- 1. Juno question (no LBC content) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 23:27:03 -0400
- Juno Users, My daughter is trying to send a jpeg picture to her friend who has a Juno account, and hasn't been able to complete the connection. Have any of you Juno-MGers been able to send and receiv
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg00455.html (6,861 bytes)
- 2. Re: Spridget speed (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:11:59 -0400
- I have a 71 Midget, and try not to exceed 4000 RPMs for any extended period. With my particular car-tire combination, this works out to about 63-65 MPH. It will go faster, but in the interest of eng
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01009.html (8,280 bytes)
- 3. Re: Padded dashes and soiled jeans (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:23:32 -0400
- Along this line, I would like to replace the padded dash on my Midget (71) with a wood dash. I would appreciate any input, pro or con, from anyone who has made this conversion, or seen a finished pro
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01136.html (11,462 bytes)
- 4. Re: Clutch Problems? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 08:25:47 -0400
- At the Mad Dogs & Englishmen meet at Hickory Corners, Mi. last Sunday, I met Scott Helms, AKA "trmgafun". While admiring several Big Healeys, we came across one with an unfamiliar door in the side,
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01199.html (10,939 bytes)
- 5. Re: Lucas decals (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 09:09:45 -0400
- Minimania advertises a "Lucas" coil decal, which they claim is the decal that would have been on a Lucas coil in the sixties. It is on their website, www.minimania.com, for $2.50 each, in the May sp
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01200.html (6,930 bytes)
- 6. Re: Dash top cover (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 18:59:05 -0400
- While killing time in the local Home Depot, I found a container of several different sizes of lift-dot fasteners. They were located in the hardware section, in one of the little partitioned boxes the
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01571.html (9,721 bytes)
- 7. Re: Wire Wheels: Reconsideration (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 14:02:42 -0400
- got How about putting together some type of small utility trailer, possibly using an old wire wheel rear end as an axle, welded up to some type of leaf springs for suspension. You could use wire whe
- /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01697.html (9,538 bytes)
- 8. Re: MG Land Speed Record (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:36:06 -0400
- Isn't it a shame that if we want to see an MGF driven in the U.S.A. this summer, we have to stand in a dry lake under a hot sun to see it? Mike Ellsworth 71 Midget -- body. MPH, in
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00878.html (8,509 bytes)
- 9. Re: Spridgets: what years extra $$ (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:35:33 -0400
- Add my name to the list of 71 Midgets w/ split bumpers. Car # 105546, Maybe the car number would be a better way to track these things than the manufactured vs. titled year. Mike Ellsworth --
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00879.html (8,662 bytes)
- 10. Re: I'm somebody now!!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 22:48:13 -0400
- Aron, (or should I say the American Austin Powers?) I side with your neighbor, maybe he had an inkling of how the finished product would look. :-) P.S. How did you get the stars on the hood so even?
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg01077.html (8,368 bytes)
- 11. Midget Springs (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 09:35:52 -0400
- I have a broken leaf, and need to replace the rear springs on my 71 Midget. The springs are sold by Moss, VB, and others as stock height, 1" lowered, and 2" lowered. I need to know how they compare t
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00075.html (6,954 bytes)
- 12. Re: Land Rovers (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 15:00:39 -0400
- I don't know too much about the early Rovers myself, but my neighbor has had a couple of them on and off over the years (has a Jeep now). My impression has been that they are like most other British
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00092.html (7,814 bytes)
- 13. another Midget mystery part (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:49:11 -0400
- When someone recently asked and got an answer to the plastic tee in the trunk question, I decided to ask about one which I have wondered about. On the tonneau cover for my 71 Midget, are 2 tabs about
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00232.html (7,809 bytes)
- 14. Re: David's Goat Hauler (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:33:06 -0400
- Bob & Dave, Chalk one up in the "YES" column. I would drive this beauty proudly. Every since my first real car (truck), a 41 Ford sedan delivery, I have had a special place in my heart for things box
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg00743.html (9,018 bytes)
- 15. Re: Engine/tranny Is Out! My Thanks... (a tad long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:02:25 -0400
- Was the Steve Martin quote from the movie "Father of the Bride", when he drove that beautiful black MGA ? He must know of which he speaks. Mike Ellsworth --
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01101.html (9,650 bytes)
- 16. turn signal woes (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 22:35:48 -0400
- Hello all, I took my 71 Midget out for a drive tonight, and noticed that my right turn signal doesn't blink. The lights all come on, front, back, dash,etc..., but it doesn't blink. I can blink them o
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01200.html (7,328 bytes)
- 17. Electrical problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:28:02 -0400
- An update and a question..... A couple weeks ago, I was having trouble with a non-blinking right side turn signal. I got several replies indicating that it was likely a low voltage situation. At the
- /html/mgs/1997-05/msg01851.html (8,058 bytes)
- 18. Re: Old fart? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:00:19 -0400
- My first inklings were when I found out the 71 Midget I bought at age 40 was a lot smaller (at least harder to climb in and out of) than the one I had when I was 20. Mike Ellsworth -- start?
- /html/mgs/1997-04/msg01352.html (8,313 bytes)
- 19. Re: sundry queries for a saturday (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 19:52:45 -0500
- An answer to your second query. My wife is a nurse, and every so often she carries home in her pocket, a small packet used to remove the adhesive tape they use in a hospital setting. They look just
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01159.html (9,896 bytes)
- 20. Re: Fuel leak on MGTD (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:16:40 -0500
- This may or may not help your situation, but how about the companies such as Gas Tank Renu ( a local company in Michigan, but I believe they are a franchise) that recondition and seal old and rusted
- /html/mgs/1997-03/msg01215.html (9,387 bytes)
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