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1. no start 'B (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 14:41:35 -0400; Hello all, Well, I said I'd be back when I had problems, and here I am... On Wednesday, I went out to my car and drove it to school, to the store, and back to my dorm room (1974 MGB). I parked the ca; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00025.html (8,465 bytes)
2. Re: no start 'B (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 20:09:37 -0400; Max, you may be on to something. I took another serious look at the cap and rotor after reading your mail. The metal rod that extends into the cap and near the rotor was seriously grooved in one pla; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00042.html (8,059 bytes)
3. no start 'B II (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:22:26 -0400; Hello again... Went out to find that old cap and rotor, but before I started playing, I told myself that I would try to start the car. And it fired right up! I sprayed some WD-40 inside the new cap (; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00053.html (7,005 bytes)
4. Stupid brakes! (score: 1): Author: "MSLishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:18:44 -0500; Hello all, I decided on my trip home to get new pads in my braking system and have my drums and rotors turned because I wasn't happy with the way my car was stopping. I ordered new Bendix pads and sh; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00103.html (6,808 bytes)
5. Re: "Bench bleeding" brake master cylinder. (score: 1): Author: "MSLishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 00:07:09 -0500; I've done this another way too, which seemed a little easier to me. Install your new MC into the car. Bolt it into place, but DO NOT remove the original plastic plugs or install the brake lines yet.; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00131.html (8,934 bytes)
6. MGB Sighted... (score: 1): Author: "MSLishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 00:32:35 -0500; Hello all, After driving my 'B for six months and NEVER seeing another one on any of my cross-country trips, I stopped looking. Last night when I was just south of Winchester, VA, a guy pulled up nex; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00133.html (6,639 bytes)
7. Re: "the MGB is an awful (GOOD) car" (score: 1): Author: "MSLishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 00:12:48 -0500; Good point. When something breaks on my MGB and someone comments on it, I always say, "Yeah, maybe the next car I buy will last 25 years before 'X' starts breaking." That usually shuts 'em up. Especi; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00134.html (7,887 bytes)
8. THE source of all oil problems (score: 1): Author: "MSLishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:55:53 -0400; Hello all, If you've been following my progress (or digression) of my MGB, you'll know that many things have jumped up and bit me in the butt in the past two weeks. There was that little ignition swi; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00231.html (8,622 bytes)
9. Good-bye, for now (score: 1): Author: Education Lab <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:14:48 -0400; Hello all, I'm sad to say that I've got to leave the list for about a month. I've been given a great part in a local play, and along with being named assistant director, I still have to student teach; /html/mgs/1999-04/msg00838.html (6,631 bytes)
10. Spring Break '99 - A trip rehash (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 23:27:29 -0500; Well, as promised, I'll give you a rundown of my MG-filled spring How bad can things be when you start out on a beautiful Saturday with the top down, and you're headed for the Blue Ridge Parkway? A f; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00434.html (12,964 bytes)
11. Re: Oil Coolers (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:00:36 -0500; How much correlation is there between water temperature and oil temperature? I've been thinking - in cars that could only marginally benefit from an oil cooler during warm weather, couldn't the same; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00725.html (8,430 bytes)
12. Re: tire size (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:14:23 -0500; I'll have to agree with Neil on most of this thread. I have 165's on my 'B and it is a blast to drive - you can break the back end loose around almost any corner if you please. One point I'll have to; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg00802.html (8,065 bytes)
13. Re: Good Weather (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:12:41 -0500; Speaking of 'no style', it's almost 80 here in NC and I'm driving a sled of a truck!!! I did take the sunroof out, but it is a sorry substitute for the real thing. Happily enough, I'm going home tomo; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01009.html (7,886 bytes)
14. Crankcase pressures (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:09:14 -0500; Hello all, I finally got my MGB back today, but there's a slight problem... As I might have mentioned before, my oil consumption has gone up since December on my 'B. I thought that the crankcase vent; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01106.html (8,301 bytes)
15. Smoooke from the column...Fire in the 'B! (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:41:28 -0500; Hello all, Had a rather unfortunate adventure in the 'B today...Started up the car to go to school and got out of my parking place when the car quit DEAD. I sat there, thinking the alternator was sho; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01244.html (10,145 bytes)
16. Re: Master brake cylinders (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:10:03 -0500; Two years ago I paid about the same amount for a MC for my '74 MGB. The reason yours is higher, Dan, is that the post-'74 cars should have the power assist brakes, right? That was the reason that Adv; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01271.html (8,214 bytes)
17. Re: Smoooke from the column...Fire in the 'B! (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 20:50:33 -0500; important There's a reason for that. I have a battery cut-off switch that I use on my ground terminal. I disconnect it every night because a) I don't want my battery to drain for a silly reason, b); /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01283.html (13,949 bytes)
18. Re: Crankcase pressures (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:18:24 -0500; Thanks to all who responded about my crankcase pressure problems (gee, they seem to come in three's, don't they?) I'm planning on removing the tappet cover this weekend. Can this be done with the exh; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01285.html (7,122 bytes)
19. Burned pistons, broken rings, and missing oil. (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:53:26 -0500; Hello all, As you may remember, my 1974 'B has started putting out some excessive crankcase pressures - enough to blow my oil filler cap right off! Right now, the car is also going through an excessi; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01447.html (8,023 bytes)
20. Re: Final word neurotic mess suite... (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:57:01 -0500; Where did this guy come from? Granted, he DID give some information that could be helpful to MG'ers, but that's not a license to write garbage like this. As long as I've been on the MG list, (two yea; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01499.html (9,673 bytes)

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