple of the cotton "funny hats" welder; /html/mgs/2001-05/msg00430.html (8,979 bytes)

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