- 61. Re: Question for ya Ed! (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:16:10 -0500
- I missed it too Enrique, but standing your ground with Ed is like rubbing a baby crocodile's belly: you will eventually have to let it go, and when it rolls over, boy will you be sorry! Jim PS: Sorry
- /html/mgs/2000-12/msg00548.html (8,928 bytes)
- 62. Re: From: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net> (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:49:04 -0500
- Was the engine running OK in its previous home? Have you checked that the main jets are not partially obstructed? Is the carb linkage adjusted for its full travel? Sounds like a little bit of fuel s
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00047.html (9,330 bytes)
- 63. Re: Heat Insulation (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:09:34 -0500
- Hi all, Woven fiberglass would work for the MG carb heat shield. Jim (older)
- /html/mgs/2000-11/msg00821.html (9,433 bytes)
- 64. Re: Body Work Preparation - Rust and Bondo (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:23:48 -0400
- If you apply "Naval Jelly" to the rusty metal, the cancer will be stopped. Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer has worked well for me in the past, but DuPont Zinc Chromate Primer (aerosol cans are availabl
- /html/mgs/2000-09/msg00573.html (9,967 bytes)
- 65. British Car joke (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:00:16 -0400
- One day in the jungle a chimpanzee invented some tools to eat his dinner. One tool was a flat stick sharpened along one edge, this he used to cut his food. The other was a stick with four smaller sti
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01567.html (7,624 bytes)
- 66. Oil Change Instructions (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:42:01 -0400
- Oil Changing Instructions for Women: 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee. 3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a pr
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg01124.html (9,598 bytes)
- 67. Re: Smoke and oil - the drama continues, and gets expensive (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:14:51 -0400
- For the sake of those of you of lesser years, that's called getting out and "running the crap outa the engine". Jim (the elder)
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg01212.html (9,292 bytes)
- 68. Re: Oil Change Instructions (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:50:17 -0400
- Well, I just heard it and want to tell you all, it was sent to me by a Heeeheee. Sexist? Of course it is. It is one of the few benefits of aging. Jim
- /html/mgs/2000-07/msg01264.html (7,010 bytes)
- 69. Re: Tube shock conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:53:01 -0400
- Two cautions: Use locktight or some other means of preventing the rear tube shock conversion hardware from becoming unfastened while you drive. There is some vibrational phenomena at the rear of my
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00011.html (9,297 bytes)
- 70. Re: Prefer to do it on top or on bottom? (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:45:23 -0400
- I have been hearing of this method for years, but I have never actually met anyone who had done it from the bottom and documented how (or lived to talk about it). I also doubt the safety, to you, of
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00095.html (8,661 bytes)
- 71. Re: cokpit suround (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 18:02:41 -0400
- It may be fact or merely my opinion, but I think that's why the factory used leather (at least they did on the MGA). The vinyl on cloth won't stretch and conform like leather will, even if you apply
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00220.html (7,052 bytes)
- 72. Re: Vanity Plates (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:50:28 -0400
- When discussing Ohio, remember that all rule can be discarded should the authorities chose to do so. * How much longer does it take to to get vanity plates? I have been told "about 30 days longer".
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00612.html (8,858 bytes)
- 73. Re: oil consumption (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:27:05 -0400
- I had a similar problem with very high oil consumption in my '74 GT several years ago; the engine never made smoke, and also never leaked a drop on the driveway. I replaced my engine with one that h
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00613.html (8,474 bytes)
- 74. Re: Is this vapor lock? (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:28:01 -0400
- I don't think your description sounds like vapor lock: that malady will usually cause the engine to shut off completely, including at idle. I would first suspect a small piece of solid contamination
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00614.html (9,387 bytes)
- 75. Re: Head Gasket? Valves? Rings? (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:35:35 -0400
- Good work! Now, squirt a bigger bunch of oil into #3 to see if the oil will seal a bad ring (not likely the problem). If after doing that, you still measure no difference in #3 compression, the valv
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00663.html (7,994 bytes)
- 76. Re: Octain (sic) booster [OT lead rant] (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 16:45:30 -0400
- At least some of the octane booster products on the market are lead free. All ecologically conscious MG folks can use those brands if they feel the necessity to use anything. Why not buy 94 octane u
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00979.html (9,940 bytes)
- 77. Re: Octain booster and compression ratios (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:03:58 -0400
- Max et al, A. IMHO, anyone who needs to run 100+ octane fuel in an MG because of run on, needs to fix his motor not his octane. B. From what I have read recently, there is more pollution being emitte
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00981.html (13,769 bytes)
- 78. Re: Please read and advice (if possible) (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:08:49 -0400
- I must agree with you ('cause you are so often right). I would suspect a blown out head gasket too. Jim (the older one)
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00982.html (10,538 bytes)
- 79. Re: Octain booster and compression ratios (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:54:16 -0400
- Hi Dennis, Uhhhhh, are you telling us you did 110 mph on public or private roads? If private, as in a racetrack, why not use racing fuel? If public, you went overboard with the mods, and need to use
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00986.html (10,816 bytes)
- 80. Re: Octain (sic) booster [OT lead rant] (score: 1)
- Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:53:21 -0400
- You made some good points. May I suggest that another factor contributing to our cars passing pollution tests is the 10%, or so, of ethanol that is diluting the gasoline we buy. So, without doing th
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg01007.html (9,886 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu